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Evening star., 1936-08-20
FRACTIONAL GAINS
MARKCURBPR|CES
General Movement, How
ever, Irregular-Activity
Still Mild.
Ey the Associated Press.

Ey tI1t ASsuCldeeU feSo'
NEW YORK, August 20.-Gains of
fractions to point or so predomi-
mated in an irregular curb market
today.
Risers included American Light &
Traction, International Petroleum,
Carrier Corp, Pan American Airways,
Sherwin- Williams. Pepperell, Stand
ard Oil of Kentucky and American
Superpower.
Yielding fractions to around a point
were Cities Service, Creole Petroleum,
Elgin and Fedders Manufacturing.
Evening star., 1936-08-20
INSURANCE STOCKS

NEW YORK. August 90 LP.-Nev York
Security Dealers Association.
Evening star., 1936-08-20
LEAD BRINGS $4.45.

a-Also extra or extras.
DECLARED or paid so far this year
Evening star., 1936-08-20

WW-WllH WHIIdIIs' GW" IL VT" :,
rants. n-New. Wl-Wnen lssueu. o.
tstnl-Stamped
sNegotiability impaired by maturity.
tCompanies reported in receivershlp'
Evening star., 1936-08-20
PARIS BOURSE.

! PARIS, August 90 R.-Three per Gel :
Sertes 65 francs 80 centimes; 41a per cent
tentes. 6p.4O
= Exchsnse on London. .7e.46. The dollar
WAS quoted at 1919.
Evening star., 1936-08-20

NEW YORK August 20 lN.-The st.
Joseph Lead Co. reports that 100 tons Of
pig lead from Southeast Missouri mines
were sold yesterday at S4 Las per 100
mounds ST Louis.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-07-21
Other Editors Say
PESSMIISM BECOMES DIFFICULT
acific Coast Editor The Wall Street Journal


Although We all have learned from experience
that the economic judgments Of those in public
office are net always either wholly detached or
wholly reliable, the enthusiasm of Secretary of
Commerce Roper over current business pros
poets is not without interest. In reply to the
question, What do you think of the business
outlook between now and election?" the Secre-
tary as he sailed to Europe, said, Il think it is
SO good that ii eXciteS me-
How excited" Mr.. Roper may become is not
of so much interest to business men and in
vestors as the very real figures that are appear
ing each day which indicate the pace at which
recovery has accelerated this spring and sum-
mer 1t is booming increasingly difficult to find
items in the days business news which do not
compare favorably with corresponding periods
of every year since 1890; moreover, studded
throughout the columns appear not a few items
indicating favorable comparisons with 1929. Not
the day to-day fluctuations Of the stock market,
but the deep surge that is felt through the ma
ton is what is most encouraging now. In spite
of politics. government deficits droughts and
threatened labor troubles, this national and
evidently world betterment continues its course.
How long this trend will last it is of course,
impossible for man to know. But to revert
once more to Mr.. Roper, the Commerce Secre-
tary also said, "One Of the business problems Of
today is the wise guidance of business to pro-
tect it from destructive bOom.' We do not have
to accept this statement at its face value to
agree that the mere fact that it is possible for
utterance without receiving an immediate
sWering chorus Of ridcule shows how far the
recovery has advanced in the last year or TWO.
And the action of the Federal Reserve Board
in raising reserve requirements shows that as
far as those who dominate the nations credit
policy are concerned they are not wholly uncon-
cerned with the possibility of destructive
boom"
1t may be, or may not be, that this degree of
recovery has not adequately discounted from
the standpoint of security prices. But from the
standpoint of current business income it is be-
coming increasingly difficult to be pessimistic
Imperial Valley press., 1936-07-21
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT
NOTICE OF TIME FOR HEARING
PETITION TO ESTABLISH
BIRTH
No. 2672


In the Superior Court Of the state
of California, In and For the
County of Imperial
In the Matter of the Petition OF
GUADALUPE DEL REAL To Es-
tablish the Record of Birth OF
TOMAS DEL REAL. .. -.
Notice is hereby given that the
Petition of guadalupe Del Real for
an order judicially establishing the
fact of the birth of Tomas del Real,
has been filed In this Court; and
that Friday the 31st day OF July,
1896, at the hour of 10 o'clock in
the forenoon of said day. in the
above entitled Court at the Court
House in the City Of Ell Centre,
County of Imperial, State of Cali
fornia, has been appointed by said
Court as the time for hearing said
Petition.
Dated June 20, 1886.
EDWARD H. LAW,
Clerk of the Superior Court In and
for the County of Imperial, State
of California. .
BY CITTIA LAMSON,
Deputy Clerk.
S. L. L. McCRORY,
Ell Centro. Calf.
Attorney for Petitioner.
July9-23 Inc.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-07-21
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT
NOTICE OF SALE OF REAL
ESTATE


IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF
THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
IN AND FOR THE COUNTY
OF IMPERIAL.
In the Matter of the Guardianship
of the Estate of
LINDA Lorraine SCOTT, MAR
WIN SCOTT, CORA LEE SCOTT,
MARY ALICE SCOTT and MIL
DRED G.. SCOTT,
NOTICE is hereby given that the
undersigned guardian of the estate
of Linda Lorraine Scott, Marvin
Scott, Cora Lee Scott, Mary Alice
Scott and Mildred q. Scott, minors,
will sell at private sale for cash
and subject to confirmation by said
Superior Court on Tuesday the 28th
day of July, 1886, at the hour OF
ten o'clock AM. or after said day
at the law offices of WhitelaW &
Whitelaw In the Rehkopf Building,
Ell Centro, California, County of
Imperial, State of California, all the
right, title, interest and estate of
said minors in and to that certain
real estate particularly described as
follows:
Lot II, Block 26, Ell Centro Ad-
dition No. 3 as per Map LOG 1881
Hamilton Street, in the City of
Ell Centro, County of Imperial,
State of California.
Bids or offers are invited for said
property and must be in wriG
and will be received at the law
fices of Whitelaw & WhitelaW,
Rehkopf, Ell Centro, California, at
torneys for said guardian, or may
be filed with the Clerk of the Su-
perior Court of the State of CO
fornia, in and for the CountyN6f
Imperial, or delivered to said guar
dian personally, at any time after
the first publication of this notice,
and before the making of said sale.
Terms and conditions of sale:
Cash in lawful money of the Unit
ed States, ten per cent of the pur-
chase price to be paid on date OF
sale, balance on confirmation OF
sale by the Court, either in whole
or in installmentS with interest at
the rate of seven per cent per an
mum upon deferred payments, and
payment to be fully made within
three years from the date of sale
and evidenced by a promissory note
or notes and secured by mortgage
or trust deed to be executed by the
purchaser or purchasers, deed and
other instruments at the expense of
purchaser or purchasers.
Dated this 10th day of July, 1895.
CHAS. H. KNIGHTS,
Guardian of the Estate OF
| said Minors.
(Jy12-24 incl.)
Imperial Valley press., 1936-07-21
WE MUST GUARD AGAINST
ANOTHER DESTRUCTIVE BOOM

On this page today we reproduce an
editorial from the Wall Street Journal
(whoSe editorial columns carry some
of the sanest conclusions on public ques-
tions, whether conservative or liberal,
which points out that Secretary of Com
merce/ Roper said before taking a trip
abroad:
Zone of the business problems of to-
day is the wise guidance of business
to protect it from destructive boom"
Ne all know how business enthusiasm
can mount; and we all know how 1t can
come back with boomerang effect. we
saw the pendulum swing up to the top
of the arc in 1929, and we saw the re-
turn swing backwards. Ropers concern
is the concern of every business man and
must become the concern of every legls-
lator.
After the world war, we all thought
we'd learned a lesson We vowed against
war and Woodrow Wilson led the way
into a league of nations with the hope
of ending war. The effort has not prov
en- successful And we have SO forgotten
our vows of disgust with war, that the
pre-1914 billigerancy is become more
and more evident.
We must not, however, let time ana
prosperity dim our determination to pre-
vent other depressions. AS we listen,
during the coming months, to hours OF
speeches and read reams Of propaganda
by the politicians, it would be well to
carry in mind, what does he Tor they)
prescribe for keeping us from running
for another Oppressive fall"
Imperial Valley press., 1936-07-21
LAMENT OF THE LAND
pomona Progress Bulletinl

EVERYWHERE in the world farmers and any one
else who might own any, are losing it one way
or another.
Mussolini grabbed a large chunk of land
from the Africans and is now defying the world,
the League of Nations, any other nation to
do anything about it.
Soil erosion is loosening the fertile topSoil OF
vast acres of land in the midwest and south
west leaving it free for the wind to- blow or
the rains TO wash away.
And now in California they are proposing to
tax a mans land away from him, through this
grandiose scheme to make the land alone pay
all costs Of state and local governments. Under
this land tax you could hold out perhaps three
years. statsticans say. Then, delinquent, land
would all pass into state ownership.
That, in fact is the very purpose of the plan,
as attested by the words of its founder who
said, Il have taught and shall continue to teach
that private ownership Of land is against ma
tural justice"
Imperial Valley press., 1936-07-21
Famous Sayings

The Government will be able to get out Of the
people only such virtues religion has placed there
Calvin Coolidge
Imperial Valley press., 1936-07-21
FINEST OUTDOOR
HIGH SCHOOL GIRL"

Miss Bertha Hall, 16-year old Kern
county high school girl was declared
the finest outdoor high school girl" in
California. That is nice pleasant title,
and doubtless the perfect appearing
young lady deserved and appreciated the
honor. 1t belongs, in reality, not to Miss
Hall but to the modern day American
girl she typifies.
Young Miss Hall merely exemplifies
the healthy, outdoor girl of today, whose
physical well being is tempered and
largely foundationed upon mental we'll
being. We believe it erroneous to in
clude the word outdoor" in the title. 1t
used to be that athletes were thought of
as being dumb-bells and the high grade
groups contemplated as book-worms
and sissies That is as obsolete as the
one-horse shay Nowadays Phi Beta
Kappas are often star athletes, and good
football players as well as high jump
ers and whatnot often stand we'll in their
classes. Clear-headedness and quick
thinking, GOODNESS under stress and de-
termination, fun of trying and an alb
sence of fear characterize the scholar
and the athlete alike.
Titles and such are only superficial.
Their real value lies not in their correct
ness, but in the premiums that are plac-
ed on the accomplishments or character
istics involved. Competitions are inaug-
urated to stimulate activities and inter-
ests. 1t is not important who wins, be-
cause honors and laurels are very, very
transitory. It is important how many
participate in the effort, the extent to
which they enjoyed the competition, and
the manner in which they took defeat.
In the long run, those defeated get more
than those who won.
In lot a
gratulate the Girl of 1886 who, we be-
lieve, is smarter, quicker more alert,
more capable of great things than the
girl of past generations We have every
confidence that she, in her lifetime, will
carry forward with incl easing capabil-
ity, the precepts and traditions of the
American woman.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-07-21
GRAB BAG
One-Minute Test

One e-Minute Test
|. How and when was the Cum
berland Gap discovered?
2. Who has the authority to call
out the national guard?
3. What state does Senator
Royal S. Copeland represent?
Hints on Etiquette
Dinner guests should be served
in regular sequence, regardless OF
sex, beginning with the hostess.
Words of Wisdom
Nothing is more dangerous TO
men than a sudden change OF for
tune.-Quintilian.
Today's Horoscope
Persons whose birthday is today
are apt to be fond of dress and
finery and are bound to have them
if it is at all possible. They try
to be honest and true but some
times have to struggle with their
desires when they get too selfish.
One Minute Test Answers
|. Daniel Boone discovered it IN
1869 while he was on a hunting
trip.
2. The governor of state.
3. New York.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-07-21
BE INFORMED ABOUT
THE SINGLE TAX

At a chamber of commerce dinner
Wednesday night, a tax expert Will eX-
plain the dangers of the single Tax
proposal which comes up for vote IN
November.
Missnamd "A Measure To Repeal The
Sales Tax" but actually providing for
the institution of a Single Tax against
all property, the proposal is so nefar-
ious that everyone should be informed
about the dangers which would result
were the RalstOn Amendment to be pass
ed.
1t is the cause of so much alarm that
voters. associations and chambers OF
commerce up and down the state are
worthily Waging a concentrated battle
lest, though misunderstanding, the vot-
ers stamp an o. K. on the measure, with
out realizing its seriousness. Voters
should avail themselves Of such oppOr-
tunities as this to inform themselves
on current problems Make your reserv-
alton, if possible, at the Chamber OF
Commerce-but come regardless OF
whether you have made a reservation.
One of the rules Rockefeller says he
followed through life was never to lose
interest in things. Of course, he never
mislaid a principal, either.
"Wifehood is a state not lightly to be
approached" Two others, for jobless
itinerants at least, are California and
Colorado.
At last the identity of the group who
march off with grid goal posts is ex-
planned. They're delegates keeping in
midseason trim.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-07-21
THIRTY YEARS AGO
July 81, 1906
BY ED HOLDEN

Work on the bank building and
opera house block was suspended
last Saturday night. The cutting
out of the Alamo channel under
the Holton inter-urban bridge at
Holtville loosened some of the pill
ing and made it unsafe.
Rev. j. E. Evans is valley visit
or this week.
TWENTY YEARS AGO
July 21, 1916
Walter Collins caught the big
gest yellow fin ever taken from the
wharf at Ocean Beach the other
da y.
F. w. Fisher, cotton rancher, has
the honor of ginning the first bale
of cotton in Imperial Valley this
season.
A. j. Hall returned Friday night
from Pasadena where he took Mrs.
Hall to spend the remainder OF the
summer.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-07-21
LOOKING BACKWARD
What The Press Files Tell of Imperial Valley
for This Date in Past Years
TEN YEARS AGO
July 2l, 1926

Sheriff Charles Gillette is to be
returned to office for another term
if the statements of those acre
in the Gillet Sheriff club N
be taken as an indication of senti-
ment throughout the valley.
One of the biggest of real estate
deals of recent months in Ell Cear
tro was completed today with ~
purchase of Casa Rey hotel, of Die
Freeman estate at the corner of
Sixth and State streets, including
the building in which the Imperial
Valley Press is published.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-07-21

NEW YORK. July 81. - Bugs
Baer, like most accomplished after
dinned speakers, had no short cut
to oratorical deftnesS. His first
time out at an affair in Washing
ton. d. c., his home town, was re
putedly laundering, blushing ef-
fort which narrowly escaped the
raspberry.
Crowninshield Cobb and others
so finished in forenSics went
through the same travail. Speak
ers are made, not born. Even Bry-
an was a dud in his trial efforts.
Baer today may not be the flower
lest but he is the fastest man on
his banquet feet in New York. The
trigger man!
His is a mind that sparks cpl
grams-those obvious WhiStler-like
motS that make one wonder: why
didn't I think of that?" Super
sensitive. Baer often sulks at the
imagined grievance, and even close
friends will suddenly receive cool
and aloof bow. But he quickly
forgets.
The humorist is a mans man.
He likes the crowds of the prize
fight ring and wrestling arena. His
grammatical fiXation is amt" He
will not abandon it, Like, that
other apostle of amt, Will Rogers,
he believes: "A lot of folks who
amt sayin' amt amt eatin'."
For word beaglers: The word
Oconomowoc, a town in Wisconsin,
is the only five syllabled word in
the language containing five o's and
no other voWels.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-07-21
New York Day by Day
By O. O. Mcintyre

ING tales to tell of George AIDE,
Booth Harrington and Harry Leon
Wilson. They had reckless 1lng
to their Youth that does not seem
to exist today. Their capers
smacked of genius. And each one
settled down at the proper time TO
give literature more salt than per-
haps any other three writer's IN
America.
There used to be an IL O'CLOCK
breakfast roundup for gentlemen
of loose nights on the ivy clad YER
andah of the old Hotel Savon on
the avenue. 1t was called The
Mourner's Bench" and those soggy
with penitence or taut with second
company" nerves would drift there
for the revivifying perk OF the
cloudy absinthe drip, a speciality
Of the bar. There was an unwrit-
ten credo that no one was to moan
about his headache or prattle the
usual dolors of remorSe. Charles
B. Dillingham; was president OF the
circle which was, inappropriately
enough, called THE Morning
lorieS."
The most pathetic hangover /
ever beheld was an American who
dropped over table in front OF that
famous 100-year-old tavern, Mere
Catherine, in the leafy square OF
the Place du Terte in Montmarte
three years ago. He had started
to celebrate at noon the taking OF
a boat train for Cherbourg at 4
p. m. and here he was at noon
the next day, alone, broke, btud,
died. Three of us asked if we could
be of service. Not unless you can
share my hangover among you!
he moaned.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-07-21

Most of the gray heads, who like
to remember when over the veSperal
hour highball always have rollick-
Imperial Valley press., 1936-07-21

white. stem-like neck and appar-
emily swaying ever so lightly in a
vagrant breeze. AS definitely as the
Lunts, Miss Lille is vogue, sort
of cult, in New York. There are
people who will begin to laugh as
she opens her mouth and before
word has been uttered. AT her
first nights there is an annoying
claque that will delay the perfor-
nance for five or 10 minutes with
an accolade no other performer in
the cast will receive. Thus making
her the No. l Show Stopper. To
her worshippers, she is Bee" and
a target for a rare devotion that
comes to few people of the stage.
And distinctly box office, too, my
dearSl
The passing of the Sultan of
Sulu recently recalls to the club
lounge gossipers the visit of George
Ade and John T. McCutcheon to
that potentate on an outer fringe
Of the world some 20 years ago.
And the play Ade WfoCe WHICH pore
the rulers title and ran so many
years. Not many newspapermen of
his day-nor of this-traveled so
extensively as Ade. There are few
parts of the world he has not
touched There are still drinks
named for the humorist in Singa-
pore, Sumatra and many other far
places. Reports are his biography
which he is writing at his farm near
Brook, Ind, is turning into the
home stretch. 1t should be one of
the" travel books of the era.
10
Most of the gray heads, who like
to remember-W when over the veSperal
hour highball always have rollick-
Imperial Valley press., 1936-07-21

Beatrice Lille always seems to me
to express astonishingly her floy-
cry last name. Tall, thin, chalk
Milford chronicle., 1936-05-08
Special Fire Hazards

Unusual conditions create special
fire hazards.
Such a situation was the result of
the great floods which recently
swept over a large part of the coun-
try taking many lives, making hun
dreds of thousands homeless, and
doing a tremendous amount of prop
eTty damage The National Board of
Fire Underwriters Immediately is
sued fire warnings to inhabitants of
the stricken areas, pointing out that
the least possible use of fire in
properties which had been subjected
to food damage was highly desir-
able if cOnflagrations were to be
avoided. The Board said that ex-
treme care should be exercised with
candles, lamps and imprOvised heat
ing units, and that chimneys, fire.
places and flues should be thorough
ly inspected and repaired before
being again put to service. Accent
was laid on the great danger of US
ing electric current where wiring
and equipment has been submerged
by water. Observance of these pre-
cautions, the Board concluded, might
forestall catastrophes as bad or
worse than the floods themselves.
Even if you live in an area un-
touched by flood, the change of sea-
sons alone creates conditions highly |
favorable to the outbreak and spread /
of destructive fire. It won't be long |
until the dry season starts in many |
states, and home owners will burn
brush and trash and clean up their
properties. The utmost care must /
be employed if this is to be done
safely-many a destructive fire has
started from a "little" burning
brush pile that got beyond control
Under the best Of circumstances.
the chance Of fire is always present
but It can be reduced to a mini-
mum with forethOught. care and
knowledge. Every one of us can
snare the time to safeguard our
property from the fire demon.
Milford chronicle., 1936-05-08
AL SMITH GOES TO CONVENTION;
Jimmie" WALKER STAYS Home
Tammany Ignores Administrations Wishes; FavOrs
'Ar While Turning Down Wise-Cracking Jimmie

untary exile for three years. But
last fall all was forgiven, Walker
was permitted to return to the Uni
ted States, and assured that he
would not be criminally prosecuted.
Through his agents he let it be
known that he intended to get into
the coming campaign, and boost for
Roosevelt.
In refusing to send Walker as a
delegate to Philadelphia, Tammany
dispatched a message to Farley,
which, as published in New York
papers, in part said:
I'VE decline to send former Mayor
Walker to the Democratic National
Convention but If you are determin-
ed to have him. then it is in your
power, not only as chairman of the
Democratic National Committee but
as chairman of the New York State
Democratic Committee, to dictate
his selection as delegate-at-large-
in declining to grant your re-
quest we have the decOrum Of the
convention in mind, a fact you had
forgotten when you proposed TO send
Mr.. Walker to the convention to
'wise-crack' former Governor Alfred
E. Smith off the convention floor, as
one of your representatives phrased
it.
''Tammany is sending a Roosevelt
delegation to the convention, but it
is not helping you to stage cat and
dog Highland again we are using
the language of one of your lieuten-
ants"
Which means that, if Walker goes
to Philadelphia as a delegate, Far
ley must send him.
Milford chronicle., 1936-05-08

President Roosevelt and Demo
cratic Chairman Farley were hope
ful that former Governor AL Smith
would not be chosen as one of New
YOrk's delegates to the Democratic
national convention at Philadelphia.
President Roosevelt and Chairman
Farley were desirOus of having for
mer Mayor Jimmie" Walker on the
New York delegation.
Tammany responded by selecting
Al Smith to head the New York City
delegation and refused to allow Wal
ker to be a district delegate.
Tammanyi in both instances, did
the exact reverse of what the Ad-
ministratiOn wanted.
Ever since AL Smiths speech de-
nOuncing the President for failure
to keep his promises, and threaten
ing to take a walk" if the next
Democratic platform endorses the
policies and performances Of the
New Deal, the President and his po-
litical advisers have eXerted their
influence to keep Al Smith out of the
convention picture. They have fail
ed. Al will be there, brown derby
and all; the observed of all Obser-
vers."
The administration kindly inter-
est in Jimmie Walker is something
new. When he was governor. Mr..
Roosevelt had Mayor Walker on the
carpet about the time the United
States Internal Revenue Bureau was
probing into his income tax affairs.
Jimmie" suddenly resigning as
mayor, took refuge in the gay re-
sorts of Europe, and stayed in vol