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Imperial Valley press., 1937-06-15
SEVERAL
IMPORTANT REASONS


IMPORTANT REASONS
There are several important
reasons why it cannot. First, it
is not financed to build the
plants and cannot be for years
to come. Second, if it should
build the plants, it hasn't the
market for the power. Third, it
insists on a power fight for the
comparatively small retail pow
er business in the Valley in COM
petition with a successful and
established private company. and
experience has already shown
that the company will retain at
least half of the business. Fifth,
the bond plan is economically
unsOund, because about 10 per
cent of the first power system
bond money would be wasted,
building duplicate lines that are
unnecessary and a waste of mo-
ney. Sixth, politicians are not
good business men and do not
operate the public's business
economically. as shown by the
water record in the Valley.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-06-15

may be a few in the Imperial Val
ley.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-06-15

The. only way in which this may be assured is to
vote down the bonds and then accept the cooperative
offer to duplicate the federal grant and finance ALL
FOUR OF THE PLANTS ON THE CANAL INSTEAD
Imperial Valley press., 1937-06-15

DEFEAT OF THE BONDS ON WEDNESDAY is
ONLY MEANS BY WHICH THE PEOPLE CAN AC-
CEPT THE COOPERATIVE PLAN AND BE ASSUR-
ED OF A PROFITABLE OWNERSHIP OF THEIR
CANAL POWER RESOURCES.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-06-15
THE POLITICAL ALTERNATIVE

There is only one alternative
from the above. That is the out
worn, long-term bond issue plan,
Imperial Valley press., 1937-06-15

Because of the growth of its business, the power
company is purchasing large amounts power from
other companies and the City of Los Angeles If
power wholesale from the peoples canal plants
can sell the entire output large percentage of it
tirey outside the Valley.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-06-15
WHY CAN'T DISTRICT?

WHY CAN'T DISTRICT!
Since l have been i'm the Val
ley. the most frequent question
/ have heard is:
'1f the power company can
handle the All American canal
power and make il pay the Dis
trict $4,000, 900, why can't the
District do the Same?"
Imperial Valley press., 1937-06-15

At the prices offered for All-Amercan canal power
which will be owned by the people of the Imperial Val
ley and not subject to political control manipulation
the people pay for the All American Canal without
special taxes bond issues
Imperial Valley press., 1937-06-15

If the people in the Imperial Irrigation District
vote down the bonds Wednesday, they will have the op
portunity to every kowatt hour of electricity four
plants the canal produce at prices from two and
half to three times what the u S. government asks for
Boulder Dam power
Imperial Valley press., 1937-06-15

The cooperative power plan for wholesale disposal
of the canal power larger definitely assured pro-
fits to the people than the competitive plan There would
be sufficient pay for the A-American canal and
free and clear of debt.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-06-15

At its prices, the government expects to pay for
Boulder Dam.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-06-15

OF PART Or ONE PLANT, AND PURCHASE ALL
POWER PRODUCED AT A VERY FINE NET PRO
FIT TO THE PEOPLE.
Evening star., 1937-10-24
Snotches

ISLANDS of the South Pacific are
so popular nowadays that it's not
much of surprise to learn that
tourist ships go every winter to
Robinson Crusoe's famous home.
It's Mas a Terra, biggest of the
juan Fernandez group, and lies
355 miles off the coast of Val
paraiso, Chile. Defoe is supposed
to have gotten the idea for one of
the most widely read books ever
printed from the story of an Eng
lish seaman, Alexander Selkirk,
who lived on this island in COM
plete solitude for four years.
The tourist steamers arrive in
the middle of the night and an
Choir in the bay. Under cover of
dark, some of the crew get in
small boats and steal ashore.
When the. passengers are awake
and on the decks next morning
they are thrilled to see, padding
toward them on a crude raft,
Crusoe himself, complete with
umbrella of skins, goat, parrot
and Man Friday.
No matter how weary or bur-
dened with troubles, the world will
always thrill to great adventure.
SIGN in a little Missouri res
taurant: eve serve the best salt
and toothpicks in the world"
This bit of information comes
from Homer Croy, who is or
ought to be = an expert on signs,
since he was the inspiration for
the biggest ever erected in honor
of a living author. 1t stands on
route No. 7, in Missouri, and
reads: welcome to Maryville,
the home of Homer Croy, author
of West of the Water Tower
and They Had to See Paris. ,"
Croy is a good deal of a wag,
and one of his most waggish
stunts was getting admission to
the august Office, at League Head
quarters, of DR.. Manley o. Hud-
son, American official observer,
by presenting a visiting card
which read: 'Israel Cohen, Cash
for Old Clothes, Rivington Street,
New York, All Deals Con6den-
tial, No Publicity" Croy could
have gotten in easily any day by
presenting his own card, since
DR.. Hudson was an old friend,
but it amused him more to be
able to storm the gates under
the name of an old-clothes dealer.
M.
Evening star., 1937-10-24
Mosozins Section

STUDY the records of many of
our most vicious criminals, and
you will find that their careers in
crime = from their very first
oHenses have been made pos
sibie by corrupt politics.
That alarming statement is
made by ]. Edgar Hoover, direc-
tor of the Federal Bureau of In
vestigation, in the next article in.
the series he is writing for THIS
WEEK.
For a Crime-Free American
is the title : and the goal = of
MIR. Hoover's series. To help at
tain that goal we have prepared
primer on crime control, telling
how to fight crime in your COM
munity. If you are willing to
join In such a battle, write to
THIS WEEK, in care of this news
paper, and "How to Fight Crime"
will be sent to you free.
And don't fail to read Mr..
Hoover's article next week. 1t.
discusses:
POLITICS AND CRIME"
Evening star., 1937-10-24
The Rules Of the Game
by ELMER RANSOM

he considers his own wishes always in
the light of the rights and feelings of
others.
These rules, coded and uncoded,
are the formulated ritual of society,
cropping slowly toward happy COM
munity existence in which, necessarily,
we depend one upon the other They
represent a compromise of the in
dividual for community protection.
They are fluid, constantly changing to
meet the altered conditions of chang
ing world. They are the shining armor
of society; without them, chaos.
"The restraint of rules under which
you work and play is the price you
pay for personal opportunity, for love
and content, for home, for certain
mental and spiritual stability, for all
the treasures of the past and the secur-
ity of the future.
''You complain that the world has
many hypocrites who apparently pros
per by exploitation, by edging the
rules, or by slipping outside through
crooked devices. | would be less than
honest if denied this; but even the
hypocrite does not so advertise HIM
self, and thus pays homage to those
who abide the rules of the game.
1--WE can prove nothing by selection
Of individual cases; only by averages.
And, by and large, those men are sue
cessful and happy who are good sports
men = who learn the rules and care
fully observe them; true of golf, foot
ball, bridge, business, all of life itself.
"Thope haven't bored you. Mother
has invited Mary to spend the Christ
mas holidays with us. Well be SO glad
to meet anyone that you love, and
we'll have some grand times together.
'Affectionately,
dad"
The Big Man put the letter down
and, rising, walked to the window.
After minute he turned and said:
''You ought to 60 long way with
such father"
The Boy answered gently: eyes
sir"
The Big Man said: "We'll forget our
differences. Get back to your job"
The Boy rose. He looked at the Big
Man. There was much he wished to
say, but all he did say was: THANK
you"
Evening star., 1937-10-24

HE Big Man had promoted Bill
Skate ahead of the Boy, and the
Boy had handed the Big Man
mouthful and quit Now they sat
across from each other, and the Big
Man asked: "What made you change
your mind3" The Boy handed him a
letter. The Big Man read:
"Dear Bert:
mo trait is more worthy of cultiva-
tion than stern self-criticism, combined
with liberal judgment of others. Be
hard on yourself, easy on your asso-
ciates.
"When you say that l am broad
minded, hope this is what you mean,
and hope, too, that you don't expect
me to be lenient in my judgment of
you. You are the projection of me into
the future and, for JOY or disappoint-
ment, a very definite and certain i'm
mortality.
Between the lines of your letter, |
sense fretted impatience at restraint;
something sinister, as though it were
personal license that you wished and
hardly dared to voice.
81 hope this isn't true, but the
thought can serve as springboard for
one of our old comradely discussions.
'You have finished college and are
on your own. Supposedly you are men
tally mature, and | won't insult that
maturity by stringing together lot of
platitudes. Consider merely the things
you suggest and the price you will have
to pay.
''Out of the long past, mankind has
evolved certain rules, many of which
have been reduced to writing and are
called laws. No less important are the
common laws of good manners.
"Good manners are much more
fundamental than a book Of etiquette
or the way in which you handle your
silver at the dinner table. Uncle Jake,
caretaker of our fishing cabin, never
saw a tuxedo or attended a cocktail
party. He eats with his knife and
drinks his coffee from his saucer, but
he has certain definite ease, certain
dignity, which marks him as gentle
man. He has good manners. They
spring from some unplumbed source
that we can't quite fathom. Perhaps
it is only that his heart is filled with
the milk of human kindness, and that
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than that. To insure the future
well-being Of our country. commu-
mites must provide for all their
children the means whereby they
may be instructed in the duties, re.
sponsibilities and opportunities fol-
citizenship.
We know that the future of our
nation depends upon the children
and we know that they must carry
on the work of our great democ.
racy. We know that these chill
dren must be the townsmen or
city jewellers and must know how
to play a part in the neighbor-
hood in which they live.
Education in its derivation from
the Latin means "a leading out
Of" Let education, then, lead
our people, young and old, out of
SNUG acceptance of the many
rights and privileges of our United
States and into a keener zeal and
patriotism that will make us ever
aware Of our good fortune as part
ners in our American democracy,
earnest in our determination to
preserve it, not only for ourselves,
but for those who come after us.
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Model Congress-
To Be Held by
u. S. Youth

NEW YORK, April 26 Q.N.S0.
A model congress" to which the
youth OF the nation will elect
senators" and representatives, "
will be held in July in Milwaukee,
it was announced by a joint COM
mittee of youth leaders today.
Endorsed by II United States
Senators and 80 members of the
House of Representatives, the
model congress will be held Ito
give the nations youth an oppor-
tunity to consider its mutual prob
lens, seek its own solutions, and
strengthen the cooperative efforts
among organizations of youth"
According to William w. Hinck-
ley, chairman of the National
Youth Council of the American
Youth Congress, the model con-
gress will resolve itself into six
large joint committees which will
hold hearings on major youth
problems. Sessions will be held
July 2 to July S.
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Urges History Courses

For this reason, I feel very
strongly the need for education in
American history. I believe all
children in the public schools of
our country should be required
to take courses in the history OF
this country.
Such courses have been for
many years a requirement in our
Washington schools, and should
always be an essential part of our
school curriculum.
A seconl. objective of education
in a democracy is the development
of men and women who will take
an active part in the machinery
of our government.
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Challenge to Youth

Our young people should be
urged to make themselves really
competent in certain fields of en-
deavor and then to cultivate them
for the good of the democracy.
Our schools should impress upon
the young people that the finest
kind of preparation is the best
guarantee OF success in political
life or in Government service.
They should be taught that to
enter politics carries with it no
stigma of any kind and that it is
only through the acceptance. of
the responsibilities of public office
by persons of known integrity, en-
joying public confidence that the
general level of politicians can be
raised.
This second objective of educa-
ton for citizenship is more con-
crete than the first. 1t presents
a definite challenge and goal to
our young people. as we'll as to
those who are charged with their
education. It represents the re-
sponsibility to provide from our
public schools citizens equipped to
carry on American ideals and ad-
minister materially thereto.
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Privileges of Democracy

And the preamble to our Consti-
tuition states:
1--WE, the People of the United
States, in order to form more
perfect union, establish justice,
insure domestic tranquility, pro-
vide for the common defense,
promote the general welfare, and
secure the blessings of liberty to
ourselves and our pOsterity, do
Ordain and establish this Con-
Stitution for the United States
of America"
These two quotations, together
with the Bill of Rights" contain
not only the tepets of our Amer
lean democracy but the privileges
that are accorded to us who live in
and share our democracy. Many
of us forget that we are enjoying
such privileges and come to accept
them as matter of course.
It seems to me that education
must not only imbue the young
people Of our country with the
ideals of democracy as set forth in
the great documents from which I
have just quoted, but it must i'm
press upon them their obligation to
do more than accept placidly and
without conscious appreciation the
protection of our system of gov
eminent. They must be willing to
make sacrifices for the preserva-
ton of these principles; they must
be imbued while they are in school
with the idea that they should con-
secrate their lives to the preserva-
ton of these ideals.
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BROADER GOALS OF EDUCATION
EMPHASIZED BY MRS. DOYLE

!, The government of the United
States, whether Federal, State, or
local, needs men and women ade-
quately prepared to fill its public
offices and to perform the daily
tasks involved in it's operation. 1t
is a common tallacy to intimate
that those who hold public offices
are dishonest or incompetent We
have, throughout our political Sys-
tenn, as every thinking person will
testify. many splendid individuals
to whom their political or govern
mental career has been a chal-
lenge to further in practical ways
the high ide-'; of our democracy.
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Free School Benefits

II our country were involved in
war, our young men would hasten
to its defense and our young
women would do all in their power
to help their beloved country. A
constant day-by-day activity to
preserve our democracy in times
of peace is just as important as
the more dramatic effort called
for in time of war.
I would like to quote from
James Truslow Adams, from his
book, THE Epic of America" in
which he says:
1.-THE American system Of ed
ucatiOn is one of the fruits of
the practical working of the
American dream. In 1880 a
workingmen's meeting in Phila-
delphia unanimously resolved
that there can be no real lib
erty without wide diffusion Of
real intelligence that until
means of equal instruction shall
be equally secured to all, lib
erty is but an unmeaning word,
and equality an empty shad-
Ow."
Free public school education is
one of the benefits of our democ-
racy. Free public schooling car
ries with it a real responsibility
to develop in the young people an
inspired zeal actively to defend
and protect all the rights and
privileges of democracy. One of
the detectives, therefore, of edu-
cation for democracy, is a def
mite program of conservation at
all times to active maintenance
of American ideals.
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By MRS. HENRY GRATTAN
DOYLE

President Of the Board Of Education
It has often been said that edu.
cation is the foundation Of democ-
racy. There is no statement more
true than this.
Education is, however, so much
more than the foundation alone.
Education must not stop at the
foundation. but must permeate the
whole structure of our democracy.
The purpose Of our educational
system is the preservation of our
democracy, and it can be a living,
vital thing in its emphasis on this
protection of the American system
of government.
The Declaration of Independence
contains these well-known words:
I'VE hold these truths to be
self-evident: That all men are
created equal; that they are en-.
dowed by their Creator with Ger.
tain inaIienabIe rights; that
among these are life, liberty, and
the pursuit of happiness. That,
to secure these rights, govern
ments are instituted among men,
deriving their just powers from
the consent of the governed"
Privileges of Democracy
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Philippine Troops
Welcome MCNutt

MANILA, P. l., April 81 CU.S).
Paul v. McNutt, new high COM
missioner of the United States
to the Philippine Commonwealth,
arrived yesterday. After re-
viewing troops, the commissioner
stopped en- route to his official
residence to place a wreath at
the base of the Rial Monument,
erected in honor of Filipino
heroes.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-04-27
SPOUSE OF spy
ASKSD|V0RCE

CINCINNATI, Ohio, April 81.
John S. Farnsworth, former
Naval officer, who was convicted
two months ago in Washington,
D. c., on a charge of selling
naval secrets to the japanese, has
been sued for divorce here by
Mrs. Catherine Bennett Farms
worth.
Mrs. Farnsworth asked the d.
vorce on the grounds of his con-
viction in the Washington court
last February rs. Farnswcrth
was sentenced to from four to II
years in prison.
Mrs. Farnsworth's petition re-
lated they were married in Gov.
ington, KY, on March 26, 1884.
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Duties as Citizens

Although it is imperative that
we train our young people TO
make their living after they leave
school, education involves more
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-04-27

Extra! Extra" ARTISTS Model
Slain" a new novel by Michael
O'MaIley, starting Monday, May 3.
Don't miss the opening chapters In
The Washington Times.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1937-07-15

wood, survived the second round
heat beating out Pat Dubois and
Dolson. It was Tessington who was
regarded as winner. Taking the
consolation In this match was Chy-
ba, Long Prairie, who duelled It
out In the final round with Glen
woods Wallen.
In the second flight Sank Gen.
ire placed its first winner in Phil
Steiner. Phil eliminated John Du-
Bots in the first round two up and
moved on to take Vic Sieben, win
ner Of the Sieben-Ed Peterson
match. Steiner beat out Nelson in
q ten-hole playoff that found him
one up. Peterson moved into the
consolation winner.
It was Carlson, Long Prairie edi-
tor, who moved into the final
round Of the third flight against
DR.. J. r. Dubois. Carlson was the
survivor OF the four-way bracket
that included johnson, G. w.
Steiner, and Jim O'Gara- Dubois
was the sticker after a four way
play off with Sullivan, Hanson,
and l. l. Kells, meeting Kells In
the second round. Dubois triumph
ed over the Long Prairieite 8 and 2
in the nine hole round. Sullivan,
meeting Steiner in the final round
OF the consolation matches, was
awarded third flight consolation
winner.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1937-07-15
Ancient Beds of Great
Luxury, History Reveals


Ancient and medieval writings de-
scribe beds Of great luxury, of sill
yer and gold they appear in the
Bible. As part Of the furnishing of
an Athenian villa one Is described
Of maple veneer with an ornamented
board at the top to support the
head and girths stretched across to
support the mattress. After the in
PRODUCTION Of Asiatic luxury into
Rome, according to q writer in the
New York Sun, wealthy citizens fur
nished their sleeping apartments
with large couches Of rare Indian
woods and ivory and sometimes in
lays Of gold, amber or tortoise shell.
Throughout the Middle Ages beds
mounted upon four-post frame work
were furnished with sets Of priceless
tapestries or splendid embroideries
which they entirely concealed in q
wealth Of curtained and canopied in
closure.
In the sixteenth century beds re-
tanned their four-post and canopied
forms and their rich hangings but
the frame acquired importance on
its own account. The stately cur
tains were made to be drawn,
revealing handsome carved wood
panels and posts sometimes gilded
and painted and often inlaid. Gradu-
ally the hangings, however fine, be.
came subservient to elaborate carv-
ings and other enrichments such az
gildings, painting and marquetry.
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iii ECONOMICS
DEMONSTRATION
THURS, July Y
Individual Silent Bread Con-
test At $3.50 A. M. For
IL Year Old Members
TO BE HELD AT ALBANY
Canning, Clothing, Baking
And Meal Planning
Feature Program

The Stearns County 4-H Home
Economics demonstration will be
held July % in the parochial school
at Albany. The program win start
at $3.50 "A. M. with an Individual
silent bread contest in which all
bread club members IL years OF
age, will take part. It will be fol-
lowed by various teams and indiv-
idual demonstrations pertaining to
different projects such as: can
ming, clothing, room furnishing,
bread, cake, and meal planning.
Mrs. Albert Jones, of st. Cloud,
former County Leader will have
charge Of the food canning demon
STATIONS. The winning bread
meal planning will be selected for
teams and the individual cake and
the sub-district contest which will
be held July %, at Alexandria
Miss Anna Thorbeck, Todd
County All leader, will Judge the
clothing and room furnishing DEM
onstrations and silent bread con-
test. The winners will also go to
the sub-district contest at Alexan-
dria, July %. She will also select
the winning thrift and room fur
nishing exhibits which compete at
sub-district contest for district
honors.
The two highest bread and cake
individual will receive a "a pound
sack Of flour. The public Is cordial
ly invited to attend as well as All
members and parents. These DEM
onstrations will be very education
al and practical. Some very inter-
esting demonstrations have been
planned.
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Dome Of the Invalides

The great dome OF the Invalides
church, beneath which Napoleon's
tomb lies, was built by Mansart at
the beginning Of the seventeenth
century on Grecian lines and con-
sists Of two cupolas. The first of
these, in twelve painted compart-
ments, opens Immediately above the
tomb, says the Baltimore Sun. The
remains Of Napoleon were placed in
the beautiful tomb in 1910 with great
ceremony. Looking down upon it
from the marble rail above, it is
seen suffused in a soft sunset glow,
obtained by the finely tinted win
dows, yellow at the sides and blush
above. The great sarcophagus is
cut from single block of magnifi-
cent Finland granite, of a rich red,
presented by the Gar Nicholas.
This slab rests upon a base of
green Vosges granite. The sarcoph-
agus is the work of Visconti.