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Imperial Valley press., 1937-07-14
News Behind the News
NOuc That Tax AUOiders are knOICn
Next Jobs One for Congress TO
Plug Up the LOOphOies
Thanks You Please.

WESTINGHOUSE names and favorite
legal tricks OF various tax evaders and avolders
have been paraded by the Treasury Department
before the joint congressional comnhItee' ana II
now remains for congress to plug up some OF tIe
loophoes in order to make the joO OF some 4oOOo
private tax lawyers that much harder
But il would be a mistake TO say that the
treasury had not lost few tail leather In the
process 1t ought to be said for the treasury that
its primary motive in putting on this show was
to rouse congress to the point OF some remedlal
legislation, thereby increasing revenues. But
there is circumstantial evidence that the treasury
was unnecessarily chooSey IN selecting the names
which it tossed out to the lions.
The treasury took It's first spanking when
conservative leaders in congress turned down It's
proposal to have treasury agents hold hearings
and take charge of the publicity Then Vice
President Garner and Speaker Bankhead TOOK
pains to appoint the most conservative members
available to the joint committee, further spiking
administration hopes of bringing the eVaders ana
aVoiderS here in person.
Although the treasury had been losing hun
dreds of thousands of dollars year over a hVe-
year period through tax evasion scheme IN
volvng fake foreign insurance companies, and
agents had reported frauds and evasionS through
the scheme, no action was taken until February.
Queerer still was the fact that the treasury,
long acquainted with the personal holding COM
pany method of tax avoidance, was now foamng
at the mouth about it, but recently as last year
congress apparently with treasury approyal-had
Slashed personal holding company taxes heaVlly
some by so per cent.
The fact that thousands Of tax lawyers have
been graduated into private practice from the
Bureau of Internal Revenue after intensive cour-
seS-at government eXpense-in the latest, most
improved methods of tax evasion was also brought
out.
And it stands revealed that Undersecretary of
the Treasury Roswell Magil, in general charge of
presentation of evidence before the committee
once-as a lawyer-wrote two or three books which
told wealthy taxpayers how to minimize taxes.
certain amount Of odor has been stirred
up by Congressman Hamilton Fish's charges that
President Roosevelt himself has been guilty of
tax avoidance or evasion. There would Oe more
general interest in this, however, if the charge
came from anyone but Ham Fish.
Somewhere between the treasury and Depart
ment of Justice stands responsibility for the
SIC 600 tax suit against Mayor Daniel Shields OF
JohnstoWn, Pa, who has led the anti-union
movement in the steel strike there. The admin
istration is pro-labor, of course, but this case
dates back TO 1925.
Shields was convicted, retired reconYcted and
sentenced after a prohibition raid a Johns
town brewery. Shields finally pardoned by
Roosevelt on recommendation Of Senator Cuffey.
But now the government decides he should pay
taxes on $4,000 barrels of illegal beer and 400
gallons OF liquor siezed in 1925.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-07-14
CHARLES L. GTLLETT.
TRUE AMERICAN

what can we say about Charlie Gillett?
We knew him too well and liked him too
much 10 have words come easy at a time
nke TINS, and words, anyway, are futile
thlngs 10 tell the growth of a new en-
pre- IN the wilderness. His life and the
growth of our own little empire are syn
onomous. One would not have been com
plete without the other.
To his friends and family there should
be one consolation in Charles passing.
Given now we cannot call him Mr., Gillett.
the formality of it does not seem to fit
lie died as we thing he would have wish
ed, suddenly and in the full bloom of
life. For him there was no twilight age,
no weakening of muscles and brain;
such things would have been a tragedy
Tor man whose life was spent in an
elemental battle to conquer the desert.
This newspaper has told elsewhere of
the part Charlie played in building I'M
perial county. No newspaper columns,
nor orator with all the words in the En-
glish language at his command, can probe
the depths Of courage displayed by this
sheriff son Of frontier circuit-riding
minister Words can mention Charles
moral integrity, but words can never
picture the profound depths of a mans
character His creates fault was that
he trusted others too much.
The minister who laid Charlie to his
last rest could have offered no greater
prayer than that other men of similar
character shall arise to fight on the from
tiers of America, whether they be from
tiers in the wilderness, or in economies
or business or politics. There is no room
in such character for "isms". no place
for warped beliefs, no foothold for radi-
calism
What can we say of Charlie Gillett?
Only that he came from the mold that
formed the builders of America. Only
this, that of all our people, his kind is
the best.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-07-14
NOTICE OF MEETING OF THE
COUNTY BOARD OF
EQUALIZATION

Notice is hereby given that the
Assessor Collector of Imperial Coun-
ty, California, has delivered to the
Clerk Of the Board of Supervisors
of said County, the map books,
statements and original assessment
rolls for the fiscal year 1878, and
The Board of Supervisors sitting
as a Board of Equalization will
meet for the purpose of equalizing
said assessment rolls on Monday,
July Ia, 1897, and said board will
continue in session daily until the
business of equalizing is disposed of
and until Monday, July 10, 1887 at
500 o'clock PM.
Dated: FL Centre, California, July
ID, 1897.
w. J. McCLELIAND
Clerk of the Board of Supervisors.
(Jl4-lD
Imperial Valley press., 1937-07-14
DROUGHT IN THE MTDDLE-WEST,
PLENTIFUL HARVESTS HERE

One Of the best crops in their history
was enjoyed in 1886 by federal reclama-
ton projects, says a memorandum from
the U. S. Department of the Interior,
The news is of particular interest,
alongside dispatches recounting heat
wave casualties and potential killing
droughts in the middle west and other
so-called non-arid parts of the United
States. 1t is of particular interest be-
cause the reclamation projects are stu
ated in the so-called arid parts of the
country.
The lesson is plainly to be read One
of these days, although the fruition may
be long in coming, most of the farming
areas Of the United States will be under
irrigation. The day is coming, no matter
how far off, when farmers in the middle
west will no longer depend upon rainfall
for water to grow their crops.
We are fortunate here in Imperial Val
ley because we do not need rain to assure
US a harvest. For years we have had ir-
flga1on, and now we are assured flood
control and a plentiful water supply from
the Colorado river. We NAV prespire
under the heat, but we do not live in fear
of a drought. We know there will be a
natural drought every year-but we
know, too that by artificial means we
have already overcome the threat.
The vagaries Of nature are a terrible
menace only when man fails to use the
means at his command to train nature
in the ways he have her 60 More and
more, man is learning that lesson. When
it is completely learned, we will read
no more stories Of drought-seared crops
and parched, dust-blown plains.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-07-14
Editorials and Comment
WEDNESDAY, JULY a. 1897
@ on Sol
X FRANK WATANABE
AN sY ED HOLDEN
WHERE ARE YOU At?
sY Eo HOLDEN

If moving picture kisses is more long
er as minutes in certain states, it are
unlegal. In other states it are unlimit-
less. Moral topics is a matter for geog-
raphy to settle. 1t seems.
Upon certain parts of Africa, it are
very polite even if your dressing are
exactly nude. But if you did it at North
Alaska, you are damp fool. In such
case pneumonia are the respect, ire
gardless for morals
Also calling names in difference coun-
tries are reversible In Arabia they shall
utter. thou son of dog" This are very
unpopular there. But in America we
laughing at them syllibals. Howzeverly,
if YOU are calling a gentlman the same
animal, and declare the sex of it-05!
ouches. better be watching out But it are
the same dog.
Thanks You Please.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-07-14
Bruce Cation Says:>>
Voters Pay and Pay Under Machine Rule

From out Chicago way come
rumblings indicating that that
high spirited city is, once more,
anout to demonstrate the price that
can be paid for government of, by
and for the politicians.
Chicago's new tax rate, announc-
ed recently, touched an all-time
high with figure of 1882 for each
500 of assessed valuation. But a
high tax rate, in itself, is nothing
particularly new for any American
city. What makes the Chicago case
interesting is its background.
Eight or nine years ago Chicago
landed itself in the headlines with
q taxpayers strike. Taxes went
uncollected, city services languish-
ed, city employees went on skimpy
rations-and, all the while, the city
was blithey going ahead on bor-
rowed money, supporting one of the
most malodorous political rings in
America.
That got itself settled, finally.
The politicians were chased out,
the city began to pay its way once
more, and 1t looked as if every
thing was to be lovely. But one OF
the unnoticed little axioms of AM
erican politics is that if you resign
Imperial Valley press., 1937-07-14
NOTICE OF SALE OF REAL
PROPERTY AT PRIVATE SALE
AIn DAAEH

In the Superior Court of the State
of California, in ana for the County
of San Diego
In the Matter of the Estate OF
JENNY l.. HANSON, Deceased.
Notice is hereby given that under
and pursuant to the law made and
provided the undersigned, Arthur
w. Eckman, administrator with
the e-will-annexed will sell at pri-
vate sale, to the highest and best
bidder, subject to confirmation of
said Superior Court on or after
the 26th day of July, 1887, at
the office of Eckman and Lind
strom, 420 Story Building, City OF
Los Angeles, County of Los Angeles,
State of California, all the right,
title and interest of said deceased
at the time of death and all the
right, title and interest that the
estate of said deceased has acquir-
ed by operation OF law or otherwise,
other than or in addition to that OF
said Jenny L. Hanson, deceased, at
the time of death, in and to all that
lIsIi iCdi PlOPCiOJ P'i oiNo'"i'J
described as follows, to-wit:
Lot 26, Fuller Land Cos. Tract
No. 5, Imperial County, contain
ing 4.35 acres;
Terms or sale Cash In lawful money
of the United States on confirma-
ton of sale, or part cash and bal
ance evidenced by note secured by
mortgage or Trust Deed on the
property S, sold. Ten per cent OF
amount bl to be deposited with bid.
Bids o.. offers to be in writing
and will be received at the afore-
said off ce at any time after the
first publication hereof and before
date o. sale.
Date this 1st day OF July, 1887
ARTHUR w. ECKMAN,
AS Administrator with-the-Wlll-
Al. neXed.
SCRM.AN ana LINDSTROM,
'AAL hliAttotneys for Administrator.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-07-14
What Other
Editors Say
VALLEY MILK
lSan Diego UniOnl

IMFERIAL VALLEY, through
the president of the Ell Centre
Chamber of Commerce, Mr.. Walter
HaVekorst. addresses a complaint to
San Diego county which merits an
immediate and friendly answer. San
Diego county, the complaint de-
clares. is barring Imperial Valley
milk ostensibly on the ground that
IL does not meet local health re-
ouirements but actually TO protect
local dairymen from competition.
Imperial county dairy regulations
are above reproach, Mr. Havekorst
declares, and have been approved
after exhaustive analysis of I'm
perial milk and milk products. In
other words the issue in this diff
erence between two counties which
are and should be closely linked to-
gether by many ties, of friendship
and of commercial interest, hinges
upon a point of fact which can be
easily established. There is no need
for argument or bitterness. If I'M
perial Valley milk comes up to
standards established throughout
the state all restrictions should be
removed forthwith. San Diego coun-
ty has no right, legal or moral, to
discriminate against products Of a
neighboring county.
After adequate protection for
health has been written into regula-
tions they should encourage rather
than discourage the friendly and
free competition which is essential
TO all communities.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-07-14

and drink what she pleased with
out a pound of, variance and her
thin, graceful figure has often been
remarked. Ladies who would see
Miss Ward rounding out a gala
night in the old Paris days with a
steaming bowl of onion soup would
glance at her figure and heave a
sigh of envy In her COS she would
sweep on the dance floor with the
floating grace of a puff ball. But
Time always catches up with its
run-aWays. And now Miss Ward has
been forced ON a strict diet and
drinks are barred.
Do
When Rube Goldberg flew over
the Grand Canyon to the coast
recently he looked down and start
ed to tip his hat. He thought al
first it was Martha Raye smiling
and saying hello.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-07-14
The Grab Bag
One-Minute Test

One-mIiiutt ltSt
l. Who is premier of Belgium?
2. What is the flower symbol for
the month of July?
3. Who was Gregory Rasputin?
Hints Or etiquette
In writing regrets at refusal OF
an invitation, it is always courteous
TO state the reasons why accept
ance is impossible.
Words of Wisdom
Every man is valued in this world
as he shows by his conduct he
wishes to be valued.-Bruyere.
TOday's Horoscope
Persons whose birthday occurs
today are sometimes impulsive. The
conclusions at which they jump are
not always warranted.
One Minute Test Answers
/. Paul Van iceland, Princeton
alumnus.
2. The water lily.
3. A Russian monk who welded
powerful influence in the household
of the late car Nicholas H., -
e
Imperial Valley press., 1937-07-14

the worries of government to politi-
clans you are going to pay for the
privilege; and before long this old
saw began to prove its truth anew
The old gang was chased out, but
a new gang came gaily in. The
kelly-Nash machine took Chicago
over as its private fief. and the
tax rate began to soar. In 1893 it
stood at $6.49.' 1t has gone up every
year since then. In addition, new
gas, vehicle and liquor taxes have
been created in recent years, each
collecting its mite from the tax
payer in addition to his real prop
erty levies.
With all of this money being col
lected, you would suppose that Chi
cago was at least getting some ex-
celent government for its money,
and that all of the city employees
were being paid regularly. But ii
isn't quite working out that way.
Most of the city employees have been
getting along under a 101a per cent
pay cut for two years.
Fast as the city's income mounts,
IL does not seem to mount fast
enough to enable the city to pay
its workers their full wages and
salaries.
AS a result, loud murmurs of dis
content are being heard. The head
of an electricians union talks ON
inously about turning all the street
lights off and leaving the river
bridges open. School teachers tal6
OF forming a united front" And
on top of everything else, a tax
payers strike is freely predicted.
A picture like this is eminently
worth the study Of the inhabitants
of other cities. For it is perfectly
obvious that what is happening in
Chicago is nothing more than the
inevitable result of giving a political
machine its head. If you permit a
machine to fasten itself upon you
you are going to pay for it. The
plight of the Chicago taxpayer is
an object lesson for all taxpayers.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-07-14
PROCLAMATION
STATE OF CALIFORNIA,
DEPARTMENT OF
AGRICULTURE
TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL AREA

TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:
Under and by virtue of the au-
thority and power conferred upon
me as Director of Agriculture of the
State of California, as provided in
and by Article 8 of Chapter OF
Division II of the Agricultural Code,
l do hereby establish, maintain, and
proclaim that certain area included
within the exterior boundaries of
the County of Imperial, in the State
of California, and the whole Of
said area, to be a tuberculosis con-
troll area" as defined in and by said
Agricultural Code.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, have
hereunto set my hand and caused
the seal of the Department of the
State of California to be hereunto
affixed at my office in Sacramento,
California, this third day of July,
1897.
A. A. BURK,
Director of Agriculture of the
State of California.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-07-14

NEW YORK, July 14.-Every
morning between and there
strolls northWard on Madison ave-
nue. in the SOS a Tuxedoed gentle
man a bit weary on his way home
Strangers turn slowly and smile
EnoWingly. To them, of course,
he is another stay out on the last
lap of a hectic night.
But to familiars he is Arnol1
Reuben, the delicateSsen man,
whose restaurant tor more than 20
years in various parts of town has
been a fixed haven of the celebri-
ties of the stage, cinema and radio
and other callings identified with
amusments.
Reuben has stood in the en-
trance as a greeteer rlom the time
his place was a two by twice sand
wich shop Oh upper Broadway un-
til it reached its present opulence
he knows the inside lives Of his
customers more than most any
one of his day and there are few
ne has not befriended
The Reuben crowd does not really
begin to collect until around 3
am It is composed largely OF
those in white ties who have been
doing the town. from Greenwich
Village to Harlem, and do not con-
ider a night out complete without
having stopped off at Reubens.
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No newspaperman has been so
Imperial Valley press., 1937-07-14

DEL MAR, Cal July 49, UP)-
A diamond pin valued at 81 900 was
stolen from Mrs. Howard Hawks in
the dressing room of the sWank
Del Mar Jockey Club here, the wife
Of the motion picture producer re-
ported to the sheriff's office. The
pin was in a purse, which also con-
tanned $3.50 in currency. Mrs. Hawks
said.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-07-14

Vaudecues was proposed to name
New York's WhiteWashed burles-
ques. Some patrons, of course, will
think they're getting a beef on bun
with relish.
DO
Since they put Joe Louis voice
IN a phOnOgraph record, the eter-
raldoubters will be checking up to
zee how he acts when he's going
around i'm circles.
90
The Franklin Roosevelt, jr, new
lyweds went honeymooning in
Maine. Maybe they thought it
would serve as a good will gesture
from the nation.
The custom of dating packaged
f0odstuffs can't be completely sue
cassful until someone teaches the
trick TO hens.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-07-14
IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF
THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA,
IN AND FOR THE COUNTY
OF SAN DIEGO
No. 23533
NOTICE OF SALE OF

REAL PROPERTY
In the Matter OF the Estate Of
MARY A. SCOTT, also known as
MRS d. B. SCOTT, Deceased.
TAKE NOTICE that the Execu-
tors of the above entitled Estate
will, on or after July IL, 1887, sell,
at private sale, all the right, title
and interest of the above entitled
Estate in and to the following de-
scribed real property:
All that real property situated in
the County of Imperial State of
California, described as follows:
East half of the Northwest
quarter of Lots Three and -Four
of Section Thirty 900, Township
Twelve South, Range Fifteen
East, SBM, containing l67.87 acres
or thereabouts, according to U.
S. Government survey.
Bids or offers will be received at
Sic Bank of America Building, San
Diego California
Dated this 2lst day of June, 1897.
JOIN w. SCOTT
ETA M. FOWLKES
GENEUIEVE GLASCOCK
Executors of the Estate of
Mary A Scott, also known
as Mrs D. b. Scott, deceas-
ed. In Propria Personal.
July 12-13-l4
Imperial Valley press., 1937-07-14

Report that LEM Rieffenstahl, red.
haired German cinema director
who is said to be held in high re-
gard by Fuehrer Adolf Hitler,
had been denounced" at a social
event because she was not of
pure Aryan descent was branded
by the Nazi propaganda ministry
as too silly to be denied" Ac-
cording to the report, DR.. Paul
Joseph Goebbels, propaganda min.
lister, was said to have announced
during the social event that he
had documentary proof of Miss
Rieffenstahls Jewish blood. To
this spokesman said: Miss
Rieffenstahls Aryan affidavit is
registered with the Reich film
chamber"
Imperial Valley press., 1937-07-14
New York Day by Day
By O. O. Mcintyre

activities after a busy life as Karl
Bickel who decided to retire as
the head of a press association a
few years ago Bickel had worked
furiously and at top speed for more
than 25 years and there were those
who said he could never be happy
away from the grind. But he burn
ed all his bridges behind him, built
a home at Sarasota, fla, and as
he says, Just loafs." Sometimes
with the local banker, other times
with the shoe cobbler or watches
horseshoe pitchers. So preoccu-
pied is he doing nothing he only
looks at his mail once aweek.
In the mail comes a letter ask
ing for money and on either side
of the letter, the left and right
margins, is a list of patrons ana
patronesses. So long a list that
If each lady and each gentleman
would give SIS to the charity il
would be considerable sum.
The precociousness of the modern
youth continues to beWilder old
sters Fannie Hurst has a friend
who was doing a difficult cross
word puzzle and was stuck for
word meaning long and pointlesa
talk. He asked his married daugh-
ter, who did not know, but his
nine year old grandson, who was
not asked, said: TRY filibuster."
Later he came on a flying but
tress," which also stumped the
household, but the grandson gave
the definition at once. mt only
that, he knew when it was first
used and why and gave a short
description of this particular arch
itecture.
%
Sentiment: In WoodlaWn ceme-
| terry. not far from the White Plains
road, is a marble monument Of G
small boy on a bench. A hand Of
the boy holds a flower. Each day
wind, snow or rain a fresh flow
er is placed in the hand by a flor
ist who has a shop near by.
A spy tells of a neat trick Of
selling Florida real estate that
rarely fails TO zing the bell When
the realtor has prospective custo-
mers he expands on the glories Of
real estate and the natural ad-
vantages Of Florida and at the
proper moment in his peroration
suggests little native snort He
then puts up ladder on one of the
eocoanut trees of his place, cuts
down a likely looking specimen
and, slicing off the top pours the
milk into glasses filled with ice
The result is startling. The milk
turns out to be a heavenly ambro-
sia with an oopsie daisy. AS a rule
the host soon has the visitors sign
ing on the dotted line. He does
not. Of course, explain he has taken
precautions the day before to bore
a hole in the cocoanut, add q good
ly portion of gin'to the milk He
then replugs the eocoanut and in
"a hours the gin and milk have
fermented a lulu.
The perennially youthful Fannie
Ward the first time in her indie
/ .h1rtf4g All
Imperial Valley press., 1937-07-14

The perennially youthful Fannie
Ward the first time in her inde-
tei7ninable years faces obesity All
.her. life ghe has been able to eat
Imperial Valley press., 1937-07-14

Sentiment: In WoodlaWn ceme-
terry, not far from the White Plains
road, is a marble monument Of
small boy on a bench. A hand Of
the boy holds a flower. Each day
wind, snow or rain a fresh flow
er is placed in the hand by a flor
ist who has a shop near by.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-07-14

No newspaperman has been so
successful in complete cessation OF
Imperial Valley press., 1937-07-14

In the mail comes a letter ask
ing for money and on either side
of the letter, the left and right
margins is a list of patrons ana
patronesses. So long a list that
If each lady and each gentleman
would give SIS TO the charity il
would be considerable sum.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1937-01-29

At last reports she is still in criti-
cal condition and not expected to re-
cover.
A search was Immediately started
for the boy, who was located that
night in a colored section of Girls
field, by night officer Sidney o. Lam
don. The boy was placed under ar
rest and held until the hearing on Fri
day, when he claimed to be innocent
and stated the child had fallen on a
broom and injured herself and that
he had fled afraid he would be blamed
for the accident. Upon examination
conclusive evidence, including on the
boys clothing. proved his guilt and
he was committed to the Industrial
School.