Imperial Valley press., 1937-05-13


Old. brown and wrinkled, SEEM
ing almost ageleSS, he ambled mto
the office of the county welfare oe-
partment to make application Tor
relief. They thought he was just
another Mexican the wrinkles SO
effectively concealed his race. just
as a matter of form, they asked. he
was a Chinese-the only one OF MS
race ever to apply for relief here.
He was cheerful about it, after the
Oriental manner, so he entered
Wholeheartedly into the scheme
when Ralph Carmichael official IN
terpreter was called in.
Carmichael has interviewed hu-
merous Mexicans for the relle1 Oh
flee. He knows the questions py
heart. Without prompting, he start
ed a rapid-flow jabber OF Spanish
at the aged INDECENT. The OLD iel-
low. head cooked on one side, us
tened intently, bright eyes gllsten-
ing. Finally he shook his head ana
a smile broke through the wrinkles:
"Oh-hell," he said, Il Chinaman!
Just For That
Fred Nebel-T hau, under grueiilie
cross-examination, admitted Thurs
day to having celebrated his oirtn-
dav WedneSday-but,' not even tne
third degree could make him ad-
nit much more. Just say FREQ III
structed. that it was the 40th
And they talk about the women.
just for that, the eleander Is WiIh-
held.
Or Wouldn't YOu?-
How would you like to be rlgnC
now where a green mountain Streaiii
races singing over mossy pouloeis'
hiding under it's white spray the
slim grace of speckled mountain
trout? Or, for that matter, up Car
mel way where the twisted pines
write cool shadows on the bone
white sands, while the breakers
twist to shore lew yards away!
yep, that's why this column ISL =
all It might be todayD
Inc L9L0Iy III y Huh-
RI has been subjected to some
irritating criticism for making d
mere briei note OF Dave Robert S
soio,Jrn in the mountains Win
broken down automobile when ne
was enroute to the recent PE.O.
convention at Coronado All right.
Here's the whole sorrowiul tale!
Dave with w. w. McEuen ana
others) started out from FL Centro
in good faith IN Dawes car. III the
Jacunnba vicinity, the water pump
ceased to function and the party
was momentarily stranded. McEueh
was not to be daunted. He borrow
ed a car from an acquaintance Ite
ignition key, however, got STUCK III
the luggage trunk before they got
started. and snapped oil. ms par
ticulsr difficulty was solved by 1Ile
calling III of an electrician VINO
cross-circulted the ignition wires.
Ready again. the group had 10
abandon Dave. who insisted on re-
manning with his disabled machine.
No record of trouble appears dur
ing the party's Journey to Coronaoo'
but en- route back after the con-
vention it was necessary, III view o1
Macs penchant for sleeping' TO
situate the most talkative OF the
women in the seat next to him, with
instructions TO keep talking. Every
one was pretty well sleepy when
they reachsd Jacumba, bnly TO
find Dave wide awake and grinnlng.
OHe had found a poker game-and
the stopover rewarded him hand
somelyD
Dawes car was once again IN
running order, so they started out
on a mountain road to return the
borrowed machine, Mac leading,
and Dave following. They went too
far. tried to turn around, and the
borrowed car got hung up on a
rock. They occupied Dawes car
again, jolted back to Jacumba, rous-
ed out a tow car and extricated the
borrowed machine.
Finally, the car successfully re-
turned to it's owner, the group drove
wearily home-arriving as the first
rays of the morning sun lightened
the sky.