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Imperial Valley press., 1937-08-26
IMPERIAL IRRIGATION
DISTRICT
Ell Centre, California
IMPERIAL VALLEY POWER
PR0IE(T
Specifications No. l
ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS

ADfth I1oEMENl EOh DEDc
Notice is hereby given that the
Board of Directors of Imperial Irri-
CATION District will receive bids for
the furnishing of Electric Power Cen
Grating Equipment for hydro plant
located at Drop No. 4 on the ALI
American Canal about fifteen miles
east of Calexico, California; each
bid to be in accordance with Plans,
Detail Specifications and other con-
tract documents comprising Specifi-
cations No. l, now on file at the
office of the Board of Directors OF
Imperial Irrigation District at Ell
Centro, California, where they may
be examined and copies obtained
upon deposit of $1,000 per set, which
deposit will be refunded upon the
return of such copies in good con-
dition within five days after the
bids are opened
The principal items of equipment
involved are as follows:
One-13,300 HIP. Hydraulic
Turbine
One-Goyernor
One-12,000 K.V.A. Generator
Bidders attention is called to the
fact that the materials and-or
equipment, TO be furnished are a
part Of a power project to be fin
anced by Loan and Grant to the
District from the Federal Emer-
gency Administration of Public
Works, (PWA. Docket No Calf
108S-P-D) and the award of the
contract will be contingent upon
securing funds from such source.
Notice is also hereby given that
all bidders may submit with their
bids, a sworn statement Of their
Imperial Valley press., 1937-08-26
MOTORISTS,
ATTENTION.!

Thousands of California motorists
must add a new wrinkle to their driving
this week.
New State traffic laws are in effect
after Thursday, August &c, but fortu-
nately their provisions aren't confined
to drivers. Many towns and counties
must also spruce up with new safety
measures.
Let no motorist forgotten the sake
of his pocketbook and other peoples
lives-that after August 26 he is sub
ject to arrest if he forgets to use the
courtesy beam when driving at night
Motorists can give cheers, however,
that henceforth all stop signs posted at
arterials must be illuminated or have
bright reflecting surfaces to make them
visible at night. What motorist doesn't
know stop signs having about as much
visibility as chunk of coal wrapped
up in tar paper?
No longer will persons involved in
traffic accidents, or their representa-
tives, have to wonder what police re-
ports say about them. Henceforth these
reports will be available to the persons
concerned.
Altogether, the new traffic laws seem
to cut the cards in favor of greater travel
safety and better deal for California
motorists.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-08-26
Neav Books


Book to be released August 81,
1897 at the Ell Centre library in
clude:
FICTION
Nothing is Safe" by Edmee Eliza
beth De La Pasture.
"One is Beloved" by Louise Platt
Hauck.
Bullion on the Range" by Tevis
Miller.
You Can't Have Everything" by
Kathleen Norris.
"And So-Victoria" by Vaughan
wilkins.
NON-FICTION
Audubon" by Stanley Crisby Ar
thur
'We're Sailing in the Morning" by
Ed Carlson and Jim Coolen
Book of Marvels: The Occident"
by Richard Halliburton.
Reorganization of the Supreme
Court" by Julia E. johnson
"The Blue Eagle From Egg to
Earth by Hugh S. Johnson.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-08-26

The appropriation measure, which
allowed the government to step in
and take over industry as well as
agriculture without notice, has been
used more as a threat than as
weapon. 1t has been said that the
government wouldn't dare step in
and take over technical industries
such as oil and mining, because ii
has not available the trained tech
nicians necessary to operate those
industries successfully.
That may be true, but the law
has certainly resulted in some ex-
traordinary labor situations-such
as oil workers striking and demand
ing, among other things. two
month paid vacation for every work.
man with rail transportation for
himself and his family to any de-
stination in the world and back
President Cardenas seems to have
provided a system that beats the
old order, for Mexico-when the
peon grabbed a gun and galloped
off to battle every time someone
with a silver trimmed sombrero
yelled. Viva la libertad".
Imperial Valley press., 1937-08-26
ALAMO-VERDE
BY AMY FUTILE

Mr.. and Mrs. Virgil Rogers and
baby daughter visited at the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. Hicks Naples Sun-,
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clayton Boyd called
at the Guy E. T'uttle home Satur-
day evening.
%
Mrs. Frank Gary and daughter
lone spent Friday afternoon visit
ing at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
D. Mckenzie.
90
Mrs. r. H. Williams is visiting
at the home of her daughter, Mrs.
N. Brody in Holtville.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jake Neidiffer re-
turned to their home in Alamo
Wednesday after spending two
weeks vacationing in Hemet, Long
90
Audry Yard1ey motored to On
Imperial Valley press., 1937-08-26
COURAGE

CUUHHUE-
Tales of heroism fill the daily news
columns, but few are presented as such.
A 43-year-old man was attempting to
swim from Albany to New York, 143
miles. The swimmer has no legs. A pub
licity stunt? Probably. But courage such
as you nor we will ever know lies back
Of that swimmer.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-08-26

One of New York's most self-ef-
facing tycoons is Messmore Ken
dali, so frequently mentioned as the
authors friend and advisor in Ar
mold Benefits journals. AS a young
lawyer out of Michigan, he organi-
zed the Braden Copper company and
made a fortune. He has the most
notable collection of Washingtonia
outside Smithsonian Institution and
is president general of the National
Society of the Sons of the Ameri-
Imperial Valley press., 1937-08-26
Bruce Cation Says:>>
Mexico Keeps Busy Without Revolution

But all this experimenting does
keep things moving in Mexico. Ad
mittedly, many of the laws under
Mexico's labor constitution were
passed as experiments and then
abandoned. The Mexican govern
ment saw nothing more unusual in
that than in the United States,
for instance, taking the NRA out
for a trial run There have been a
few attempts to better the Mexi-
can agrarian plan and make it
workable. Presumably there will be
more.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-08-26

Beach and San Diego.
tario Wednesday, returning Thur
day accompanied by his wife WI
had been visiting at the home
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Barbe
Imperial Valley press., 1937-08-26
Words of Wisdom

When wars do come they +
upon the many. the product
class, who are the real sufferers
u. S. Grant.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-08-26
One Minute Test Answers

1. The one to the right Of pc
son looking down stream.
2. Abraham Lincoln.
5. India (NepaD.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-08-26

Mrs. A. lie Burnshouse and sc
Leon and daughter, Mrs. E. j. Wa
rem left Sunday morning for HouI
ton, Tex, where they expect
visit for several weeks.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-08-26

The League of Nations has been very
quiet lately. Perhaps it has switched
jobs-from umpire to scorekeeper
Imperial Valley press., 1937-08-26
Hints on Etiuuette

Ordinarily, only relatives a.
intimate friends are invited to
christening, and notes of invitati
take the place of engraved invit
tions.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-08-26
TOday's Horoscope

Most persons whose birthday Q
ours today are deep thinkers, Maj
of them become teachers, lawye
or ministers.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-08-26
New York Day by Day
By O. O. Mcintyre

NEW YORK, Aug. 26.-With the
legitimate theatre having to fight
every inch of the way for existence
a tautness has developed between
the producers and critics that may
end in open revolt. The producers
say they have a legal right to bar
destructive critics, and may do it..
Alexander Woolcott and Percy
Hammond were excluded legally for
what producers said was constant
fault finding. Even Brock Pember-
ton, who used to be a dramatic edi-
tor. is outspoken in his belief that
some of the critics have gone too
far-and should be barred if the
producers feel like barring them.
Perhaps the greatest offender
from the showman's standpoint is
George Jean Nathan, who seldom
turns in a favorite report. 1t is the
plant of many producers that many
shows are Knocked in the head at
premieres before they have a
chance to jell.
However, the critics have their
side and are standing pat. They are
agreed that any censorship over
their critiques will not only be op-
posed by newspaper editors but will
end the usefulness of reviewing.
There may be some interesting
showdowns the coming season.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-08-26

can Revolution. He lives in a colonial
home, a washington landmark at
DobbS Ferry in the summer, and in
a Grand Central sized apartment
over the Capitol theatre, which he
built and owns, in winter. He also
has a villa at Palm Beach.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-08-26
The Grab Ba
One Minute Test

1. Which is the right bank of
riverf?
g. What u. S. president W
born in Hardin county, Kentuck
3. In what country is n
Everest?
Imperial Valley press., 1937-08-26

Thingumbobs: Bud Fisher was the
first comic strip artist to make $780,
600 a year. Maxwell Anderson,
highbrow playwright, enjoys vaude-
vile juggling and balancing acts. .
Glare Booth is writing a new play
in Hawaii. Walter Huston is to
be Mr.. Tut when the dramatizat ion
of Arthur Irain'S character \ is
brought to the stage. Booth Tar
kingdoms favorite type of dog is the
French poodle.
90
I have a letter from fraidy cat
smoker in San Francisco that may
interest the cigaret makers in dir
Getting radio programs. He was for
years contented puffer. Then be-
gan listening to air blurbs about
various brands of cigarets and of a
sudden became throat conscious.
The medical documents Stressing
smoking only this brand or that so
confused him that in panic he quit
smoking altogether.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-08-26

An Ontario man, deaf Is years. was
cured when hit by motor car. Super
auto-suggestion?
Imperial Valley press., 1937-08-26

W
These are the days when ma
tionS ignore their wars instead of
declaring them.
90
The OhiOan who attended The
same county fair 83 consecutive
years might profitably have sat
down and become a part of it.
What, no celebration for the mid
August official opening of hay few
er season?
Wcnder if that Los Angeles re-
cruiting agent for the Peiping air
force doesn't make the japanese
see Chinese Red?
Some people might say that
tacking the anti-lynching rider to
a freight car bill was an attempt
to railroad it.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-08-26

More and more people are becom-
ing interested in the economic
struggle that is going on with a
surprising lack of audible fireworks
in the sister republic across the Rio
Grande.
A yaar ago leyned observers
visited Mexico by the dozen and
returned with the word that it was
only a matter of time until the
land of manana would become an
other Spanish battlefield, another
testing ground for communism.
That hasn't happened because
Mexico seems able to get all the
excitement it wants these days
from labor troubles, agrarian divi-
sions and appropriation experiments
President Cardenas apparently has
kept peace among his people by the
simple scheme of making peace more
exciting and unpIt dictable than
war.
Admittedly the agrarian expert
ments has not worked out even re-
motely to the extent SO fondly
hoped for. The plan to take the
land from rich haciendados and
give it to the poems found most of
the poems unfit to care for their
new possessions. They had no seed
no tools and no money to buy any
of these things, and they were ex-
plotted by politician.
But this did not Keep President
Cardenas and his socialistic regime
from confiscating more plantations
and cultivated ranch land and divi-
ding it among the poor classes. The
oretically the land was paid for in
agrarian bonds. Actually most OF
the bonds have never been redeem
ed, often were never even issued.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-08-26

Not all the biggities-rich and
powerful-eat at the elaborate res
taurants with silken entrance ropes
and trained European servitors.
owen D. Young lunches regularly
at Childs on Lexington avenue.
Postmaster Farley eatS-and very
lightly-at a similar place on 9Th
avenue. Mrs. Helen Gould Shep-
herd dimes frequently at Alice Foote
MacDougalls and Amelia Earhart
and her husband often occupied a
table at one of the avenue Schrafft'S.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-08-26

Central Park at sundown sug-
gests Rotterdam going from work
so astonishingly has the bicycle
craze been revived. Stage folk, held
in town by engagements, are among
the pedal enthusiasts. Harlem, due
to its proximity to the park, turns
out a large cycling parade. Incl
dentally, someone tells me Joe Jack
son, the stage tramp cyclist, gets his
exercise and relaxation on a bicy-
Gle, but minus his makeup no one
recognizes him in public. Col. Lind
bergh and his wife are also doing
much bicycling in England.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-08-26

Kate Smith is a regular diner at
Lebus and John ID. Rockefeller now
and then drops into Susan Palmer's.
In the old Park Row days Charles
G.. Dana lunched on a bowl of milk
and crackers at a 25 cent luncheon
place on Park Row. Will Rogers
was often a guest at a Chill Villa
as were Irwin Cobb and Joe Clark
I was assigned one time as a re-
porter to watch for Hetty Green at
a down town restaurant. She came
in one day, bringing lunch in a
paper bag and ordering cup of
coffee. I was near enough to see
she left a nickel tip. My two column
story about it was shaved to stick.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-12-15
Thos. J. Garland,
Pioneer In Section
Passes Tuesday

ASnENlLLE, Dec. l5.-Thom-
as jefferson Garland, 81, pioneer
lumberman and contractor of
Buncombe county for 80 years,
died from a stroke of paralysis
at 4 o'clock Tuesday morning at
the home of his sister. Mrs. Il. /.
Ledbetter, 4Sl Haywood road,
West Asheville. He had been i'll
three weeks.
Mr.. Garland was born August
25, 1855. in Henderson county,
but had lived most all of his life
in Buncombe. He was a member
of the Balm Grove Methodist
church, West ASheville. Mr.. Car
land had been retired from active
business for several years.
Surviving are two daughters,
Mrs o. F. Creasman and Mrs. W.
F.. Creasman. both TO Ashevllle
three sons, T. NJ. Garland, of
West Asheville, Roy +. Garland,
of Seattle, Wash, and Ralph L.
Garland. of San Francisco, Calf;
one sister, Mrs. Ledbetter; one
half-sister, Mrs. Ada Jones, of
Asheville; and two half-brothers,
G. w. Crook, of South Hill, Va,
and Ed Crook, of Fletcher.
Funeral rites will be conducted
at 3 o'clock tomorrow afternoon
at Avery's Creek Baptist church,
the Rev. J. B. Grice officiating,
assisted by the Rev. I. A, Groce'
Burial will be in the church Gene
terV
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CENTRAL j. s.
IS ICE GLAZED
No Relief From Freezing
Rains There Seen for
Next Sc Hours
BY UNITED PRESS

Sleet. snow and Gripping
glaze of ice covered the central
part of the United States Tuesday
night. extending from the Rock
les to the Aleghenlcs and from
Texas 70 Minnesota.
Tweuty-cight small Oklahoma
communities were isolated when
communication lines We're snap
ped by ice when formed after
rain. Service was crippled IN
dozens of other villages. Glen
LoSure, 81, Enid. Okla. Il tele-
phone maintenance man. was
killed when he fell from a pole
while repairing a power line.
Practically the entire 81. Louis
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LOVE NOTES WITH STEAK

PARIS. - (UP)-Love- letters
written by a butchers wife and
sent to a customer wrapped round
the mutton chops and steak and
kidney were read in the divorce
court here. Arrayed before the
Judge were six large pieces of
greaseproof. paper, and on each
were notes in the handwriting of
the lovesick wife. ...
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area was covered with a sheet of
ice. Six automobiles Skidded into
the Mississippi river, but occu-
pants leaped TO safety. Scores
were injured i'm falls. there was a
Is per cent drop in public school
attendance. and all arplaneS were
grounded ut the municipal air
port.
L. s. Weather Forecaster {. A.
Donnell predicted there would be
no relief for 80 hours. He said
freezing rains were falling Us far
south as Abilene, Texas, where
the temperature was 81 degrees.
The rains had turned To snow IN
Minnesota and Wisconsin.
The weather forecaSter said
considerable snow had fallen
within the last - hours over
Wyoming. Eastern Montana,
South Dakota. Nebraska and por-
tons of Iowa.
Continued precipitation, with
rain in the south and snow in the
north. il the prospect, Donnell
said. with the ice and snow area
extending eastward through the
Ohio valley
Temperatures have moderated
to near normal in the southeast,
where readings of 80 and % were
reported,
\ heavy fall of snow turned
quickly into SluSh in the Chicago
area aS the temperature varied
little from - degrees all Tues
day.
Kansas City reported two
deaths - one from over-eXcrtion
while Shovcling Sleet. and the
other from a fall on an icy side
walk. Traffic was slowed to 10
and - miles an hour.
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LETTERS TO SANTA CLAUS

what to ask you for. So just any
thing you give me | will appreci-
ate with many, many thanks.
Wishing you merry, merry
Christmas and a happy New Year,
Your little friend,
10 ANN CANTRELL.
Willow Road.
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Your little friend,
10 ANN CANTRELL.
Willow Road.
Dear Santa Claus:
am little girl four years old
and live in the country. | help my
daddy milk the cows and feed the
calves and help mother, too. |
try to be good little girl but
sometimes forget. Please bring
me some nuts, candy, night
gowns, oranges, and don't forget
that big tricycle. at Penney's, for
| sure want it. Do just thiS much
for me and | will not forget you.
Goodbye,
LITTLE VANITA LYDIA.
Route /, Flat Rock, \. c.
Dear Santa:
Please bring me blackboard
and a Peter Rabbit book and can
dy, oranges, and don't forget my
big sister and brothers and poor
children. If you don't know
where. | live about nine miles out
of HenderSonville. Don't forget
mother and daddy.
Love,
CALLIE JANE JONES.
Route, Box 2l7,
HenderSOnville, y. G.
Dear Santa Claus:
am writing to you to tell you
what | want for Christmas. ! have
blue eyes and white hair. | so to
Valley Hill to school. This is my
fourth year going to school and |
haven't missed Il day this year.
want you to bring me a pair
of skates, too. want you to bring
me a wrist watch and Il black
board and some nuts and candy
and oranges. Santa Claus, ! want
YOU TO bring my three sisters
something. too. Their names are
Virginia, Bctrtic and Joyce.
Santa Claus, don't forget little
children in China.
Yours truly,
NELLIE QUEEN,
Kanuga Road.
| wish you merry Christmas and
happy New Year. And don't for
get my mother and father.
Dear Santa:
am a little boy waiting for
Christmas. | would like for you
to bring me cap, pistol and Il
cowboy suit. | would also Ike Il
TOW grist mill to grind sand and
a biz red ball. ,,
Please don't forget my little
brother. Hilbert, and my friend,
Clarence Hyder, who wants a toy
store and toy Orange Crush
truck. | thank you.
Yours truly,
HERMAN JUSTICE.
Hendersonville, y. G..
Dear Santa:
Please bring me wagon, Il
watch, apples, oranges, nuts and
candy, and don't forget the girls
and boys that have no mother and
father. and give them a joyful
Christmas, and don't forget my
brothers and sisters, Clyde, Ed
ward. Pearl, Joe, Lefty, ANNE
pill Catherine. Clarence and
Keith. Bring them all something
for Christmas. Bring my teacher
and James teacher something;
Their names are Miss Field and
Miss Yount. Me and James are
writing this letter. Our names are
JAMES and JUNIOR GLOVER.
East Flat Rock, \. I.
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LUCILLE LEVERETTE

Dear Santa Claus:
As am only two and half
years old. this is my first time to
write YOU a letter and Just hope
| write it plain enough that you
can read il.
Santa, dear, first want to
thank you for the many nice
things you gave me last year. !
have enjoyed them SO much all
the year and | didn't even write
YOU for them. Mother says you
knew wasn't large enough to
write you then and that you never
forget good little girls.
Now, mother and dad both say
| have been very good all the year
but am not going TO ask you
for any certain things, for | am
quite sure you know more about
what ! should have than know
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NV dear Santa Claus:

My dear Santa Claus:
II YOU please. | would like any
thing you would like TO bring me.
Please don't forget my two broth
crs. My little baby brother, who
is lust two years old, wants,
please. a train and a little baby
car. My big brother wants an
crcctor set and some real telc-
phones. w
With love. NANCY.
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Thousands of youths just pas,
Is, the voting age in Russia, cast
their first ballots at the recent
election.
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Dom SANTA Claus

Dear Santa Claus:
am little girl. | will soon be
three years old. ! was afraid of
you last year but if you will bring
me Il big doll and carriage and
Wicker rocking chair I'll hug your
neck and kiss you and leave you
= piece of fruit cake under my
Christmas tree. So I'll be looking
for you.
PATRICIA JEAN SUMMERS.
S3l Justice St.
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Dear Santa:
| have been "A good little girl
and want you To bring me a big
dolic and a piano, tea set, some
oranges. nuts and candy. Please
don't forget my cousins, Lola and
Christine Corn. | will be looking
for you soon.
Love,
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Dear Santa Claus:
| have been a good little girl
this year. | want you to bring me
a big baby doll and a tea set. And
remember my little friend, Garlen
Brown. He wants a little red wag-
on. And remember the rest of my
little friends, Irene Aiken, How
ard Young, Walt Brothers, Dewey
Jones. Sue Rhodes, Marie Hancr
and Flancie Packer.
We all love you very much.
TOOTS McCRAW.
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Mems OvercOats

Special Christmas offer
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