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Imperial Valley press., 1936-02-09
"WiIdeats" Of the West-No. 4
PEARL HART
WHO POSED AS A BOY
TO HOLD UP STAGE

1.-THE Wild Cats of the West" were represented
] in the dawn of the twentieth century. by
woman who rode the cacti covered desert of Ari-
zona in picturesque fashion and for brief time
held her with the best and the worst of
them" She other than the renowned
Pearl Taylor Hart. A good deal of her fame came
from the fact that she wore boots and breeches
with an enviable grace and swagger and always
obliged the press by posing for pictures that were
guaranteed to build circulation Pearl was stage
robber with press agents mind!
Her career began in Canadian boarding school,
from which she eloped with Hart, thereafter pro-
ceeding with him through various parts of the
West. Hart was a cow man with "gun-tottin
complex, who degenerated into circus barker with
little money and petty vices. Pearl left him, and
alone went into Colorado, where she defied con-
ventions and lived free life. However, respecta-
bility appealed to her. and she went to Arizona and
started cooking for mining outfits. Hart joined her
again, having the habit of showing up when he
thought his wife might be able to support him. She
persuaded him to try responsibility, and made an
attempt to settle down and rear family This was
too great burden, however, and finally perman-
ent separation was arranged.
G HE made platonic friend of man named Joe
- Boot who admired her courage and would aid
in her work. When word came that her mother was
ill, Pearl and the tried prospecting for enough
gold to send her to Ohio, but this proved futile.
Various other efforts were as useless and finally
the tender hearted Boot, believing in the romance
of the West which had since disappeared, told her
that they could hold up the Globe stage without
being detected
Accordingly they did. PEARL posing as boy,
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took the money, while the man. holding the biggest
gun, covered the frightened travelling statesmen,
Chinese, and women passengers. They relieved the
passeng gers of more than $400, giving them each
dollar for bed and meal when they should arrive
in town.
Robbing stage coaches in 1899 was as old fash
ioned dime novels in 1885, and the law was very
quick to catch the pair. Their amateurish efforts
at hiding only served to exhaust them, and landed
Pearl in Tucson for trial. She eventually ended UP
with 10-year sentence in Yumas male inhabited
jail Being the only woman, it was necessary to
build special apartment for her, where she played
gracefully the role of bandit queen who swore
that she had reformed and said her prayers each
night
Even Eastern newspapers were interested in this
woman who had tried to revive the old west, and
photographed her generously. Her manners
so perfect, however, that all prison guards
her big brothers" and in two years she freed
by parole She passed out of the picture of famous
women by going back to her mother and beginning
what the press reported "a life" having
given the West probably its last bandit stage rob-
berry, and thus winning a record of achievement.
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derers returned to the scene of their crime, he
wondered? He could discern two cars parked in
front of the house. Fear urged him to fly from the
scene, but-curiosity prompted him to investigate
With the utmost caution, he got out of his car
and started toward the house. Evidently the eiec-
tricity had not been turned off as he saw a light
flash on in the house. He made for the window
where the light shone. Fear still gripped him, but
his curiosity was overpowering
THE shades were drawn, but the dark forms of
~ three men clearly shouetted against the
background. Their voices were raised if in argu-
ment, but their words were indistnguishable in the
rain and wind Paul stood on his tip-toes strainng
. for word from the inside.
The next moment he almost cried out as one of
the men drew knife from his pocket and held it
aloft He saw the shadow Of the blade menac-
ingly outlined on the shade The appeared to
be threatening someone outside Pauls line of
vision. Had they brought another victim back to
the scene of their first crime, Paul wondered fear
somely. He was rooted in his tracks. Then, as he
gazed Mortified at the shadows the curtain, the
made fierce lunge with the knife and there
was sckening thud like body topping to the
floor.
Paul turned and fairly flew toward his car. He
was within few yards of it when the ray of
lashlight blinded him and voice beloved "Stop
where you are Put up your hands"
Paus heart all but stopped Wild thoughts
flashed through his head. They would kill him
torture him-maybe dismember his BODY, Why
hadn't he stayed at home?
Get those hands up high, young fella What're
you doin here, anyway" The man pointed gun
straight at Pauls heart. He could see the BARREL
the mans hand although the fashlight still partly
blinded him, and then-a uniform
why, why-geewhiz, you're policeman Paul
gasped unbelievingly Then, suddenly remembering
the shadows on the curtain 'Tve found the mur-
derers of Mr.. James" he cried There" he pointed
Imperial Valley press., 1936-02-09
ES4iME@ 7Es595 IN FG]
Curiosity
BY John Richard Finch

D AIN beat steadily against the windshield of
~ Paul Burke's car. The wind was up and it's weird
whistling howl through the leafess treetops sent
a shudder through him. 1t was an eerie, unfriendy
night and somehow he couldn't get the thought out
of his mind how Bailey James had been stabbed to
death in his bed in the old house just up the road
only few weeks before. He smiled sheepishly into
the darkness at his uneasiness and stepped on the
accelerator. Carson City was only a few miles
ahead
Unconquerable curiosity forced him to slow down
as he approached the James home. Suddenly he
froze in his seat flashlight shot finger of light
into the darkness from the porch of the old house.
which had been empty since James death. With
trembling fingers he switched off the ignition
coasted over to the side of the road and stopped
He sat motionless, listening. Voices came to him
through the blackness of the storm. They were evi
IDENTIFY attempting to open the door, Had the muir
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to the house They're inside, and they just killed
another man."
Then, in ave. he heard the officer laughing, saw
him slip his gun back into it's holster and switch
off his f1ashght
Sonny, hop in your jolopy and scram on home
Those feas in there are from the homicide squad
re-enactin' the James murder"
Copyright 1886
Imperial Valley press., 1936-02-09
BY Billie Harshberger

SOunQS WclrQ ana oeTle QOcSu IL, UuI dl CcI
talking with medical men who make a business OF
life and death, and after listening to theories pro-
pounded by surgeons from the state of Washing
ton to that picturesque boundary of Mexico, the
Lone Star of Texas, l have come exactly to that
conclusion and knowledge.
Honestly if you want to live, you CAM All you
have to do is hold on for dear life!
Following this great land of the Pacific from
north to south, we can start with DR.. Harry A.
Willard of Tacoma Washington, practitioner of
Importance
l asked Dr. Willard if he thought that deter
mination to live and stay on earth would keep a
person alive and if so would he tell exactly
what constituted Thought"
His was definite. "The fighting glands
are the adrenal glands" he said "You ask if the
decision to live would influence life, and l would
say that what you think positively does influence
life The strong mental determination to live stmu-
lates the adrenal gland and increases the flow of
adrenaline in the system, which in turn stimulates
and increases vitality.
"You ask what thought is, and there you have
me. If you find any who answer that for
me, let me know. Thought is possibly power, pos
sibly energy. You say another doctor told you that
thought was not in the brain but was recorded
by the brain. I'd agree with that, 1 think but
where this thought comes from l don't know.
"We are just barely on the edge of that great
field of knowledge and yet have nothing definite
on which to count. believe we will eventually
find the solution to what causes death. In the
meantime, would say positively that the DETER
MINED WISH TO LIVE PROLONGS LIFE"
NEXT comes interview with an Idaho DOCTOR
i one greatly beloved in the section about Lewis
ton, Dr. o. c. Carsstow
II have watched hundreds of people die and l
don't think many IF them knew when they were
going" he said. "Of course often they talk, but
that is NOT THE INDIVIDUAL TALKING! 1t is
simply the irritation of certain brain cells connect
ing with the power of speech which repeats what
has already been impressed upon them
He explains that it's much like an old phono-
graph record on which certain impressions have
been made and will be repeated over and over
again when the record is touched.
Original thought is not in the brain cells" he
continued. II don't know any who has yet
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Cheating The Grim Reaper
Informal Talks With Surgeons Sb0lV
That the Will TO Lie Is Sufficient

Editors Note.-The Five Star Weekly as
sumes no responsibility for the statements
herein quoted. The article copyrighted by Mrs.
Harshberger, is offered because Of its curious
content We believe our readers will be as
interested in it as was the editor - life and
death being the aII-important question of ex-
istence.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-09-05
-WeekIy Sunday School Lesson - TURNING TO THE GENTILES Text: Acts 14:s-1s, 1s 20; Romans 1O:s-1s

istry and mission to the Jews. It Quickly became evident to him that the Gospel was not limited to any race or nation, but that 1t was the power of God unto salvation to all who believed.
 In our lesson we find Paul in the city of Lystra, outside the immed- fate Jewish circles. There sat a crip- pie, unable to walk, who had been that way from birth. This cripple, hearing Paul speak, apparently had faith to be healed, and Paul, per- oeiving this, commanded him to stand.
 The cripple leaped up and walked And when the multitude saw what had happened, in the terms of their own pagan religion, they were con- vinced that the gods had come down to their city in the likeness of men.
 So they called Barnabas Jupiter" and Paul Mercury" And the priest of Jupiter brought oxen and gar- lands to the gates of the city to do sacrifice in honor of these gods who had come among them.
 But Paul and Barnabas protested, we also are men of like passions with you and bring you good tidings that ye should turn from these vain things unto the living God"
 It was the only thing that Paul and Barnabas could do. Never theless, 1t required very great cour- age, for in a sense they were re- buking the religious ideas of these dwelers in the pagan city. They were exposing themselves to the danger that quickly arises when Q mob is diverted from its purpose; when praise may be changed in 8 moment to misunderstanding and hate.
 The two Christian missionaries made the event the occasion for tell ing the story of the living God and of Jesus, the Savior of men, with the result that some were brought under the power of the new religion. But how quickly the attitude of a mob can change! Jews who came from Antioch and Iconium, where Paul had been, so effectively rnisrep- resented Paul and Barnabas that the multitude stoned Paul and drag ged him out of the city, believing he was dead. Barnabas escaped and the next day Paul and Barnabas went on to Derbe.
 Thus we see, in the beginning, the course of Paul being shaped by per- secution. He was fulfilling in very truth the command of Jesus to his disciples, "When they persecute in one city, flee to another.
 But the necessity of preaching the Gospel had laid such hold upon him that no form of persecution could defeat his purpose.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-09-05
GLORIOUS l3TH CENTURY
Great Holy Name Move nlent Started in Era of
 Great Culture

Today's lnstalIment review
 ing the history. of the Holy
 Name movement throughout the
 world marks the second i'm Q
 series of three articles. The
 author, Very Rev. Thomas F.
 COnIon, o. F., native of Water
 bury, is national director of the
 Holy Name societies in the Unit
 States. His concluding article
 serving aS . prelude to the
 great Holy Name convention in
 New York city, will appear in
 next Saturdays Democrat Sep
 tember 12.
 The Thirteenth Century has been called the greatest by those who revel in medieval culture be- cause Dante, Thomas Aqu1nas. Bonaventure, Albert the Great and other outstanding thinkers made their contributions to the fund of human knowledge at that time. Yet in many respects it was not unlike our own Twentieth Gen. utry. In both periods the good and the bad are to be found. It was in the last quarter of the Thirteenth century that the Holy Name Movement was started.
 Francis of Assist on his journeys through Italy met men who were diabolical. There was on one hand intense religious devotion while on the other was immortality, in- fidelity and atheism. The Albigen- ses who drew many away from Christianity, rejected marriage, encouraged suicide and promoted a disregard for authority that caused much civil strife and social unrest. Prayer was echoed by
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-09-05
"1936 Tragic Year
 For Jews" Says Wise
Approaching New Years Observance for JeWry
 Brings Comment From Noted Rabbi

Waterbury Jewry will join with Jews all over the world in marking the beginning of the High Holy Day season, which opens at sundown the 18th, with the celebration of Rosh Hashonah, or New Years Day. An- nual messages have been issued by President Franklin D. Roosevelt and by Governor Herbert Lehman of New York.
 Of interest to Waterbury is a pessimistic New Years message by Rabbi Stephen s. Wise, Jewish lead- CT, who has spoken here on a num- Der of occasions. Rabbi Wise stated that the past year has been "too dark and too tragic" to record. Jews have been persecuted and har- ried, he stated.
 The High Holy Day season ends on the 26th, when Yom Kippur is celebrated.
 President Roosevelt's message fol- lows:
 Mindful of the signal part taken by the Jewish people of America
 in upholding the traditions and aims of our country, 1t gives me
 special pleasure to extend cordial
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-09-05
CARDINAL STARTS
 HOLY NAME RALLY
Christian Youth Group Plans Mobilization Week
 and Parade in October

The new stadium at Randalls Is- land will be. the scene of the two closing services of the national con- vention of the Holy Name Society which will be held in New York city September 17-20. A solemn holy hour" will be held at 9 p. n1., Sept. 18. A rally of men will be held at 2 D m. on Sunday, Sept. 20, and it has been estimated that 250,000 men will be present. These are ex- pected to be the largest religious gatherings of man ever held in this country. The final day will mark the 662nd anniversary of the found- ation of the society.
 Cardinal Hayes. patron and hon. orary chairman, will be the presid- ing prelate. The convention will open at Q Pontiflcal mass in St. Patrick's Cathedral, at which the Cardinal will preside. The celebraI1t of the mass will be the Most Rev. Stephen J. Donahue, Auxiliary Bishop.
 Business sessions will be held at the Waldorf Astoria hotel.
 The protector of tn organization is Thomas Plus Cardinal Boggiani of Rome. The executive chairman of the committee is Msgr. Michael J. Lavelle, Vicar General of tho Archdiocese of New York. The co-chairman are Bishop Donahue, the Very Rev. T. s. McDermott, provincial of the New York Domin- ican Province, and Msgr. John F. Brady, supreme spiritual director of the Archdiocesan Union of the Holy Name Societies. The executive sec- retafy is the very Rev. Thomas F. Conlon, and the assistant national director is the Rev. Charles V. Fen nell.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-09-05
FORMER GOVERNOR
 ROTARIANS' HOST

A sheepbake was given to the members of the Rotary club and their wives by ex-Governor Charles A. Templeton last evening at his home on Country Club road. Each year the former governor entertains the members of the local service club.
 Those present at last nights affair are listed as follows: Charles J. Allen, his son and daughter, Rev. Dr. and Mrs. John c. Walker, Rev Dr. and Mrs. John N. Lewis, MT. and Mrs. John A. Coe, MT. and Mrs. Charles Heaven, Mir. and Mrs. Clar- ence J. Bartlett, MT. and Mrs. Ed ward 1T. Davis, MT. and Mrs. Robert E. Platt, pr. and Mrs. Dudley B. Deming, E. Robert Stevenson and daughter, MT. and Mrs. William M. Harris and daughter, Leroy M. Gibbs, his son and daughter, Pearl J. Skilton, Barry L. Morgan, Dr. and Mrs. William B. Greenburg, Joseph Sugenheimer, MT. and Mrs, Charles II. Chapman, MT. and Mrs. William J. Latimer, Lawrence O. Whitall, George W. Greene, MT. and Mrs. Jesse B. Kelsey, MT. and Mrs Louis s. Fitch, MT. and Mrs. Frank E. Hess, MT. and Mrs. Richard O. Fisher, Herbert s. Smith and son Rev. David P. Gaines.
 New Britain, were deacons of honor
 Active deacons were Rev. J. A. Frederick of New Haven and Rev, Henry Callahan of Simsbury.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-09-05

c. Did the Hebrew religion ever teach that there is 8 hereafter and if SO when did they begin to teach this?
 A. Only during the Greek period of Jewish history did the hereafter come to the front of Jewish reli- gious thought. Despite 5adducean opposition the beliefs in Irnr1ortali- ty and Resurrection, the Judgment, Gehenna and Gan Eden (Hell and Heayen) rooted themselves in the Jewish consciousness. When the Pharisees placed the doctrine of the resurrection of the body by the side of the belief in the Divine Unity and of Revelation as cardinal princi- pie of Judaism, they combined 1t with the belief in Ret-ibution, both national and personal as Q stimulus to moral progress. The moral gov- ernment of the world expressed it- self in the Messianic hope of Is- rael's restoration in this world. and in the awakening of the individual dead for judgment in the world to come. Under the influence of mod ern thought, however, the confi- dence in the resurrection of the body and in the retribution in the hereafter has faded out of the minds of many Jews.
 c. Why do Catholics wear med als?
 A. An authority answers: Cath olics wear medals to honor God and His saints, to bring to their mind some doctrine of the faith, or to att test their membership In some pious confraternity. They do not attr1- hute any virtue to the medal itself, but wear 1t to foster devotion.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-09-05
Church Nevs
ZION LUTHERAN

Rev. Carl A. Stenholm, pastor. No worship tomorrow on account of the Hartford District Luther league arl- nual convention at Manchester.
 The convention starts today and ends Monday. The guest speaker will be the Rev. Dr. P. O. Bersell of Minneapolis, president of the Augustana synod.
 pr. Bersell will also speak in New Haven Thursday at 8 p. m. To this meeting a special invitation IS ex- tended to the members of the church boards of the district.
 The Ladies Aid will meet at the home of Mrs. John Clauson Thurs day at 2:30 p. m.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-09-05
Christ. Science
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE

"Man" will be the subject of the Lesson Sermon.
 The Golden Text is from Psalms 37:37: Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright: for the end Of that man is peace.'
 Readings from the Bible include the following passages from II Cor. 5:16, IT: "Wherefore henceforth know we no man after the flesh: yea, though we have known Christ after the flesh, yet now henceforth know we him no more. Theremore If any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away: behold, all things are become new"
 Selections from the Christian sci- ence textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mary Baker Eddy, include the following; Anybody. who is able to perceive the incongruity between Gods Idea and poor humanity, ought to be able to discern the distinction (made by Christian Science) between Gods man, made in His image, and the shining race of Adam. When man is spoken of as made in Coos image, 1t is not sinful and sickly mortal man who is referred to, but the ideal man, refiecting Gods nke- ness" p. 435:2i, p. 346.O.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-09-05

 prosperity and happiness"
 Governors Message
 Governor Lehman directs his mes sage to Jews not only in New York but all over the country:
 "At this season American Jews can with grateful hearts join In thanksgiving because, in love and pride of country, they can look forward with high confidence to a year of increased prosperity for America and of security for all who live here. For our brethren in many other lands the past year has brought unjust oppression, imminent danger and undeserved distress. Their unhappy situation intensifies for us the solemnity of these Holy Days.
 At the new year we Jews review all that has occurred during the year, and, as we pray for e year of peace and prosperity for our selves and for our country, we ask, too, for strength to overcome our shortcomings and to enable us to perform our duty to God and man. The sound of the rams horn has been for thousands Of years a clarion call for service; we, too, will answer that call. With our fellow citizens we shall work for the advancement of this country: with our fellow Jews we shall labor to succor the distress ed and to defend ourselves against unjust attack. Dark though the clouds may be in many parts Of the world, the light of truth must in time dispel them. Fervently we pray for a year of peace and good will in all the world; ceaselessly each of us must strive to do his little part to bring 1t about"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-09-05

O. Why do many Lutherans, when kneeling at Communion, turn their backs on the altar?
 A. A Lutheran clergyman a1- swers: do not know of any Luth- eran church where the comm uni- cants kneel with their backs to the altar. However, there are congre- cations where no kneeling benches have been provided in the pews. in which 1t is customary for those who take part in the confessional serv- ice to kneel for confession in the pew, kneeling upon the floor and resting their arms upon the seat of the pew. This puts them in position of turning their. backs to the altar. It is not an approved practice growing out of conditions, and expedient rather than prin- ciple of practice.
 o. Is there an organization of Atheists in the United States and if so, what is its membership?
 A. Although for many years bLlcEC tldVC pCCAA d huAbASCA VI AASS thought societies in this country organizations opposed to religion but with the agnostic attitude to- ward God-there is only one asso- citation of Atheists in the United States. It was founded in 1925 by Charles Smith and a few associates under the name of the American Association for the Advancement ot Atheism, Inc. with headquarters ct S07 East 14th Street, New York city. It has Q branch in Chicago. The active membership in New York and Chicago is about one thousand. The association stresses materialism, empiricism, evolution. the existence of evil and hedonisna as the five fundamentals of atheism.