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Imperial Valley press., 1936-10-18

e Auction Philosophy 80
By d. L. ZINN

Folks the main slogan of every candidate for the
senate congress state offices and down to super
visors to be "elect and will bring home the
bacon Then when he goes and brings home the bacon
chambers of commerce and other clubs wine and
dine em and pat EN- the back and say we'll done,
good and faithful servant want you again. Then we
out the street and to the high heavens about
high taxes! Funny guys aren't We?
When old line Democrat in and raves to
me about Roosevelt breaking his platform pledges and
going back the Jeffersonian principles can't help
but feel sorry for him. but when old line stand pat
Republican in ravng about Roosevelt breaking his
platform pledges and going back Thomas Jefferson
it makes laugh When did the old line Republicans
get to swearing by Democratic platforms and Jefferson
ian principles? Gee what will do to try and
win a vote! | will be SEEM you.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-10-18
Pasturage in Valley
Will Be at Premium

Stock conditions in the range
country in Arizona. Nevada, New
Mexico and southern Utah are such
that Imperial Valleys winter pas
ture will be at a premium, is the
belief of P. V. Harrigan. deputy ag-
ricultural commissioner who has
just returned from a trip through
that country.
Harrigan found conditions there
excellent but reported that many
growers are selling off their stock
to meet the provisions of the Tay-
lcr Grazing act.
Many feeders have already arriv-
ed, some 10000 head of sheep hav-
ing come into the county this week.
Nearly all available pasture has
been signed up already, said B. A.
Harrigan, commissioner.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-10-18
CENTRAL HIGH
WILL OBSERVE
ALUMNI DAY

Alumni day will be observed next
Friday at Central high school, plans
being made for a homecoming cele-
bration preceding the football game
with Brawley that night.
At 9 o'clock alumni will meet at
the school for an assembly at which
Junior Todd of San Diego will be
master of ceremonies. The as
sembly will be something in the
nature of a rally with special en-
tertainment features, the alumni
participating.
After the assembly alumni will visit
classes and grounds. Dunbar Carey,
Malcolm Spence and Cecil Gillett
are the committee members who
will register alumni, being on hand
to greet all guests as they arrive.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-10-18
CALIPATRIA
Mrs. g. A. Sperry

Mr.. and Mrs. j. E. Russell were
here from Ell Centro last Friday.
Howard Thetford went to Long
Beach with his uncle, William H.
Thetford last weekend.
Recent visitors in Calipatria
were Mr.. and Mrs I. F.. Tomlin,
j. L. Tomlin and Mrs. Ann Drury,
brothers and sister of Mrs. Eva
Sinclair. They came from Illinois
and visited at the Sinclair ranch
several days.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. H. Ingram fin
ished their interrupted vacation last
week by taking a trip to Boulder
Dam, going by the way of Phoenix
and returning over the Mojave
desert by the way of Barstow. They
left Calipatria Thursday and re-
turned Monday.
Otis Thompson, who has been
employed by the Security First
National bank here for several
years, has been transferred to
Brawley, the change to take place
Oct. Is. Alfred Adams of Los An
geles has been sent to take his
place.
The group of high school girls
who met at the church last week
to organize a Sunday school class
elected the following officers: pres
ident, Virginia Moore; vice-presi-
dent, Marguerite Howland; secre-
tary, Hazeldell Sinclair; and treas
urer, jeanne Huey. Their first
project is to make brief outline
of three-act religious drama of the
life of Paul. This is being done
to give a better understanding of
the series of lessons which they
are now studying.
Two Bibles are now being offer
ed in the memory contest of Scrip
ture verses at Sunday school, one
for the girls and one for the boys
c. O. Hoober donated the Bibles
The contest began last Sunday and
will end about the first of May.
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Mr.. and Mrs. o. A. Fisher were
here from San Bernardino from
Friday until Sunday visiting at the
home of Mr. and Mrs j. H. Harris
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On Thursday evening of this weel
the teachers of the north-end com
munity will meet at the high schoo
to hear E. H. McMath's report OF
the Southern District Council O.
the California Teachers association
which he attended last week.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-10-18
$4,000 ACTION
FILED AGAINST
DRIVER OF CAR.

Delbert Williams, Ell Centro youth
recently convicted of negligent
homicide by a jury in San Diego
court, and his sister, Lorene Will
liams. were named defendants in a
$4,000 damage suit filed Thursday
by the family of Frank L. Blunt
The suit is based upon the death
of Blunt in an automobile acci-
dent near Jacumba August Q. Will
liams was the driver of the car
which struck a bridge piling and
killed Blunt, the cars only pas
Senger.
Since the accident occurred in
San Diego county, Williams was ar
rested in Imperial county on a
warrant issued in San Diego. He
was tried and found guilty.
Patrick S. Blunt, brother of the
dead boy, brought the suit as ad-
ministrator of the estate. Williams
sister was named co-defendant with
him because she was the register
ed owner of the death car.
In the complaint, Blunt was des-
cribed as the support of his family
including: Mrs. Dora Keen. his
mother; Cora Lee Keen, his half
sister: Patrick S. Blunt, Alva Blunt,
Clyde w. Blunt, and Ruben Blunt
his brothers.
In addition to the $4,000 DAM
ages, the family also seeks $500 for
funeral and burial expenses, and
the costs of the suit. The Blunts
are represented by S. P. Williams.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-10-18
HINDERKS WILL
LEAVE VALLEY TO
TAKE NEW POST

Clarence Hinderks, chief deputy
county clerk, resigned from the pos
ition and on November /, will be-
come affiliated with Schwabacher-
Frey of Los Angeles and San Fran
cisco as field representative in
Southern California. His territory
will extend from Mexico to Santa
Barbara.
During his % years in Imperial
Valley, Hinderks held many posi-
tionS in public life. He went to
work in the First National bank at
Imperial in 1914 He was assistant
cashier five years later when the
Farmers and Merchants National
bank was organized at Calipatria
He became cashier of the CONSOLE
dated bank in 1920 after the Farm
ers and Merchant merged with the
First National Bank of Calipatria.
He also became one of its directors.
After the Calipatria institution
affiliated with the Imperial Valley
bank of Brawley, he managed the
Calipatria branch.
He was associated with his BROTH
er-in-law, o. K. Thomas, who was
in charge of Imperial Valley loans
for the Missouri State Life Insur-
ance company. After the company
withdrew from the valley, he served
eight years as Holtville office man.
ager for the Imperial Irrigation dis
trict.
Hinderks became chief deputy for
County Clerk Ed Law in 1880 and
served since that date. He is lee
turing knight for Ell Centro lodge
of Elks and is a member of the Ell
Centro Rotary club.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hinderks and their
two daughters will make their home
in Los Angeles after November l.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-10-18
Farm Bureau Will
Get Special Rates

Special rates will be given farm
bureau members who attend the
national convention in Pasadena,
according to information sent by
the Southern Pacific railroad to the
county farm bureau office. The
round trip rate will be 85 per cent
of the one way rate. This con-.
vention will be held in December
and members wishing information
rlative to rates may obtain it from
Scott B. Foulds, farm bureau Sec
retary.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-10-18
II BEAUTIFUL
GIRLSE ENTERED
IN QUEEN RACE

With 81 beautiful El Centro girls
entered, a full stage was assured
Saturday for the United Artists
theatres Fall Festival Queen con-
test next Tuesday night, Manager
Herb Norris announced.
Each girl represents an Imperial
Valley business house. The winner
will be crowned Queen of the Fall
Festival, and will rule over sue
ceeding events.
Girls entered, and the firms they
represent. are:
Verna Mae Palmer, Miss Safeway
Stores; Carol Mann. Miss Packard,
Evelyn Russell, Miss Johnson's; FL
rose Maquar, Miss Office Supply;
Stella Mae johnson, Miss Dodge;
Betty Lemons, Miss Ritz Flower
Shop; Bobby Jean Clark, Miss Bar
bara Worth Water company; Bertha
Gillett, Miss Martins National
Bakery; Laura Alice Alvey. Miss
Clements Drug.
Janet Reid. Miss Edgar Brothers
Hardware; Blanche Tyler, Miss
WOOlNOl III, NOlild I1OOi, MioS val
ley Drug; Dorothea Mae Eiler, Miss
Star Piano company; Jean Burger,
Miss NJ. O. King: Mary Frances
Marable, Miss Gullett Grocery;
Irene Jensen, Miss Cramer Bakery.
Agnes Pennington, Miss Firestone;
Rita Fabares, Miss A & P Foods;
Anita Finfrido, Miss Imperial Valley
Hardware; Marie Knudsen, Harner's
Pharmacy: Emma Jean Payne, Miss
Studebaker; Geraldine Blake, Miss
j. j. Newberry; Ernestine Flores,
Miss Karl Shoe company; Lucille
Coulter, Miss Christensen's Phar-
macy; Lois Turner, Miss Post
Press; Marie Graham, Miss I. v.
Triple A Water company; and
Ethel Hurst, Miss Buick.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-10-18
Landerman Speaks
For Farm Center

Farm bureau recreation was dis
cussed by H. Lee Landerman, as
sistant farm advisor, at Thursdays
meeting of Alamo-Verde farm CEN
ter held in the Alamo school.
Music by the school, a program
number by the English class, a
talk by DR.. Warren F. Fox, county
health officer. on county health
problems; reports of delegates to
the All club convention, and plans
for organization of a chorus for the
national convention, outlined by
Gilbert Wilson, leader, were other
program numbers.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-10-18
Move Made to Aid
Victim of Accident

Tp response to letters demanding
that employment be found for Hugh
F. Isom, who was injured several
years ago while employed by the
state highway department, applica-
tions for civil service positions were
sent him by the state personnel
board.
Imperial county supervisors ask
ed state officials to arrange COM
pensation for him or provide him
with work he is able to do.
Isom was asked to fill out ap-
plication blanks and forward them
to the state personnel board.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-10-18
New Trial Sought
In w. E. Euerts Case

Motion for a new trial in the w.
E. Everts case against the Sunset
Farms, Inc, will be heard in I'm
perial county superior court at 9
a. m. October 81.
The date was set by Judge George
R. Freeman of Riverside, who was
assigned to hear the trial after the
disqualification of Imperial county
judges.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-10-18
SEELEY
Mrs. S. I. Robinson

Mrs. Byrtle Dickson was hostess
to the WeStside Country club men,
bers Thursday. After dinner and
their business meeting the afternoon
was spent in enjoying a social time,
Members present were Mesdames
Cannon. Gallaher, Lowe, Hull,
Greene, Westmoreland, Havens, AL
lender. Higgins Diehl and hostess
Mrs. Dickson.
Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Rogers were
visitors Sunday at the home of Mr..
and Mrs. Walter Womack and FAM
lily.
Mrs. E. Diehl entertained out of
town guests over the weekend.
Miss Buelah Sheldon motored down
TO spend Sunday with her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. A. H. Sheldon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Prank Kirkpatrick
have as their guest this week,
Kirkpatrick brother. ]. H. Kirk
patrick from Illinois.
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Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Clymer, Mr..
and Mrs. James Cook, Mrs. B. C.
Robertson, Mrs. F. Kirkpatrick,
william Schultz and A. Storie at
tended the Holtville Townsend
meeting Monday evening.
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George Campbell spent two days
at his home returning to San Diego
Monday evening.
Scoutmaster Hanks and his Troop
5 Scouts enjoyed an over night
camp Saturday and Sunday at Dos
CabasoS.
The Ladies Aid had an all day
meeting. The ladies had pot luck
dinner and spent the afternoon
quilting and working on aprons for
ther bazaar to be held Dec. 4.
Dinner guests at the j. T. Oftelie
home Sunday were Mr.. and Mrs.
Pete Burton and son of San Bern
ardino. Mr.. and Mrs. Bill Poole and
three children from La Mesa and
Mr.. and Mrs. Ned Moretti OF Ell
Centro.
Mrs. William Schultz spent sew
eral days with her mother in Ra-
mona over the weekend.
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M. L. Curtis left Friday to spent
the weekend with Mrs. Curtis and
daughter Grace in Los Angeles.
There will be a church meeting
Sunday after church. All members
of the board are expected to attend.
Mr.. and Mrs. Evan Derrick are
moving on the ranch vacated by A.
H. Ross and family on the Westside.
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Mr.. and Mrs. S. T. Robinson and
Mrs. L. D. Hanks were visitors in
San Diego Saturday.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-10-18
Hoover ON Firing
Line for LandOn

PHILADELPHIA, Oct. II. UP) -
Former President Herbert Hoover
was on the campaign firing line
on behalf of Gov. Alf M. Landon's
candidacy today. He opened his
speaking engagement last night
with an attack on President Roose-
Velt.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-10-18
Quality Grapefruit
Shipped in Valley

Grapefruit being shipped from
the valley now is of excellent quail
ity, according to j. B. Norton, plant
pathologist, who has been testing
fruit to see if it meets the require
mems of 6:1 ratio of soluble solids.
Since Oct. 5 the fruit has been
meeting all requirements.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-10-18
LandOn-KnOx Club
Luncheon Put Off

Cancellation of the luncheon
Tuesday noon sponsored by the
women's division of the Landon-
Knox club has been announced by
Mrs. A. L. Little Of Brawley. Gov.
ALI M. Landon is speaking in Los
Angeles that day.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-10-18
STATE OFFICIAL
VISITS VALLEY

F. F. Williams, representing the
state compensation insurance fund,
was in the valley Friday checking
over school insurance with the
county superintendent of schools
Offico
Imperial Valley press., 1936-10-18
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BE STRENGTHENED
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SHANGHAI Oct. II. (UP)-Important japanese mil
itary officers summoned hurredy to conference
at Tientsn in North China today.
Key called from Shanghai, Tsngtao IN
Imperial Valley press., 1936-10-18

Mrs. Emma Palmer has been
quite i'll and confined to her home
for the past 10 days with bad
cold.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-10-18
CALIPATRIA
Mrs. C. A. Sperry

The All club met at Fremont
grammar school Monday night with
about 10 in attendance. Lee Land
erman, All club executive, was
here. Sponsors for the club are L..
E. Sinclair. j. C. Hatfield, E. H.
McMath, George Marks, and E. L..
Hiteman. The fctowing officers
were elected: Louis Copeland, pres
ident; Charles Skies, vice-president;
Charlotte Skies, secretary-treasurer;
lotte Skies, secretary-treasurer; and
Donald Dotson, song leader. The
executive committee consists of
Margaret Miller, Claud Severe, Bon
ME Hendryxson and Eugene De-
mele. Plans for various activities
were discussed and will be an
nounced at an early date.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-10-18

Mrs. Ernest Cox and Mrs. w. w.
Smith spent last weekend in Los
Angeles.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-10-18

A Democratic meeting was held
at the city hall Monday night with
w. E. Young presiding Plans were
made to cooperate with the EST of
the county in a political rally to be
held Oct 90 A committee con-
sisting of Jerry Farmer, Joe DON
ner, and Joe Moore was appointed
to distribute campaign literature.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-10-18

Mrs G. o. Hoober returned Sat
urday from Los Angeles where she
spent the summer.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-10-18

Hartley Hayden visited his wife
at Glendale over the weekend.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-10-18

Mrs. Edna Gullett was here last
week to sell her household effects
and has gone to Long Beach where
she will be at the home of her par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. o. o. McPheet-
ers.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-10-18


90
The first meeting of Chapter CIV,
PEG. was held at the home of Mrs.
William Corn A delicious lunch
con was served followed by the reg
ular business session. Mrs. H. j.
Ingram, who was in charge of the
program. had requested each men,
Der to write her impressions of her
summer vacation, and some very
well written papers were the result.
A telegram from Miss Marion Dix
on, a member who is now teaching
in Corona, was received. Those at
tending were Mesdames Frank
Grubel, w. B. Dixon, Vance Wilson,
Frank Hewitt, E. l.. Root, E. L.
Mead, j. j. Farmer, John Scott, G
c. Brownell, William Corn, j. c.
Hatfield H. J. Ingram C. A. Sperry
and Miss Adella Travers.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-10-18

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Imperial Valley press., 1936-10-18

E. H. McMath will speak at the
church Sunday at II a. m, it being
the regular yearly layman's Sum
day. The services will be conduct
ed without the aid of the regular
preacher. The subject of Nc
Maths address will be Chickens
Come Home To Roost." Mrs Ar
thur Williams will sing to her own
accompaniment. Rev. and Mrs.
Roberts will take this opportunity
to attend church in San Diego.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-10-18

Mr.. and Mrs. Jesse Rogers were
visitors Sunday at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Walter Womack and FAM
lily.
Evening star., 1936-12-06
THIS WEEK
Buried Treasure
Continued from poue nine
THIS WEEK
Confinvsd from poss nine

can't describe how low and eau
tious it was, and clear too | say
seemed to hear it, Mind, I'm not
superstitious. though there are some
things in this world don't know.
opened my eyes and raised up. The
stars made good light and right
there by my pallet saw - or maybe
had better say seemed to see -
that afflicted girl.
She says to me in that same low.
cautious, calm voice. Il can't lead
you. but if you'll read the directions
vicey-versey on the map. you'll find
the bullion"
That's all she said and then she
wasn't there.
She'd said enough | didn't even
have the map with me, not depending
on it any longer. had to come back
home the next day. AS soon as got
there, pulled the map out and begun
studying it. Then it was as plain as
day to me that if body was to 60
east where the map says go west. and
vicey-versey. things would fit lot
better. It's vicey-versey map. all
right, and why that Interpretation did
not come to me before don't know
The Spanish were reg'lar coyotes at
throwing their follerers off the scent.
and of course this map, made by a
Spaniard, was meant to be interpreted
Evening star., 1936-12-06

the crevices and badger holes, but it
stands to reason that all the old open
ings have long ago been filled up with
sediment washed down from above.
1t was jest an accident anyhow that
a badger opened the space for the
idiot girl to crawl into.
Trip after trip l made into that
country The last time was out there,
jest few weeks ago. suddenly got
the key to the map. 1t was this away.
! decided on the policy of sorter play
ing like | was the idiot girl and going
out jest so far from the spring each
day. I'd dawdle along and maybe
spend two hours watching an arma-
dillo dig up roots. Id spend half a
day jest dogging a ground squirrel and
then prod beargrass stalk down his
hole. Id notice which direction the
buzzard took off and then scout out
that way. was waiting on the will of
God, too.
You can't expect anything out of
Old Man Chance in cutting down
cedar posts or raising cotton; but in
this game of finding lost mine or a
lost storage, you can. was just kinder
turning myself over to Old Man
Chance.
Well. as | was saying, tried to
wander around and initiate the habits
of Seco Robinson's idiot girl. I'd been
out all day, and the next morning /
was going to come back to San
Antonio. l was laying there on the
pallet, my eyes kinder half shet,
thinking how little needle is in big
haystack, when / seemed to hear a
voice.
Evening star., 1936-12-06
December 6. 1895

After Seco Robinson was gone and his
family scattered to the winds, char
coal burner from the hill country
come into San Antonio one day and
went UP to the Office of doctor named
Cattermole. The doctor said he needed
an operation.
How much will it COST" the char
coal burner wanted to know.
The doctor told him. Then the
charcoal burner told him he didn't
have thing to pay with except bar
of metal he thought might be silver.
down in his wagon. The doctor
dropped everything and went down to
examine the bar. He made a fine
operation, and when the man was
cured got him to lead him to the spot
where he'd found the bar.
That spot was beside trail leading
down into the OlmOs Pass. There
can't be a doubt it was the bar the
idiot girl found too heavy. and
dropped. undertook to trace that bar
down and found where Old Dan Sui
livan's bank give Cattermole close to
r. $500 credit for it, Doctor Cattermole
bought up three or four sections OF
land around Olmos Pass and built
what he called country home. He
looked for the storage cave for years.
When l got hold of that map, back
about the time the depression hit and
bargains was plentiful, the first thing
done was to hunt up the owner of the
Olmos Pass land and arrive at clear
understanding. We're under a fifty
fifty contract. | made my camp at the
spring and went to checking off the
land as thoroughly as my wife clears
winder-pane Of fly specks. Still |
couldn't make the map fit.
OF course Id examined first thing all
Evening star., 1936-12-06

by Spanish priest expert in such
matters.
That drawing you see on the paper
is jest copy. don't show the original
to many people.
Longworth got up. went over to an
old-fashioned leather trunk, unlocked
it. raised the lid. and lifted out care
fully folded buckskin. The ochre
colored markings on it have faded out
entirely in places. but some of them
are plainly outlined. l noticed one
marking that looked like tree. The
plainest thing on the buckskin is, off to
one side, a cross and under it the
blurred name, Greg-r-o V--dez -756.
Longworth is out at the Olmos Pass
again. reading the map vicey-versey
and betting on Old Man Chance.
Somehow l couldn't refuse betting
twenty-five dollars on him too. Any
way the card turns. we'll both win.
Evening star., 1936-12-06

He stepped out and walked beside
her down an alley. which opened into
paved courtyard. Pale wreaths OF
drifting fog clouded the rays of lamp
which hung from a wall bracket above.
but there was light enough to see that
the buildings we're old and decayed.
Where the deuce are you taking
me?" he demanded.
She gave curious laugh, and he
realized that he would not have been
brought here in broad daylight. They
had taken advantage Of the fog to
bring him to this unknown destina-
ton. Valerie led the way up an out
side stair, and tapped gently on a
door.
Come in!'
"Is that you, Eugene"
Melville entered, and heard the
crunch of a lock as the door was
secured behind him.
The dimly-lit room. long and mar
row, was furnished with a luxury that
seemed out of place in these dismal
surroundings. An alcove at the other
end was screened off by heavy double
curtains.
sit down, MIR. Melville" The man
called Eugene had smooth black hair
and pair of sharp closely-set eyes.
and his white teeth glistened when he
smiled. I'VE won't keep you long.
Miss Renard mentioned our terms?"
They suit me-" said Melville
shortly, with a nod the man went
over to the curtains, drawing them a
few inches apart.
"Mr. Melville is ready. sir" he said
lin a deferential tone, and there fol-
lowed a whispered conversation in a
foreign tongue.
Between the curtains, Richard
tould see the corner of table and the
green shade of a reading lamp, but
the other man remained out OF sight.
There was a rustic of paper and the
sound of chair being drawn forward;
then Eugene glanced back.
1--WE want every essential detail
from you, Mr.. Melville. There's no
need to hurry. What you tell us will
be taken down carefully. You will
receive payment in due course"
Melville could feel Valerie's eyes
watching him with a steady stare, and
Eugene snapped his fingers impatiently.
"You can 60 right ahead"
Richard began to dictate, and he
could hear the scratching of pen
behind the curtain. A few minutes
Evening star., 1936-12-06

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