davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Imperial Valley press., 1937-10-03
By O. O. Mcintyre

chapels. There is little to suggest
grief, but rather studied cheerfull-
ness. Bright flowers this seem to
whisper tranquility and peace. At
tendants do not move about in
long-faced solemnity. They are
brisk and alert, and while Sympa-
thetic not maWkishly SO. Funerals
were once forums of frenzied de-
spair. All that has passed for a
sane feeling of loss-but not one
that is permanent. More and more
is death viewed as temporary sep
aration.
Great poets, I have thought, in
striving for lyrical beauty and eff
feet, CLOSED Death with a Sickli-
ness not deserved. Nothing is more
stirring or beautiful to read than
Thomas Gray's elegy written in a
country churchyard. Yet it plunges
one into dolor We are haunted by
thoughts Of moping owls, beckon-
ing shades and clinging, damp ivy.
Inc yOullS SelleIdIlOll Has DdIllSl-
ed much fear that afflicted many
when our world was juvenile. We
lived in fear of the Unknowable
and went away quaking after hear
ing the He'll Fire and Birthstone
sermons. The souls of modern
youth are not hung with the dull
weight of intolerable Fate. They
absorb ell phases of life with the
zest of thirsty earth soaking up rain,
and find it refreshing. The world
war showed how the young could
die gallantly.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-10-03
Bruce Cation Says:
- Findinu Middle Path is Democracy Job

and bludgeoned into obedience.
1t isn't easy to do this. 1t calls
for hard, sustained thinking, for
critical examination of all slogans
and panaceas, for recognition of
the often-forgotten fact that there
are few passable shortcuts to the
millennium. 1t compels men to real
ise that they cannot gain respect
for their own rights without re-
specting the rights of others, and
that human nature is SO constitut-
ed that an enduring social, eco
nomic or political system can be
erected only on basis of mutual
consent.
----------- --s-ssS7 gs.---ss-.,-
All of this, to be sure, is perfectly
familiar to us, as citizens OF the
worlds oldest democracy. Yet we
must remind ourselves constantly
that democracy will continue to
work only if We take the trouble
to make it work.
Finding this middle course is un-
spectacular and uninspiring work.
It would be a lot easier to resign
everything to the hands of some
leader and contribute cheers to the
gooSe-Stepping storm troopers. But
in the end, if our vision of America
is to survive, we must make sue
cess of this unSpectacular and un-
inspiring job-or see the brightest
values of our national tradition
dissolve.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-10-03
Auction Philosophy
BY ID. l.. ZINN

Folks this appears be
shouldn't until Give the birds
feed Imperial
Valley doves favorie food wheat milo maize melon seeds
believe open.
FOOLS they seeds insects when they can't get better
food The of doves the Imperial Valley hunter
the hunter probably seventy five
cents the eater wants to meal
this eating expensive dish You've got to be
hunt If know anything about the pigeon family
easily understand the dove family Now opinion
had Imperial Valley five the
board of supervisors would be asked to offer bounty tem for
all
the Wheel the extended Oct and the birds
grow up help the than
anything else I'll be seem
Imperial Valley press., 1937-10-03

gone"
Gone where? Gone from my
sight-that is all And just at the
moment when some one at my
side says: 'Therel She is gone!'
There are other voices to take up
the glad shout: There! She comes! "
Newspapers have done much to
blunt the sting of Death as have
writer's of fiction. The rather ter
rorizing term Death is not often
used any more. g. Not even demise
or passing away The term is now
Passing on" That is what most
of us believe-no matter our faith
that we pass ON to at least another
state Of consciousness, with perhaps
a clearer realization of life and its
infinitude.
One of my established friends un-
til his passing a few years ago was
a venerable doctor with years of
general practise. He often stood
by, helpless, while the so called
King of Terrors paid ruthless visit.
And he liked to compare such vista
ton to the gentle opening and clos
ing of a door through which some
one suddenly passed Invariably he
noticed that before actual dissolu-
ton there was slight and con-
vulsive twitch, and then as through
one had faced a horror that did
not exist q relaxing of facial muscles
into almost beatific eXpresion-in-
deed often a faint smile.
One notices, too. a change in
the decor of funeral parlors and
Imperial Valley press., 1937-10-03
Famous Sayings -

Secretary of State Cordell Hull
told the American Legion conven-
ton the other day that our govern
ment is trying to follow a middle
path between isolation and entang-
lement in the affairs Of other ma
tions. He might well have added
that it is an Internally tough job
but one which is very much worth
doing.
For the very essence of demo-
cracy, after all, is this attempt to
find and follow a practical middle
path-in foreign policy, and in do
mestic affairs as well. And what
makes being a democrat so tough
is that this middle path grows pro-
gressively harder to find as the
problems of this modern world
multiply.
A good part of the world has
fallen into the hands of eXtre-
mists of late. In one country after
another the people have been won
over to the idea that there is one
plan, and one plan only which can
help them; and it is getting SO that
you can hardly pick up your news
paper without reading of some spot
where people have been executed,
imprisoned or bombed from the sky
for daring to disagree.
When we say that as Americans
and lovers of liberty we disagree
with such measures, We tell only
half of the story. The alternative
to rule by one or another set of
extremists is the charting of a
course halfway between the rival
camps.
Democracy can survive only by
proving that it is possible to find
such a course; by proving that men
still have enough good sense and
good will to compare ideas. to take
the best that the rival extremists
have to offer, to compromise and
harmonic and blend them SO that
people do not have to be bombed
Imperial Valley press., 1937-10-03
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT

PAUL A. JENKINS, Ell Centre,
Calf;
EA. FITZHUGH, Ell Centre, Calf.
A. C. JOHNSTON, Ell Centre,
Calf;
LOGAN H. JENKINS, Ell Centre,
Calf.
8. That the known bondholders,
mortgages, and other security hold
ers owning or holding l per cent
or more of total amount of bonds,
mortgages, or other securities are:
BANK OF AMERICA, Ell Centro,
Calf; ED. HAAS, 1905 Broadway
Arcade Bldg, Los Angeles, Calf.
4. That the two paragraphs next
above, giving the names Of the
owners, stockholders, and security
holders if any, contain not only
the list of stockholders and security
holders as they appear Upon the
books of the company but also, in
cases where the stakeholder or
security holder appears upon the
books of the company as trustee
or in any other fiduciary relation,
the name of the person or corpora
ton for whom such trustee is act
ing, is given. also that the said
two paragraphs contain statements
embracing affiant's full knowledge
and belief as to the circumstances
and conditions under which stock
holders and security holders who
do not appear upon the books of
the company as trustees, hold stock
and securities in a capacity other
than that of bona fide owner;
and this affiant has no reason to
believe that any other person, as
sociation, or corporation has any
interest direct or indirect in the
said stock, bonds, or other securi-
ties than as SO stated by him.
5. That the average number of
copies of each issue of this publica-
ton sold or distributed, through
the mails or otherwise, to paid sub
scribers during the twelve months
preceding the date shown above is
1924. (ThiS information is reuuir-
ed from daily publications only.)
PAUL A. JENKINS, II
Sworn to and subscribed befor&l
me this 20 day of Sept, 1897. u
tSEAD S. E. SHAW
(My commission expires
June IA, 1941.)
Imperial Valley press., 1937-10-03

sobbings. with o. o. Mcintyre
now and then the agonized shrek
of parents, left an indelible mark.
I still see the solemn undertaken
and hear the lugubrious lilt of the
Wheezy organ an1 walls at the
open grave The feeling was hope
less-of inevitable doom.
But much of this gloom seems
to have vanished at the modern
funeral. There are no mourners
sWathed in crepe nor sWoonings
at the bier Eyes are not always
dry, of course, but the chape.5
somehow are surcharged with a
hope the departed may be going
away only for a little while.
Preachers are no longer wringing
hearts with poignant panegyricS.
There are no tip-toeings and atti-
tudes of shush. Many services are
restricted to the mere reading of
5ome Psalm full of promise, a
benediction and a solo chanting
hope of a better world ahead.
l know a man who sends those
bereaved a copy of the anonymous
ly written essayette "The Ship" 1t
reads: Il am standing upon the
seashore A ship at my side spreads
her sails in the morning breeze and
starts for the blue lagoon.
"She is an object of beauty and
strength and I stand and watch
her until at length she is only
a ribbon of white cloud just where
the sea and sky come to mingle
with each other. Then some one
at my side says: "Therel She's
Imperial Valley press., 1937-10-03

a playmate, killed
in a hunting ac-
cident, that I was
in a state of hys-
terra, struggling
to k p from
laughing instead
of joining the
WeeperS.
Those muffled
Imperial Valley press., 1937-10-03
One Minute Test Answers

l. Paul V. McNutt. former gov
ernor of Indiana.
2 Lake Mead. situated above
Boulder dam at the ,Arizona -Neva-
da boundary line.
3. Carbon dioxide, which has
been put under great pressure.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-10-03
News Behind the News
- Huoo Black and the KIan

sailed toward the Atlantic coast and Roosevelt
headed in the general direction OF the Pacific
it appeared that the President had boiled down
the Black-Klan issue in his own mind to what
he considered by all odds the most important
question
Has Black in recent years had any connec-
ton with the Ku KluX Klan?
No answer to that question has been avail
able, since Black has given no explanation secret
otherwise.
Many administration critics, including some
of Roosevelt's own liberal followers who have
been seriously perturbed, take the position that
no man who was ever a Klan member should be
on the Supreme Court
Roosevelt himself eventually may be forced
into that position But at present he is anxious
TO keep Black on the court and may be expected
to do what he can unofflcIaly TO make II
easier for Black to stay Off the record, 1t
SeemS the Roosevelt position is that regardless
of how regrettable Blacks monkey-ShineS with
the Klan dozen years ago may have been, the
mans liberal record in the Senate for many
years makes him the type of man Roosevelt
wants on the court.
That doesn't mean that the President is
even slightly happy about the Black incident.
Like everyone else, he thinks it has made one
grand mess for him and he is looking for the
most graceful, least costly way out OF it. He
expects statement from Black. He will expect
the statement to make it clear what contact,
if any, Black has had with the Klan since his
election in 1926. And it is more than likely
that he will give consideration to whatever other
evidence there may be on the subject Certain
federal agents have been extremely busy looking
into the situation from all angles.
o
Finding themselves very definitely in a hole,
New Dealers have built up the theory that their
opponents purpoSely failed to reveal evidence
to Blacks Klan affiliations prior to his con-
firmation by the Senate in order to get Black
on the bench so as to put Roosevelt in that very
mole. Although it sounds a bit fantastic, this
supposed plot-h there one-would seem
to have worked out with conspicuous success.
Complications are added by the fact that the
President, distinctly the defensive, is not
according to his closest adviserS-in any posi-
ton to take official action. If he were to ask
boldly for Blacks resignation he would be sub
ject to attack for an attempt to exert executive
dictatorship over the court and it would be
said that any president might subsequently ask
for the resignation of any other justice OF
whose past he didn't approve. On the other
hand he can't possibly ignore the issues raised.
Roosevelt may make no further statement.
But that will depend what Black says. If
Black says nothing you fairly sure TO hear
something more from the White House. AL
though Roosevelt presently plans to stand on
Blacks Senate record as sufficient reason for
the appointment-aSsuming Black is not DEM
onStrated to have had any Klan contact in the
past eight ten years, enough heat may de-
velop to change his position.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-10-03
New York Day by Day

NEW YORK. Oct 2.-Until re-
Gently I had not attended a funeral
since IA AT that time I was emo
tionallY unset hv the services for
Imperial Valley press., 1937-10-03
Hints on Etiauette

One does not congratulate a
bride. She receives best wishes"
while the bridegroom is congratu-
lated.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-10-03
Faetoqraphs

President Roosevelt has pro-
claimed a period from Sept. II,
1887, to April 80 1899, for cele-
brating the 18th anniversary of
the signing and ratification of the
us. constitution.
Of the 882,850 Negro farm oper-
ators reported in the 1880 United
States census, 700,9ll were land
less renters.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-10-03
Hnroscone for Sunday

If your birthday occurs Sunday
you are honest shrewd and able.
You are respected for fairness and
reliability.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-10-03
TOdaY'S HOrOScOne

Persons whose birthday occurs
today have deep religious qualities
They are known for their kindli-
ness.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-10-03
The Grab Baq
One Minute Test

l. Who is American high COM
missioner of the Philippines?
2. What is said to be the worlds
largest artificial lake?
3. What is DIR vice?
Imperial Valley press., 1937-10-03
WCrdS of Wisdom

1t is with our judgmnts as with
cur watches. No two go just alike
yet each believes his oWn.-Pope
Imperial Valley press., 1937-10-03

BRINGING
ALL THE NEWS
TO IMPERIAL
s.n VALLEY
Imperial Valley press., 1937-10-03
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT

STATEMENT OF THE OWNER
SHIP, MANAGEMENT, CIRCU-
LATION, ETC, REQUIRED BY
THE ACTS OF CONGRESS OF
AUGUST "a, 1912, AND MARCH
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1937-01-28
Song Fest Feature
of Club Meeting
"oman's Club Meeting Productive
OF Much Enthusiasm in Mu-
sic Study and Singing

GROWING so popular that all pres
ent caught the enthusiasm gener-
ated' an old-fashioned singing
school, conducted by Mrs. l.. Aus
I'm, made a spontaneous hit The
songs OF this school were continued
u1ltl time for lunch,
Tea and cookies were served by
Mrs, r Ramsey and Mrs. James
Miller, who were the hostesses.
"A goodly number of Womans
CLUB members and friends gathered
at the club rooms, Wednesday at
ter1poon, and heard discussions of
the songs of our native hand.
Mrs. I. B. Burns topic was Songs
OF Battle" She has. a. souvenir,
pertaining to her topic, OF which
she is justly proud and which she
treasures It is a piece of sheet
music printed in the South just af-
ter the Civil War. This was dis
played to those present.
Mrs. Norman Anglin introduced
favordte song theme, American
Ballads" and gave us the rare di-
version and real treat Of having
Miss Margaret Mosely sing three of
the lyrics dwelt upon. Miss Nose
~ sang 'sWhen You and I Were
Young, Maggie" "Juanika:;" and
The Rosary"
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1937-01-28
MONEY ORDER 4 !
FORMS STOLEN
Merchants Warned to Cash No Al
derwOOd Manor Orders of
Numbers Listed

Money Order forms r1noered from
1924 to 3740O, inclusive, and the
money order postr1arking stamp
were stolen from the postoffice at
AlderWood Manor during post
office burglary, january 22d. Ac-
cord1ngly, local stores, hotels etc.
are warned not to accept for CASH
ing any Of those Alderwood Manor
orders, which are sure to be forged,
Ii any are presented, arrange to de-
lay or arrest the otferer, while not
l1y1ng by telegraph, government
rate, collect, CT. E. Game, Postoffice
Inspector in Charge, Seattle, Wash,
His telephone number is Main 1892
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1937-01-28
COMING EVENTS

February 18th will be happy
occasion for the band boys, the girls
Of the drum corps the American
Legion and Auxiliary and the mem
bers of their families, for a grand
potluck gettogether is planned for
that date. Don't forget 1t.
The Ladies Auxiliary will meet
on Tuesday, February 2. A good
attendance is desired, for plans must
be made for the entertainment OF
district and department presidents,
who will be the guests of the White
Bluffs Auxiliary on February 18th.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1937-01-28
HARRY KELLER REMINICES
ABOUT THE SAINT FRANCIS

H. IT. Keller, proprietor of the
local pool hall, once lived on the
Saint Francis river, six miles south
of Kernlett Missouri. The record
food on the Ohio and mississippi
rivers brought back to him recol-
lections Of his residence there, es-
pecially since the Saint Francis riv-
er has figured prominently In the
food pictures and story. Farm
lands along the Saint Francis, Mr..
Keller said, are usually under from
six inches to six feet Of water from
Christmas time to;the first, Of A
pril. The receding wateas y leave
sediment which constantly renews
the fertility of the soil and some
wonderful crops are grown there.
The Saint Francis slough" is about
six miles wide at flood stage. In
that section, many leave their homes
annually with the advent OF high
water and return In the spring al
ter the water has receded. Others
stay, wearing gum boots for three
months and "joy-riding" in boats,
moored, when not in use, to the
front porch, the corner fence post,
a willow tree, or what have you.
Cypress logs, which never rot, are
banked along the stream. We I'M
on;,,a +hat this wears flood will
drive out every inhabitant OF that
section. At Louisville, Kentucky,
the crest of the flood was ten feet
higher than ever before recorded.
The previous high water mark was
registered in 1884 and there Were
disastrous floods in 1913 and IN 1871.
MIR. Keller says that the Saint Fran
els has very little current the RS
ing water simply creeping up over
the low Lands.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1937-01-28
TROMANHASER HAS
FEEDING RECORD
Veteran White Bluffs Farmer Gets
Record Profit From l22 Days
OF Livestock Feeding

White Bluffs or Priest Rapids
Valley farmers can you tie or beat
the feeding record of j. B. Trosnar1.
hauSer, narrated below?
On September 81, 1896, Mr.. THO
ma1lha,lser had one cow and sixteen
chickens. On that date he got a
calf and bought small pig, bare
~ Of wearing age. He fed the cow,
chickens calf and pig for 1872 days.
On December 18th he bought an
other small pig and added it to the
stock fed by him His total feed
bill for the entire period was $16.04.
On the I'D day of January, 1897,
having fed the calf and pig for 1872
days, he sold them. The calf was
weighed at 145 pounds and brought
$l3.05. The pig weighed 1876 lbs.
and brought $17.5O The two to-
gether brought a total of $30.55, or
a balance of $14.51 over the cost of
feed for all the livestock fed during
that period.
There's mark to shoot at, feed
erS. MIR. Tromantatlser will accept
critical comment on his feeding, SO
it's up YOU to tell him where he
could have tettered Ids showing.
Mr.. Tromanllauser is also in fav..
or of a coa1lmunistic dairy enters-
prise in the valley. He believes the
farmers of this section could easily
support a thousand COWS, cream.
cry, cheese factory, dehydrator, etc.
and hire the stock fed, cared for
and managed by others. His plan
calls for graduated feeding lots, q
series Of three, placed belpW the
creamery Level, 50 as to utilize the
waste or nlarhetless by-prod,lcts OF
the dairy BY gravity how In the feed
yards; each member to share in
the expense Of feed, work, and man
ufacture, and receive pro rata ben
Gifts from sales, fertilizer, etc. The
three feeding lots would be gradu.
ated from beginning feeders to fin.
ishing lots. An Utopian idea!
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1937-01-28

There was one inch of snow on
the 26th, two inches of snow on the
LIST, and four inches of snow on the
27th, the whole of which is still on
the ground, making practically the
greatest amount of snow on the
ground in ten years. The snow APP
pears to be deeper the further west
one goes and winds have whipped
it into drifts that make it anything
but pleasure to attempt the deliy-
cry of mail Of supplies.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1937-01-28

The roads west became almost
impossible, shortly after SIX o'clock
Wednesday evening, when the wind
had begun to gain strength and pile
drifts across the roads. TWO Yer
nita boys failed to start for home
quick enough, that evening and
stayed In White Bluffs for the
night. Mr.. O'Larey, the rural car
rier, reported that he had need Of
all his experience in winter driving
to make his route the next morn
ing. Several bands of sheep are
being fed, west Of White Bluffs, In
THE Cold Greek and Priest Rapids
sector, and the snowfall has them
worried about getting feed fr the
sheep to those places. They are
energetically clearing roads to ex-
pedite the ingress Of feed. And the
county Is actively helping. A trac-
tor and grader worked all night,
Thursday night, and it Is expected
that the road to Priest Rapids will
be cleared by Saturday morning.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1937-01-28
Legal Notice
NOTICE OF IRRIGATION AS
CECCNHTsNYu@c,

Notice IS hereby given that the
assessment rolls of Riverland, COL
lnlbla, Kennewick, Richlaald. sun
nyside, Kiona, sunnyside Valley
Frosser, Grandview, Yakima, Ben
Ton and Priest Rapids Irrigation
InstrictS, OF Benton County, Wash
nefon, for the year 1886, have been
delivered to the undersigned Treas
urer Cd said districts. That all as
sessanenhs to be received by said dis
tl1cts are due and payable at the
Office of the undersigned County
Treasurer att Prosser, Benton Coun-
~, Washington. ON and after the
FIRST Monday in February; (Except
the Toll and Charge poirrttou, OF such
s assessments :: which sbeeop,a payable
at the office of THE district secra-
tary. Payment schedule of such
Toll and Charge may be ascertadned
at the office Of the secretary Of the
district In which the land is locat-
ed One-half Of each and all of
said assessments shall become de-
hnquent ON June /, 1887, unless
said one-half IS paid on or before
May 81, 1897. The remaining one
half Of each and all Of said assess
mentS shall become delinquent on
December I, 1887, unless said one
half IS paid ON or before November
80, 1897. Interest at the rate of
10 percent per annuun from the
date of delinquency is charged ON
all delinquent assessments.
Dated at Prosser, Washington,
this 9th day Of January, 1887.
BEN KNOX, County Treasurer
and Ext flcio Treasurer of the
above named Irrigation Dis
trictS.,
tFsrst publication Jan. %, 1880
Last Publication Feb. IS, 1880
224 words
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1937-01-28
Jessie Burch Wins
Scholastic Honor

Jessie Burch, Of White Bluffs .
graduate student OF the University
ofFWashirigt.ottn, swasspleedged TO Iota
Sigma ri, national woainatls honor
airy sorority, this week. Miss Burch
was chosen for her outstanding work
in the field Of chemistry. She was
one of five graduate students and
upperclassmen SO honored.