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Imperial Valley press., 1936-04-16
TWENTY YEARS AGO
April 16, 1916

At a meeting of the Imperial
Valley Bankers yesterday after
noon. it was decided to make d
loan of $4,000 to the Irrigation
district, this being in addition to
a loan by the First National Bank
of El Centre of $4,000
At the tenth annual convention
of W.C.T.U. held in CaleXico this
week the following officers were
chosen: president, Mrs. Imogene
Aten of Ell Centro, vice president,
Mrs. Amenda Mackey of Imperial.
corresponding secretary, Mrs. Ethel
Young of Ell Centre, recording Sec
retary. Mrs. Fuller, treasurer, Mrs.
T. II. Wilson.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-04-16
NeW Soil Program
Will Be Discussed

The new soil conservation pro
gram will be discussed by Jasper
farm center at the meeting Friday,
7:45 pm, Jasper school, by Frank
G.. Beyschlag, farm advisor.
Motion pictures will be shown by
DR.. T. f. Bartholomew Of Caelxico,
vocal solos will be presented by
Mrs. Fred Gunterman and a talk
on the single tax amendment will
be given by Dan West, county as
sessor- collector.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-04-16
Answers tn Fnregoing Onestions

l. Tripolitania extends along the
Mediterranean sea in North Africa.
2. DR.. Albert Meyer.
3. Arachnida is the scientific
term applied to spiders. It has its
origin in the myth about Arachne,
who was changed to a spider by
Athena.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-04-16
FIFTEEN YEARS AGO
April 16, 1921

The Methodist Sunday school OF
Calexico has ehanenged the Meth
odist Sunday school of Ell Centre to a
double basketball contest. Boys
and Girls teams from each town
will compete in a double header
Imperial Valley press., 1936-04-16
NEW YORK
DAY by DAY
By O. O. Mcintyre

NEW YORK, April 10. - New
York's chief point of interest for the
sight-seer is by long odds Radio
CITY. With the Empire State build
ing next. Europeans, where sky
scrapers are so little known make
the Empire their first stop, but the
American tourists prefer the broad
cast studios.
Radio City for a few months after
its opening offered a depressing
spectacle of empty store and Office
space. No one could admire its ar
chitectural extravaganza without
experiencing a vince at its devastat-
ing. costly desolation. Many beheV-
ed it would be the city's No. eye
sore.
The few magnificent establish
ments that lodged there appeared
entirely lost in what many thought
a building blunder. A mistake that
might impair one of Americas larg-
est fortunes. The change to opu-
lence was not gradual. The area
bloomed over night Like Magic.
The new steamship center con-
gealed en- masse. A dozen ultra
shopping strips gobbled up large and
small vacancies. The horticultural
decorations made it a bower Of beau
| ty. In fact, its rise out OF almost
| hopeless inertia has been one OF the
major triumphs of the let down.
| 90
Fav Templeton, a good trouper
playing many parts in a distinguish
ed career, refused to permit snlVeI-
ing over sudden role in real life
A gentle rocker on the porch of an
actors home. When her plight was
discovered, she sent out word: I'm
fine and happy Miss Templeton
like many others, thought she had
arrived at retiremen years with ma
terial sufficiency for comfort, only
| to find her safety vault box held
worthless scraps of paper. But when
her plight became known she be
came a hostess in Pittsburgh hotel.
! Then the flood
Frank Fay returns to Hollywood
with something of personal as well
as professional triumph. For sever
al years he had Winnoned the stu
dio's coolest stare and his domestic
life was mussed up as the result OF
his divorce by the lovely Barbara
Stanwyck. His success on the Vallee
hour, however, was one of the spec
taculars of the year So the prodi-
gal goes back as the star of spon-
sored radio program and likely his
choosing Of a cinema role.
90
In a booth at Lindy's a recent
evening. someone informs me, the
occupants were George Burns and
Oracle Allen. Fred and Portland
Allen. the Jack BennyS and the
Goodman Aces. Each couple hap"
pilv married, all the husbands COM
edians working with comedienne
wives. Also, although in d highly
competitive field and, both men and
women, exploiting almost the identi-
cal brand of humor, the four couples
are the staunchest friends and often
spend relaxing hours together. My
informant also says the dinner party
seemed razored of humor. The con-
versation 70 appearance was scat
terry, monosyllabic, dry.
90
One of the newest of the bright
Young advertising whizzes is Fred
Smith. who at the age Of 27 Is the
Youngest major executive in the
| larger agencies. He came from
Troy, o., three years ago to write
fiction, landed in a few pulps but
became so discouraged he was about
to return to his home town. One
morning he walked into The adVer-
tising agency and in the eloquency
Imperial Valley press., 1936-04-16
TEN YEARS AGO
April 16, 1926

Another large still fell into the
hands of the Sheriff's office last
night when Undersheriff Bert I'm
derWood. Deputy Sheriff McClel-
land, and customs officers arrested
a Japanese farmer six miles south
west of FL Centro.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. H. Keller and
Mrs. J. J. Green motored to Pine
Valley yesterday Mr.. and Mrs.
Percie Thacker had as their week.
end guest Mrs. Thacker's mother,
Mrs. Mary Eadie.
NOTE: See the important an
.-..... - .....,,Ac In IndnN,S adSl
Imperial Valley press., 1936-04-16
CCC PROGRAM AIDS
FAMILIES IN VALLEY

AssignmeHt Of y AHlerIcdR bOIW
youths, betWeeR Is and u gears OF
age, from Imperial county 10 the Green
VaIIeg Falls camp of The CiUitidH Con
serUdfion Corps brings 10 mind the
benefits recejUed here and elsewhere
from this most permanent Of all AeW
Deal measures.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-04-16

Persons born on this day are
usually sympathetic in nature, al
though they are prone to disparage
disappointments suffered by others.
They are generally persistent in
nature.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-04-16

Throughout the nation, the CCC has
dual aims, to help young men and to
conserve Americas S natural resources
while doing So Benefits from this con-
servation are too evident 10 need discus
Imperial Valley press., 1936-04-16

of despair talked himself into a
copy writing job. From that he
went like a shot to more important
posts. Such happenings are especi-
ally pert in face of the constant
yowling youth no longer has oppor-
tunity. That the Big Chance is
dead!
-OO-
Most Of us litter letters can SYM
pathize with the young man quit
ting a tea to rush to Newark for
his initial air journey to Hollywood
To Miriam Hopkins he tWittered
I'm flying to flight my first coast
in the ali and land to hope is all ]
can"
Imperial Valley press., 1936-04-16
Correctly Speaking

1t is now proper to use the words
doctor" and author when refer
ring to the feminine members of
those professions.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-04-16
GRAB BAG

Where is Tripolitania?
Who is president Of the Swiss
confederation?
What is the meaning Of the word
arachnida?
Imperial Valley press., 1936-04-16
Words of Wisdom
TndaY's HorOScone

The eyes of a fool are on the
ends of the earth.-Proverbs
Imperial Valley press., 1936-04-16
NIGHT BASEBALL FOR
IMPERIAL VALLEY.

Candidates for membership on nighf
baseball teams in Fl CeHtrO riH begin
practice Monday. along ICith players
from eUeFB part Of Imperial lsalIcy.
The practice hcdridS, almost surely,
The approaching adUeHi of summer.
out II means also the beginning Of a
sport ICilich has deUelOped into an in
StitUtiOB IN ihe Uaiiey.
Without night baseball. Imperial Val
ley would not seem like Imperial Valley
It Is sport which seems peculiar to
this region, although it is not. 1t is par
ticularly adapted TO the valleys climate
and summer needs. 1t furnishes recrea-
tion for players and spectators alike.
when nothing else would. To the men
who take part in the contests and to
the firms which make them possible, the
valley owes many thanks.
Yearly, thousands enjoy the league
games, played in the coolest part Of the
day under lights which turn the baseball
fields into brilliantly illuminated areas.
This year, the night baseball games will
be valley-wide IN scope creating
healthy, friendly spirit of competition
between the larger towns of the valley
and giving thir residents an opportunity
to become better acquainted. More and
more, partly through such activities as
these night baseball contests. the valley
is becoming community Of friendships,
rather than a community of bitter rival
ries.
Through such activities as this. too.
the valley has in the last two or three
years succeeded in keeping more Of its
people at home in tn summer months by
giving them something of interest, some
thing they can take a personal part in
accomplishing.
Night baseball is the forerunner of
many other such attractions for the val
ley-and as a pioneer it deserves com
munity recognition and honor.
The Coolidge examiner., 1936-05-08
Two Principal Methods
of FINISHING Poultry

There are two principal methods
of finishing poultry - pen-feeding
and crate feeding. The former meth
cd is generally used for turkeys and
waterfOwls, the latter for chickens
of all ages. Some feeders follow the
practice of pen-feeding for a couple
of weeks and then finish off" in
crates. Batteries are commonly used
in intensive plants, but for ordinary
farm use crates are equally satisfac-
tory and are inexpensive. The quar-
ters where the birds are to be FIN
ished" should be dry, cool and well
ventilated, and the birds should have
quiet and freedom from excitement.
The general purpose or heavy
weight breeds are best suited for
crate feeding and best results can
be expected only where strong, Wig
orous, sturdy type birds are used.
Before starting the finishing period,
the birds should be busted with flow
ers Of sulphur or some other suit
able preparation to insure their free
dom from lice.
The Coolidge examiner., 1936-05-08
I |RO(Q[L[lBY
WATCH WEIGHT OF
PULLETS FIRST YEAR
Frequent Checks Should
Be Made of Progress.
BY c. o. Dossin. Poultry Department.
Pennsylvania State College.
WNU Service.

BY C. o. Dossin. Poultry Department.
Pennsylvania State College.
WNU Service.
Pullets should gain in weight dur
Ing the first laying year. Some poul-
trymen make a practice of marking
a few pullets and then weighing
these same birds every week or two
through the fall months to keep a
check on the birds weight. Others
Just catch a few of the birds Occa-
sionally and handle them for weight
and amount of flesh on the breast
bone
If one has occasion to go into the
hen house at night after the birds
are on the perches, that is also a
good time to check on the birds
weight and condition. Another good
time to note the amount of flesh on
the breast Is while removing the
eggs from underneath the pullets in
the nests.
If the pullets lose weight, there
is a good possibility OF their going
into a molt. To maintain body
weight or to increase it, feed more
to the birds. Give all the scratch
feed the birds will eat at night and
about one-half that amount in the
morning. Keep dry mash before the
birds at all times. Filling the feed
ers with fresh mash each day will
encourage greater mash intake than
when the feeders are filled once or
twice a week. Stirring up the mash
in the feeders occasionally also
helps.
The use of lights in the hen house
to lengthen the working day of the
birds will increase feed intake. A
13 or 14-hour day will meet the re-
quirements of the average flock.
The Coolidge examiner., 1936-05-08
SeIf-Chosen Landon Aids.

OVERNOR LANDON must feel
~ awfully fractional, not to say
badly scattered, what with being
levied on by so many comparative
strangers all at once. Every day or
two, with an altruism rare in this
selfish age, some gallant volunteer
effects himself by acclamation as
the governors eastern manager or
his western manager, or his north
Observation-Disclosures manager or
something. 1t makes no difference
that he may never have heard of
these parties before; up to six
months ago, they'd never heard of
him either.
He's like a previously neglected
orphan child who suddenly comes
into prospects and finds everybody
In town trying to adopt him. May
be a better simile would be that of
a lone Thanksgiving turkey at ia
bleful of hungry boarders with this
one snatching the drumstick and
that one grabbing the second joint
and Mr.. w. r. Hearst clinging, with
a grip of iron, to the wishbone.
The Coolidge examiner., 1936-05-08
"Fresh" Mash

A more than averagely successful
poultryman who runs his business,
makes a point of walking through
his poultry houses several times
daily. AS he goes through, he runs
his hand along through the mash
hopper and stirs up the feed Which
Is good hen psychology. This poul-
tryman recognizes that birds are
curious and will eat considerably
more mash if 1t is stirred ,ur fire.
quently. Stale mash is fine thing
to hold back egg production, tests
have shown.
The Coolidge examiner., 1936-05-08
Pattern No. 1S6S-B

Some are chosen and some are not,
as you remember. And this is one
Of the summer" chosen! A pretty
bad pun, but this perfectly stunning
spectator sports frock makes up for
it. And you can wear it yourself
when summer sets in if you'll send
for the pattern now.
1t is surprisingly easy to make,
and with the aid of the step-by-step
chart, illustrating the cut and fit of
the new slit sleeves and the way to
pleat and stitchup the youthful
bodice, you will Immediately realize
how automatically it goes together.
The bodice has lot Of blouse to it,
even makes you suspect that it's
held underneath by an elastic band.
The Coolidge examiner., 1936-05-08
Geese Are Profitable

Abundant pasture of sort that
is tender and remains green for
long period is the most economical
basis for the raising of geese. A
stream or pond, or even tanks Of
water may serve for the aquatic
needs of the birds, and shelter may
be reduced to a minimum. In the
South none is required and in the
North a simple shed open to the
south is sufficient. Geese can be
raised successfully and proftably in
all parts of the United States, but
are more abundant in the Middle
West.
The Coolidge examiner., 1936-05-08
Gridiron Club Dinners.

EXCEPT the obituary column,
~ nothing could be sadder than
the newspaper account of gridirOn
club dinner. Yet gridiron club din
ners aim to be satirically amusing
and frequently are.
Turning them out must be a tre-
mendously hard job, because they
deal with the national political
scene, and any producer of farces
will tell you you can't burlesque a
burlesque. In other words, you can't
be very funny On a subject which al
ready is so much funnier than any
thing you can think Of-and that's
what the fellows at Washington are
up against.
This business of trying to be COM
ic Is a serious business anyway, es-
pecially since all comedy is predi-
Gated on distress. A fat man fall
ing down makes us laugh because
he suffers both in spirit and flesh.
But if he is pallbearer, say, at a
funeral and falls down on his own
high hat and maybe breaks up the
services-woll, now then, you've got
something that's really funny.
A definition of comedy could be /:
Tragedy standing on its head with
its pants torn.
The Coolidge examiner., 1936-05-08
Waning Presidential Booms.

MIHAT with cyclones and floods
w down south, the daily press
somehow failed to record among our
spring casualties the untimely end
of the Governor Talmadge boom.
Poor little thing, it passed away at
it's home in Atlanta, Ga, just as it
was learning, in prattling accents,
to lisp "pa-pa."
Still the shock did not catch some
of us unawares. We had a feeling
it wasn't going to live. The second
summer is so frequently fatal to
those incubator babies.
For instance, you take the Ham
Fish boom. Or if you didn't take it,
somebody certainly did, because it
hasn't been seen, or even heard of
for months and months.
The Coolidge examiner., 1936-05-08
Artifaial Breeding

SimpFeu methods for artificial
breeding of poultry, which in tests
produced higher fertility than nat
ural mating, have been developed by
poultry scientists of the United
States Department of Agriculture.
a 81 per cent fertility of eggs was
obrained by these new methods as
compared with an average Of 50 per
cent in the natural matings at the
National Agricultural Research cen
ter, Beltsville. Md. Ordinarily. poul-
trymen provide a male for each 10
or Is birds In their flOcks.
The Coolidge examiner., 1936-05-08
New Slit Sleeves and Youthful Bodice
Go With This Spectator Sports Frock

and the side pleats of the skirt har-
monize beautifully with the action
pleats in the back blouse.
Barbara Bell Pattern No. 1S6S-B Is
available in sizes IA, 16. Is. 20; 40
and AZ. Corresponding bust meas
urcments 80. "a, SO, 3S. 40 and ~.
Size 16 (34) requires Az yards of
80 inch material. Send fifteen cents
for the pattern.
The Barbara Bell Pattern Book
featuring spring designs is ready.
Send fifteen cents today for your
copy.
Send your order to The Sewing
Circle Pattern Dept, 367 w. Adams
ST., Chicago, III.
g Bell syndicate.-WNU Service.
The Coolidge examiner., 1936-05-08
Feeding for Production

Many pOultrymen are getting high
er production by feeding only a
small amount of grain in the morn
ing and the remainder at night. The
morning grain is fed in a clean lit
ter from q to 6 inches deep and con-
sists of about one pound of grain
for each 100 hens. The afternoon
feeding Is put in trOughs. The prac-
tice of feeding grain at different in
tervals of the day, especially during
the winter months. increases the ac-
tivity Of the birds and Overcomes
idleness.
The Coolidge examiner., 1936-05-08
Seeking Noah's Ark

Not long ago Illinois granted a
charter to the Noah'sArt Exploration
association for the purpose of send
ing expeditions to search for this
vessel, and the British Post Office
dispatched wireless
message to Mars for an optimistic
scientist over the Rugby station
Golfers.
The Coolidge examiner., 1936-05-08
what ((Lh
-JWV/ thinks
about:
Styles in Hair Tints.

CANTA MONICA, CALF.
~ There's more news con-
cerning the mummifed remains
of that lovely Egyptian prin-
cess they found the other day
that daughter of some early
Pharaoh, she who died nearly
5000 years ago and yet was still so
beautifully preserved. Too bad that
old recipe of the Pharaoh family
was lost. They did make such good
preserves.
The last word is that the little
lady's hair was dyed a henna color.
The Coolidge examiner., 1936-05-08
Folly of a Parole System.

THE perpetrators of the kidnap-
l. ing case of few months ago up
in the state of Washington were
both chronic offenders who, despite
their records, had been paroled.
The fiend who recently committed
the most hideous child murder that
California has known in years was
a convict out on parole. The degen-
crate who has just confessed to
numbering that poor defenseless gen.
tlewoman in New York the other
day was-yes, you've guessed it
he was a convict on parole.
And all over the Union the work
of turning loose criminals who have
not completed their terms Of punish
ment, indeed, in some cases hardly
have begun them, goes merrily on.
IRWIN S. COSB.
Copyright.-WNU Service.
The Coolidge examiner., 1936-05-08

on vacant attic.
Now, by the great gross, the styl-
ish ones are going red, reddish or
redder. Today, within half a mile,
1 counted ten redheads, and not a
white horse in sight, to prove the
ancient saying.
The Coolidge examiner., 1936-05-08
Two Lives

CRIEF is a delicate and fragile
~ flower, fading even more cas-
lily than joy, but never wholly
dead. Though seemingly dried and
withered past recognition, yet, If
but one warm breath pass over it
for a moment, it will bloom again
with renewed freshness. Even in
laughter the heart is sorrowful,,
and those who seem to forget
have often the saddest hearts.
Two beings dwell within us; one
active, busy, absorbed in the du-
ties and pleasures Of this world;
while the other is sadly and
dreamily living in the past, tread
ing with tears the former paths,
stopping to remember a look, to
pursue a shadow.
The Coolidge examiner., 1936-05-08

Either that's news
or something h a S
stimulated a sud-
den change in Hol-
| Y W o d fashions.
Just a little while
ago, a b o u t every
o t h er potential
movie queen you
saw was going in
f Or t h e platinum
effect; and only too
frequently, a | a S,
the effect was that
of q new fin roof
The Coolidge examiner., 1936-05-08

cans or TO I0,-
OOO,OOO,0OO other
human beings on
earth. 1t means
much to Eng
land, real ruler
Of Egypt, now
obliged to find
another king to
"behave himself,
do as England
says" and hold
do wn Egypt'S
anti British ha-
The Coolidge examiner., 1936-05-08

DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets are the orig
inal little liver pills put up 60 years ago.
They regulate liver and bowels.-Adv.
The Coolidge examiner., 1936-05-08
~N@@N@@N~~N@@N~~~N~~~N~N
Improved 0 SUNDAY
Uniform co-0~r
= -:-LESSON-:- =
BY REV. P. B, FITZWATER. D. D.,
Member OF Faculty, Moody Bible
Institute OF Chicago.
q Western Newspaper Union.
Lesson for May 10
EFFECTUAL PRAYER

LESSON TEXT-Luke 18:1-14.
GOLDEN TEXT-God be merciful
20 me a sinner.-Luke 1913.
PRIMARY TOPIC-How Two Men
Prayed.
JUNIOR TOPIC - When. Prayer
Changes Things.
INTERMEDIATE AND SENIOR
Should 1 Pray?
YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT
Shall We Pray Effec-
lively?
The Coolidge examiner., 1936-05-08
BRISBANE
THIS WEEK
One King Dead. Next?
Hitler Picks Successor
Three Kinds of Gold
One Lynched One Jumped

King Fuad, king Of Egypt, dead
means nothing to 130,OOO,OOO Ameri-
The Coolidge examiner., 1936-05-08

NewsbOys cry "What do you
read?" The Niagara of books pour
ing from the presses, a vast major
ity forgotten as they are born, make
many ask "What shall l read?" Of
the books that every one must know,
many are unnecessarily long. will
not he read, and need condensation,
in this day of newspapers, moving
pictures, and radio.
The Coolidge examiner., 1936-05-08
Virtue of Patience

If one doesn't know what to do,
let him assume an attitude of pa
tience.
The Coolidge examiner., 1936-05-08

Tokyo worries about Russia "plot-
rInG war against Japan" but no
plotting is necessary. Russia knows
the location Of every Japanese city,
tCwn and factory. 1t would be nee
eSsary to declare war and start
dropping bombs, particularly bombs
that spread fire
Starting a war for foreign coun-
tries is as easy as shooting I'D
Il gambling game" among our rack
eteers; no secrecy or plotting nee
essary.
G King Features Syndicate, Inc.
WNU Service.
The Coolidge examiner., 1936-05-08

New Jersey citizens dropped from
relief invade legislative halls, camp
out. sleep on the floors. promise to
remain until New Jersey supplies
money and food.
Ewing township. New Jersey,
with 5000 population, taking 45O
families off the dole. told them Off
cially to go out and beg. Begging
being illegal, each family was pro-
vided with begging license That
may be called economic relief"
The Coolidge examiner., 1936-05-08

Driving through this country, If
you see particularly fine build
ing, tall columns, wide grounds, for
healthy play, that is a public school.
Once it would have been the prison
or feudal castle.
You see another building, almost
as impressive as the high school,
That is a public library. The accu-
mulated knowledge of the world Is
free.
The Coolidge examiner., 1936-05-08

A mob seized
The Coolidge examiner., 1936-05-08

When stock gambling starts. 1t
moves rapidly. Since March last
year, stock prices have gone up 60
per cent. business has increased 1S
per cent. employment only 5 per
cent. Not much cheerfulness in that.
Since last March the New York
Stock exchange "values" have in
creased by twenty thousand million
dollars. Excellent "bait" for the ig-
nOrant.
The Coolidge examiner., 1936-05-08

rected the capture of Dill
niger, "Pretty Boy" Floyd,
"Baby Face" Nelson, and
others. Mr.. Purvis reveals
here methods used in cap
turing criminals. Names
have, of course, been
changed.
The Coolidge examiner., 1936-05-08

California possesses three kinds
of gold": yellow gold, of which
there is plenty left in the ground !;
~'black gold" which is the oil in
lakes thousands of feet down, and
the white gold" water from the
mountains, first used to develop
power. then to irrigate crops.
Another gold, more important
than those combined, is the gold of
education.