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Imperial Valley press., 1937-04-12
Bruce Cation Says:~
Norris Case Stresses Hardness of Justice

will recall that in the earl summer
of 1880 Nebraska's famous Senator
George w Norris was running for
denomination in the Republican
primary The party big wigs, who
had been keeping a rod in pickle
for Senator Norris for many years,
hit on one of those tra-Slick ways
of beating him-too slick, as it
turned out
They hunted around until they
dug up this innocent grocer, George
w. Norris, and they persuaded him
to file for the senate. Thus, when
the voter got to the polls, he would
find two George w. Norrises on the
ballot, and would have no earthly
way of telling which was which
In that way Senator Norris vote
would be split, and the regular
candidate might slip in.
The people of Nebraska gagged
at this bit of sickness. the state
supreme court ruled Grocer NorrisI
off the ballot and Senator NorrisV
went on to denomination and re-
election.
Meanwhile the senate campaign
committee began an investigation.
1t held hearings in Nebraska and
summoned Grocer Norris as a wit
ness. Norris first told the COM
mittee that he received no money
from anybody for offering himself
as the sacrificial lamb later, he
changed his story and admitted that
he had been paid $3.50.
For this he was indicted for per-
jury by federal grand jury in June,
1881
After long delay the case came
to trial, and in the late fall of 1885
Grocer Norris was convicted Of per-
Jury, fined $100 and sentenced to
three months in jail. Nearly a year
later an appellate court reversed
the conviction and ordered a new
trial The government took tn"
case to the U. S. supreme court
ami now. nearly seven years after
| the offenSe was committed. the
supreme court has sustained the
conviction and ordered Grocer Nor
! riS to take his medicine
This little case tells you much
about the tricks of American poll
tics: it tells you even more about
American criminal court procedure
Perjury strikes at the very foun-
dation stone of justice. If men
can lie under oath and get away
with it. the courts are crippled.
Yet in an open and shut case. it
took six and one-half years to con-
vict a man of lying an1 mok2 the
! conviction stick!
Imperial Valley press., 1937-04-12
NOT THE INITIAL COST.
TVS THE UPkEEP OF WAR

America spent S26, 6,250,00 900 on the
World War before the peace treaty was
signed on July 2, 1921.
The figure is so large that it is be-
yond the comprehension of the normal
human being. Yet it was just the begin
ming.
Since the signing of the peace treaty,
America has spent S34, ,04S, 100000 as a
direct result of the World War.
This does not include a mere twenty
billion dollars spent to battle seven
years of depression, regarded in many
circles also as a result of the war. The
implied comparison, however, brings
more startlingly to focus the cost of
war. We think that the depression cost
a staggering sum-yet it cost less than
half the sum spent on war in the United
States AFTER THE WAR WAS OVER.
In the face of figures like these-and
they are similar, or even worse, for all
of the major powers-how can any ma
ton think seriously of another war?
They are doing it. in Europe especially
and to the always increasing cost of
the last war is being added staggering
sum spent in preparation for the next
one.
Once the people of the world wake up
to realize what war costs them individu-
ally, the international desire to avoid
war will be so great that it, alone, will
go a long ways towards achieving its
objective
Imperial Valley press., 1937-04-12
LOOKING
BACKWARD
What The Press Files
tell of Imperial VAL
ley for This Date in
Past Years.
TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO
AnriI 10 1912

An interesting sight this morning
was the appearance on Main street
of two four horse teams drawing
Imperial County marble. This is
the first shipment of marble from
the quarries of the Golden State
Mining and Marble company.
Ralph r. Vogt received final
certificate from the government for
his claim near here.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-04-12
TEN YEARS AGO
April IL, 1927
work

WOTR.
Ell Centro will have an Easter
sunrise service in the city park next
Sunday morning, according to plans
announced today, following meet
ing at the Stale Street Christian
church yesterday.
Three beautiful prizes are to be
given away at the Elks charity ball
Thursday night to the three ladies
winning in a unique singing con-
test.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-04-12
TWENTY YEARS AGO
AnriI 10. 1917

A committee composed of Mrs.
7. o. Luckett, Mrs. Leroy Holt, Mrs
VIM. P. Hall, Mrs T. A. Iasigi and
Mrs. Phil D. Swing, was appointed
to help in the organization of the
Red Cross Branch A series of So
cial entertainments is being planned
TO raise funds for carrying on the
Imperial Valley press., 1937-04-12
Editorials and Comment
MONDAY, APRIL Il, 1897
am Sol SAYS
X FRANK WATANABE
AA2 sYE go HOLDEN
VERY MANY DESIRE
BY go HOLDEN

Oh | feeling very obsolete Whatever
| looking, seeing, or smelling it teach
ing that my fashionable are awful de-
crepit.
When | purchasing auto they spoke
that those car shall be fresh in ten years
more. Then six months collapse by, and
factory are baking new models so bet
ter wider and extra it seem | are a idiot
if not casting up old one.
No matter what | got last year 1t are
extinct this year. Even radiator in bed
room is insane. must bought new
one which huns soprano instead old
style bass gargles. Let us say furniture.
| got saturate through window exhibit
with so beautiful stuff Now | approach
home with sensations | are living be-
tween a pig dump of chairs.
Railroads telling me how handsome
it are on both ends. If | in New York
| missing my life if not rotate to Califor-
mia & versus vika. No use getting salts
fv with my Job. 1t will never admit me
to wearing them stylish clothings and
resemble one alive man.
Thank you please.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-04-12
One-Minute Test Answers

l. A member of the house OF
elected by voters of
an entire state instead of those in
congressional district.
2. The Caspian sea. between Eu-
rope and Asia, is 700 miles long
and 27O miles wide. 1t is salt
water, however, while the Great
Lakes of North America arc fresh
water.
3. Oberlin college. at Oberlin, o.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-04-12

be the same elfin 100 pounds of
floating lovliness and will attempt
to thrill an audience, which has
never seen her.
NeWspapermen. too, have heard of
a pleasing come back of one of their
tribe in Florida. Spearman Lewis,
well known in Chicago. Arriving
in Miami three years ago flat broke,
he and his wife occupied a shack
and their total assets were a broken
down Ford and $40. They lived in
one room, One day. surfeited with
ennui, Lewis took $40 of their horde
and went to the dog races. In sud-
den seizure of gambling desperation,
he played hunch and won daily
double, $2,240. He phoned his wife
and that day they bought a plot
of ground. A banker loaned them
enough to build three villas. which
today are worth 100000. A COM
munity grew up around him. known
as Surfside. and he is the Mayor
At odd times and for relaxation
he now and then pecks out a short
story But the newspaper grind
is far behind.
The Ella Boole influence: A
regular old time saloon at Bird ave-
nue. and 51st street called Jen Eli
zabeth's.
Two society girls. surfeited with
what Cholly Knickerbocker calls
"ennui of the elite" licketty-spli
into success with a flower shop re-
Gently. And all because they were
first past the post with cellophane
delivery boxes that revealed the
flowers to passers-by as perky Pari-
sian looking midinettes delivered
them. Cellophane millinery boxes,
which I believe Peggy Hoyt intro
duced, have also caught the popu-
lar fancy. Ladies can look over their
bonnets in their closets without
taking them out of the boxes. And
from a number I've seen around
and about a quick glance is quite
enough. I think the best of the
millenerv mots was by Bob Burns.
who. after looking them over. said
he thought it was now Queen
Mary's turn to laugh.
%
Thingumbobs: Joe Louis's ex-
travagance after each fight is to
buy a new tailor made suit
Meredith Wilson, the orchestra lead
er, was once trumpeteer in Sousa's
band, touring the globe i. Court
ney Riley Cooper has a Boston that
will sneeze when he says "perrer.
Harlem now has a Bert Williams
Cafe :. The highest priced sin
gle dog act is Red Rust, whose
owner is paid $3.50 week E. .
This is the dog that makes himself
go limp enough for a chorus girl
to use him for a lady's fur neck
piec e.
Big stuff: That story to end
all ghost stories has become a little
threadbare by constant repetition.
The one where the two gentlemen
were walking down a dark corridor
of a lonely castle and No. in
ouired: do you believe in ghosts?"
The other responded mo, do your"
To which No replied "YeS-and
vanished. Yet I talked to a per-
fectly normal gentleman, a fellow
of eminence, the other evening, who
claims to have been riding in a bus
along a lonly heath of Shropshire
three years ago with a little old
lady all in black as the only other
passenger. While he was cycling her
over a newspaper top she simply
vanished. He had no theory. Il
only know it happened" he said
erimly, and somehow you believed
him
Imperial Valley press., 1937-04-12
GRAB BAG
One-Minute Test

/ What is a representative-at-
large?
2 What is the largest inland sea
in the world?
g. What was one of the first COL
lepes in the u. S. to grant A. b.
degrees to women students?
Imperial Valley press., 1937-04-12
TOflay's Horoscope

Persons born today often are
more fond of social events than
hard work They usually have
pleasant personalities.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-04-12
Hints on Etiquette

With the exception of wedding
and engagemnt rings, one does
not wear jewelry with mourning
dress.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-04-12
New York Day by Day
By O. O. Mcintyre

NEW YOK. April l2.-Diary: Up
and halls by post from William Lyon
Phelps. Carolyn Wells, Glare Boothe
and Jerome Kern, which frightened
the day. Also a note from John
T. McCutcheon to visit him on his
island in the Bahamas. So abroad
for a cord to hang Percy Crosby's
exquisite winter scene.
This day my wife came upon
my gift to her on her 18th BIRTH
day, a game of fiddle de Winks
And I told her how it cost dime
at The Bankrupt Store, but ever
the gay deciever, penciled SO cents
on the bottom of the box, and we
looked, and it was there. So to
the Frank Cases party for Mary
Boland.
Driving to Greenwich to dinner
and back too late to drop in at
Lee Olwells to join him, Bill Corum
and John McClain for fourth at
quartetting and authors. So to bed
reading Noel Coward's autobiogra-
ply, present Indicative" and so
absorbed I did not put it down
until the cocks crow.
%
The Rialto hears its once daintiest
queen of the high wire, Bird Mill
man, is coming back to the dazzle.
She was long vaudeville and
Follies' headliner. In 1928 while
with a Follies show she married
handsome young Harvard man,
went to live in Brookline. and was
widowed by a tragic accident the
same year. Grief stricken, she went
to a lonely ranch in the Colorado
high country. Several months ago
the old urge returned. She erected
a wire, got out her pink tights and
began to recapture the grace that
was once hers. She is reputed to
Imperial Valley press., 1937-04-12
Words of Wisdom

The next dreadful thing to bat
tie lost is battle won.-Welling-
ton
Imperial Valley press., 1937-04-12

Market on dinosaur discovery has
fallen from 1000 to SIS in a week
Every press agent in town has been
offered a chance of having a din
osaur discovered by your client in
front of neWsreel cameras" Pro-
Imperial Valley press., 1937-04-12
Strolls Thru Hollywood

prietor says he found the skeleton
and has it staked out in an auto
parking lot Original offer-to Dl-
ana Gibson's trumpeter- was ST.
900. Last was SIS, and no takers.
Surprised drawing house plans on
the back of a menu, blond Bette
Davis says she won't build this
year because I'm broke
This is no year for the nelson's
to build because we're too poor,
much too poor Harmon is just
starting his agency business and
I wasn't working and wasn't paid
during all those months in England
But maybe we'll start a garden
and build house around it
Harmon Nelson, her former band
leader husband, has just set up in
business as an actors agent Pow
erty stricken Miss Davis dragS
down $4,000 a week.
Michael Whalen took a kick in
the chin, and came out with two
:
broken fingers He was practicing
French footboxing lie savaD with
George Sanders, fell on the seat Of
his tights, and broke the digits try
| ing to break the fall.
90
Betty, Gwen and Doris Brian,
three little girls under Il whose
parents were on relief here a few
months ago, have two film offers,
thanks to Connie Boswell, former
ly of the Boswell Sisters, top radiql
team Miss Boswell has been plugI>
ging for them for months. Now
Buddy De Sylvia wants them for
Broadway Jamboree." and Lou
Brock for Behind the Mike"
90
Anna May Wong, whose career
featured death threats recently, has
new job She's signed to make
opo y,iot,,ro for Doro N, o,,,,t Ior,i,,
Imperial Valley press., 1937-04-12

Anna May Wong, whose career
featured death threats recently, has
a new job She's signed to make
one picture for Paramount begin
ming next fall, and an original story
is being written.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-04-12

y
spent in hotels. And am | fan for
housekeeping. No. l Murder In
citer: The seat kicker behind you
at the movies. Opinion: The mag
azine Life has not kept up the
swift pace of its first few issues.
Wallace Berry can pack AS much
drama in line as any man on the
screen. And with more naturalness.
No one can write Pollyanna with
more punch than Elsie Robinson.
Steve flanagan is now the most
widely pressagented pressagent.
Hannahan and Bernard Sobel, an
other crack press agent, were born
in Lafayette, Ind. Sublime in idiocy:
Oracle Aliens giggle at a pun and
her abrupt: It don't get it,
90
I have been in three floods and
one cyclone and I'll take the floods.
Had I son I'd send hime to one
of the freshWater colleges in the
middle west. Take look at the
collegiate careers of successful men
and you'll see what I mean. A COM
bination of yellow and green make
me suueamish. The best dressed
man I ever saw was Danish count
in full evening dress at Ciro's in
Paris. Perky name for an orches-
ira leader: Enoch Light. l don't like
to be where there isn't radio "a
round Amos n Andy time. Warning
to Kitty Carlisle: Run when you see
me if you don't want to be flirted
with.
Dorothy Halls Interpretation of
dumbell is as good as I ever saw.
Judith Anderson is proof that lack
of beauty is no bar to dramatic
heights. So is Katherine Cornell
for that matter. Vincent Connolly
is another radio news commentator
who doesn't seem bored with his
Job. Private conversation I'd like
to eavesdrop: Elk Kings Alfonso and
Edward telling one another how
they feel about the king business.
Walter Pitkin thinks it so wonder
full men carved their careers after
40 he writes book about it. Most
men realize they had very little
sense until 40, if you ask me.
The only time I ever took gas I
came to, unlaced my shoes and
walked out to the elevator carrying
them. Most romantic name for a
soldier of fortune: Bengal lancer.
Greatest travel disappointment:
Crossing that dinky little river they
call the Rio Grande
90
Ueliest named dining place: The
Iridium Room at the st. Regis The
past season has shown that never
| has the legitimate theatre SO need
ed capable playwrightS. can think
of ten people who gained fame
and riches but who wouldn't quit
when their time came. And now
make themselves ridiculous trying
To keep in the spotlight. Prayer:
Give us wisdom to know when to
quit and stay quit Voice:-Whats
OBTAINING you?
90
Russ Cole recalled the yarn of the
cid, old gentleman in Kentucky,
who, surrounded by reporters on his
birthday was asked to what he at
tributed his longevity. He replied
he was not sure yet-he was dicker-
ing with several patent medicine
| concerns
Imperial Valley press., 1937-04-12

Following his screen debut in
Wake Up and Live" newspaper
men are calling sharpnosed Walter
Winchell an actor Actors. however.
are still calling him a newspaper
man.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-04-12

Russ Cole recalled the yarn of the
cid. old gentleman in Kentucky,
who, surrounded by reporters on his
birthday. was asked to what he at
tributed his longevity. He replied
he was not sure yet-he was dicker-
ing with several patent medicine
concerns
Imperial Valley press., 1937-04-12
BY HENRY SUTHERLAND
HOLLYWOOD, April 12-tUP)-

f1OLL1 I Woob, hPi II WI"
Fearing his flowing whiskers
would flaunt from a souvenir col
lector's scalp pole, hurley Clark
Gable had them docked in hurry
and swept into the ash can.
His fears were not unfounded.
1t seems mere autograph hunting
is passe, and that the really big
stuff for souvenir hounds is to cap
ture clippings from famous wigs,
which is not SO easy.
Already the pride of Cadiz Ohio,
had received several requests for
swatch of the curley sideburns
he nutured in the shadows OF his
ears for "Parnell.'
He had also in mind the example
of Johnny WieSSmuller who had
bushel basketfull of pleas for SAM
plies when he moved his lank Tar
zan" locks last fall.
Gable personally supervised the
disposal the minute the picture was
wrapped up.
90
Black-eyed Loretta Young is off
for a three-day bout with psyche
logical seasickness. She boarded
ship with the Love Under Fire"
troupe on location trip, and turn
ed a delicate pea-green before the
boat left dock. Fortunately the
picture is not technicolor
90
FOLLOWING his screen debut in
Imperial Valley press., 1937-04-12

The only time I ever took gas I
came to, unlaced my shoes and
walked out to the elevator carrying
them. Most romantic name for
soldier of fortune: Bengal lancer
Greatest travel disappointment:
Crossing that dinky little river they
call the Rio Grande
Imperial Valley press., 1937-04-12

be the same elfin 100 pounds of
floating lovliness and will attempt
to thrill an audience, which has
never seen her.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-04-12

BRINGING
ALL THE NEWS
TO IMPERIAL
VALLEY
Imperial Valley press., 1937-04-12

The Ella Boole influence: A
regular old time saloon at Bird ave-
nue. and 51st street called Jen Eli
zabeth's.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-02-27
DOUGLAS CATHOLIC CHURCH
ST. LUKEs EPISCOPAL CHURCH
DOUGLAS PRESBYTERIAN
 MISSION

DAVID WAGGONER. Minister Sunday services:
 1:30 p.m.-Bible School. 2:30 pm-Preaching service. All are welcome in these services
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-02-27
CARPENTRY TO BE TAUGHT, DOUGLAS;
 MEETING MONDAY

The Vocational Department oi the Territorial Public Schools, witf the cooperation of the Office of In dian Affairs and the Douglas School Board, is planning to open, or Monday evening, series of short unit lessons in carpentry. These are especially designed for those men wno are interested in learning something about building construc- tion or adding to their present knowledge of the trade.
 The course will consist of 10 les Isons. meeting probably twice a week ana taught by Henry Harmon, trade schcCl teacher at Juneau. However the course will be held in the Gov ernment school at Douglas begin ming Monday night. At this time arrangements will be made for the definite time of class meetings.
 If there is sufficient interest, 8 cl9ss in shop work with the oppor- tunity of building some furniture and home conveniences will be or ganized. No enrolment fee vii be charged for these classes.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-02-27

plication of the financial assistance coming in.
 On the Douglas Relief Commit tee are Mayor A. E. Goetz, Coun- cilmen Marcus Jensen, A. J. Balog Thomas Cashen, Lew Nunamaker Joe Reidi, Ed Mccormick and resi- dents, P. A. J. Gallwas, Guy Smith Mike Pusich, John Marin, Charles A. Fox and L. w Kilhurn.
 Slide Fund For Fire
 Tsle Juneau snde committee, of which H. L. Faulkner is chairman gave a check today to the Red Cross for use in Douglas relief for s750.
 Gray Buys Lot
 Felix Gray has purchased from Mike Rieser the lot at the corner of Fourth and D Streets bordering his own. The lot was formerly occu- pied by the house in which A. R. Edwards and family lived.
 Wahto Located
 Gust Wahto and family have rented the Sam Hartley house on St. Ann's Avenue to make it their home for the present.
 While working with the repair
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-02-27
SEWING CLASSES TO
 START IN DOUGLAS

The Territorial Department o1 Vocational Education announces that a sewing class will be organ ized in the Government School at Douglas to be taught by Miss Flor ence Ryan, the homemaking teach CT at Douglas. Organization meet ing is to be held Monday evening and facilities of the Government School will be used. Anyone in terested in meeting once or twice g week at the Government School and using its facilities for making over garments or the construction of new garments are invited to go to the School next Monday evening at 7:30 o'clock.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-02-27
Douglas Church
 Services

Notices To. this church column must be received by The Empire not later than 10 o'clock Saturday morning to guarantee change O. sermon topics, etc. DOUGLAS CA1HOLIC CHURCH
 St. Al0ysius Church 9:30 a.m.-Holy Mas.
 12:45 am.-Sunday School. Friday, 7:30 pm, Lenten devo- tions.
 ST. LUKE'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH 1:30 pm.-Sunday School. 2:3O p.m.-Vesper service and ser mon.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-02-27
IN THE UNTTED STA IFS LAND ,FFICE AT ANCHORAGE, ALASKA
 NOTICE OF APPLICATION
FOR PATENT.

FOk PATENT.
 / NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Neil Ward has filed his appli- cation in the US. Land Office at Anchorage, Alaska. Serial No. 08724, for patent for the Bullion Extension lode, Ready Bullion lode, Fraction lode and Bullion Mine lode, Survey No. 1900, situated in the Harris Mining District near the head of Sheep Creek about 51s miles from Juneau, Alaska. Lat. 500 16' N and Long. 134' IT w., described as fol- lows:
 BULLION EXTENSION Beginning at a point for Cor. l (Not set-steep hillside) on line Al Iron Queen, Survey 738, whence from said point U.S.L.M. No. 3-A bears s. 11' 49' w., 92278 it. dis tant, thence from said point N. 4O' IT E. passing Wit. Cor. l, and con- tinuing same course, along lines l. 4 and IA Iron Queen lode, Survey 738 and Excelsior lode Survey 620, 600 it. to Cor. 9; thence s. 45e o0 E. 1900 it. to Cor. 3, identical with Cor. 2, Ready Bullion, this survey; thence s. 40' IF w. 600 it. , Cor. 4, identical with Cor. 1, ReaLy Bull lion, this survey, and Cor. Ready Rr1Ilion MiIlcifa (,fpcf1rvnvad) thence N. 45o 00 w. 1900 it. to point for Cor. 1, the place of beginning. Area claimed 20.592 acres.
 READY BULLION
 Beginning at Cor. 1, identical with Cor. 4, Bullion Extension, this sur- vey, whence U.SL.M. No. 3-A bears N. S2' 49' w. 1259.42 it. distant, thence N. 40' IF E. GOO 1t. to Cor.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-02-27
DOUGLAS COMMUNITY
 CHURCH

I. w. RISVOLD, Pastor. 11:00 a.m.-Sunday School and services. Everybody welcome.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-02-27
Sister Will Be Rival
 to Ship, Queen Mary

GLASGOW, Scotland, Feb. 27- The sister ship to the Queen Mary now on the stocks at John Browns Clydebank yard, is to be the worlds largest ship. Tonnage of the "552' as the skeleton is called, will ap- preach 90,000. Notifications sug- gested by experience with the pres ent Atlantic speed queen will be in- corporated into the new ship.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-02-27

crew on the temporary housing for the Fepsi-Jensen Hardware store yesterday afternoon, Frank Stragier suffered a couple of broken fingers which will disable him for some time.
 John SIee Dead
 News was received here in the last mail of the death of John Slee at his home in Galt, Ontario, Can ada, on the 18th of last month. A former old-time resident Of Doug las, and employee of Treadwell, Slee will be well remembered by all the old residents on the Island. The deceased is survived by his wife and five children, three girls, two of them married and one son, also married.