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Imperial Valley press., 1937-02-15
News Behind the News
One Senator Too Many -. Who Gets
The Salaries All the Work For
None of the Pay...
Thank yOu please.

WAsHINGToN-It develops that this ma
tion which conStitutionaly has only 80 sem
ators, recently had 81 and that, While all other
states had their customary two senator's apiece
Minnesota was having three.
The three were Henrik Shipstead, Guy V.
Howard-the obscure Republican who served
two-month term in November ana DeeeiipeI
because no other Mnnesotan Thought TO run
for the brief vacancy-and Elmer Benson whose
term as senator technically expired when ne was
elected governor Nov 3, but who kept risnt
on fulfilling the duties of that Office until
Senator Lundeen took it over on Jan. T.
The terrible truth emerges in resolution by
Senator Lew Schwelenbach of Washington which
proposes to pay salaries OF Benson ana MS
staff for that period.
1t appears that while Senator Howard and
his family were drawing all the pay and doing
none of the work, Senator Benson and his stair
doing vice versa.
Both had offices with their name plates on
the door Entitled to bestow four Secretarial
jobs for 60 days Howard kept them carefully
in the family and drew treasury checks totaling
s3686 sc.
Benson asked Schwellenbach to introduce the
compensation BILL but it's doubtful whether the
Senate will recognize Benson's last 90 days OF
Service You probably would have a hard time
figuring lust how valuable to the nation Ben
son and his staff really were in those two
months.
Congressman James Buchanan of Texas, who
remained in the House so long that he became
mittee, is sometimes considered prosaie old
gentleman who thinks only in long, dull col
umns of figures and dollar marks.
But Buck" got to talking about the Hood
the other day. assuring his colleagues that he
did not have sense enough to make a good
farmer, but did have sense enough to make a
good congressman.
Once he had hold of $500 acres of Brazos
river bottom land and put everything he had
into 1t until he had $500 acres of land we'll wa
tered we'll equipped with houses, we'll tenanted.
and well stocked" Then came the floods and
after a while "all the houses had gone down
the river as we'll the mules had and my
hogs and cattle and crops, with my tenants
left starving on the bank
'I got myself a plank and 7 got some char
COAL" he related. II nailed that plank at the
high water mark, and here is what wrote on
that plank It expressed the way l felt then
and the way I feel now:
Farewell to the BraZos bottom,
bid you a long adieu;
may migrate to hell some day
But I will never return to you"
And after this outburst of poesy Buchanan
added:
From that day TO this have been the re-
lentless enemy of flood water anywhere and
everywhere and if contribute by my voice
or by my vote or by my work to the prevention
of floods throughout this Union, shall make
that contribution more cheerfully than ever
made any contribution in my life.
All of which speaks well for chances OF big
fat flood relief control appropriations
Imperial Valley press., 1937-02-15
Bruce Cation Says:>>
Youth Knows No Other Life Than Modern One

Not quite 20 years have passed
since the end of the World war, and
yet we live in a new world.
In viewing today's world and the
confusing things that are going on
in it, this should be remembered
that the youngest layer of people
taking part in today's affairs have
no personal remembrance of what
life was like before the World war.
In Metz, France, class of young
conscript soldiers was taking an
examination the other day. 1t was
o written test on some phase of
their duties as part of Frances
border defense system that faces
uneasily eastward.
What was the chagrin of the Of
ficers conducting the test. do you
suppose, to find this: out of the $50
taking the test, an even hundred
did not even know there had been
a war in 1914! Many others, whose
own fathers died in that war, knew
nothing of where or when their
fathers died, nothing of the cir
cumstances or principles involved,
nothing, except that they died.
4 X X
Now let us suppose that these
young French recruits were not of
the highest caliber, or possessed of
much education. Yet the country
in which they have grown up reel
ed 20 years ago with loss of blood,
almost on the very ground where
Imperial Valley press., 1937-02-15
e on Sol says
* FRANK WATANABE
wv eYED HOLDEN
SAN FRANCISCO
BY ED HOLDEN

No matter what topic you start TAX
ing at in SF., it will always ending on
bridges. They got three bridges here,
The Golden Gate, The Bay and Harry.
Last week S. F. having big dancing
masquerade, entitled the Parilia. 1t are
a yearly collision. $4,000 was present.
Allbody had a rich time dancing and
things. All the total of Society was
there. 7S% contained nude skin in scarce
clothings 1t were howl of success al
right. % arrived in jail or emergency
hospital both male and female as case
may be. I'll,
Alcatraz Island can be looked at with
plain eyes from all hills in S. F. This
are the U. S. residence of many choice
sons of the gun. Al Capone Inc, are
here. This Island are sitting on the
water a stones catch from San Fran
cisco. practical in the city limits. But it
are the outskirts of Obscurity.
Thank you please.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-02-15

they stood as they recorded their
answers and the fact that they did
not recall hearing about any war
back in 1914-18.
There is something here to give
pause to every man and woman
charged with responsibility in teach
Ing or public affairs, every one
who tries to understand what is
going on today.
Let them remember that in Rus
sia, the whole stratum of the
younger soldiers, factory workers, 4
farmers, has never known of any
governmental or social system than
the particular version of socialism
being unfolded there by Stain.
To the younger German soldiers.
the kaiser and the whole of precise,
orderly, stable pre-war Germany
has no existence except in some
smattering of reading in a text
book. All they remember is long
nightmare of confusion-and then
Hitler.
To the younger generation of
Italians, any other government but
Fascism is unthinkable, because no
other has any reality to them. And
let us remember that whole gen.
GRAFTON of millions of young Amer
leans now taking their place in
social and public life was not even
born when the transports pushed
off from Hoboken and Woodrow
Wilson thrilled a nation and d(
world with the Golden promises
that were SO soon TO crumble to
ashes.
The marvel, then, is not SO much
that the world is changing, but
that it is changing SO little, and SO
slowly.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-02-15
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT
NOTICE OF SALE OF REAL
PROPERTY AT PRIVATE

PROPERTY AT PRIVATE
SALE
IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF
THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
IN AND FOR THE THE COUN-
TY OF IMPERIAL.
No. 2537
of
CHARLES E. DAVID,
An Incompetent Person.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN
that the undersigned Guardian of
the Estate of Charles E. David, an
incompetent person, will sell at pri-
vate sale, to the highest bidder,
upon terms and conditions here
matter mentioned and subject to
confirmation by said Superior Court, =
on the 18th day of February, 1897
at the hour of Two o'clock P. Nh
or thereafter, within the time al
lowed by law, at the office of VOL
ford & Head, Room 1903, Bank of
America Building, Brawley, Cali
fornia, all right, title interest, and
estate of said Charles E. David, an
incompetent person, and all right,
title, and interest of said estate of
Charles E. David, an incompetent
person, in and to the real property
described as follows:
E1a of So of the NW1A of Sec.
II, T. IA S.. r. 13 E., S. B. B. &
M.
Bids or offers are invited for said
property, and must be in writing.
and will be received at the office
of Wolford & Heald, Attorneys at
Law, Room 1903, Bank of America
Building, BraWley, California, for
the undersigned Guardian, or may
be filed with the Clerk Of said
Superior Court or delivered to thel
said Guardian, Irene c. David, al
her home at 995 South New Hamp-~
shire. Los Angeles, California, per-
sonally, at any time after the first
publication of this Notice and be-
fore the making Of said sale.
Terms of Sale are as follows, to-
wit: Purchaser to assume the trust
Iced now on said property in the
principal sum of $4,000, together with
interest and taxes due on said prop
rty as appear of record; equity of
The estate of said Charles E. David.
an incompetent person in said real
estate to be paid for in cash.
DATED: January 29, 1887.
IRENE c. DAVID,
Irene c. David, Guardian of the
Estate of Charles E. David, an
Incompetent person.
J.31-F.l5 incl.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-02-15
TEN YEARS AGO
February Is, 1927

At a special meeting of the El
Centre Community Council the SAL
vation Army presented a detailed
report of the work done in I'M
perial Valley by their organization
since 1926.
Announcement is made of the
meeting of the farm home depart
ment on Feb. 18, at the home OF
Mrs. c. C. He'll, two miles west of
the McCabe school,
from ladies' lips.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-02-15
HOW MANY
TIMESa

"How many times" one commentator
asks. sis the United States going to have
to save the world for democracy?
That's a pertinent question right now
or at least SO one would be led to be-
lieye by the attitude of one of the two
armed camps into which Europe is divid-
ing.
In their hour of need, the democracies
across the water, perhaps with the aid
of some wish-thinking, have mistakenly
taken the Presidents pan American
peace address to mean that this nation
might pitch in with them if they get into
a fight with the dictators.
So they're bringing out Of the closet
the old skeleton that spoke the old piece
about saving the world for democracy.
A French Nationalist on lecture tour
here is spreading the doctrine. Foreign
debtors are limiting at negotiation SO
they may borrow more money for guns.
And altogether there seems to be bios
soming a new, almost frantic friendship
for America.
American sympathies are unquestion-
ably with the democraces. Wed ike
nothing more than to see them survive
and flourish, to see the relationships
crumble, to see democracy spread once
more over the earth.
But as for fighting on foreign sol
Imperial Valley press., 1937-02-15
Other Editors Say
CLOUD OVER RECOVERY
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The progress that has been made in the
United States toward economic recovery has
been substantial but the country Is by no means
vet out Of the woods of depression.
The darkest cloud hanging over American
business today is labor unrest-and particu-
larly in the automobile industry, which so far
has led the parade toward recovery, and which
for the most part appears to have maintained
an enlightened position with respect to its en-
ployees.
And the most disturbing thing is not the
move to organize this and other industries from
the outside but the methods that have been
adopted in many instances to bring this about
The refusal by workers to live up to signed
contracts or the awards of arbitration boards
and the Inauguration of st-down strikes before
an opportunity for bargaining. has been given
tend to destroy business confidence.
The effects of these methods are already
being reflected in the decision OF business
houses 10 mark time until they know how these
employee-employer controversies are going to
end.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-02-15

NEW YORK, Feb. 15.-In the
manner of Arnold Benefits diary:
What flair the Negro has for
simile M. recalled a cook out in
Ohio who estimated an interval of
time with Bout as long as it takes
a fish TO swim across nickel
dipper." And my Dads Old Han
nibal's: "Uppity as a country town
baggage agent" -
1t is nice to go Continental now
and again. For breakfast: Just a
flaky yellow brioche and a steam
ing glass Of chocolat chaud. The
petit dejeuner idea. Nothing more
A recent wall about hogshead
cheese brought a scrumptuous jar
from Lotue Miles of the Kansas
City Union Station.
And with all the flossy confec-
tions I doubt If any excels the
taste Of the old fashioned chocolate
drop out Of a paper sack. Strange
how a man acquires an affection
for some particular bit OF wearing
apparel. cling to faded sweat
er vest. Patched, elbow sprung, cuff
shaggy.
In the shower of gifts descending
on Major Bowes he often sends over
what ne calls "diyidend'-a snaf-
file of cheese, jar of honey, or
hamper of grapefruit. Today came
some apples, like the hogshead
cheese, from Missouri. The gift OF
the governor, who raises them.
TO-
Howard Hughes has done much
Imperial Valley press., 1937-02-15
LOOKING
BACKWARD
What The Press Files
tell of Imperial Val
ley for This Date in
Past Years.
TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO
February Is, 1912

A number of ladies are planning
the opening of a registration school
in the next few days. A registra-
ton clerk will be present to register
all ladies present and arrangements
will be made to instruct the group
in the processes of voting.
Nurseryman William Kelly has a
carload of orange and lemon trees
on the way to Ell Centre.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-02-15

I like what Edith Sitwell says
about poetrys change of pace. 1t
may float like a swan, march with
pomp of waves, sigh a little air
among the ruins, flutter like the
dark nightingale seeking nest a.
mong old leaves.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-02-15
TWENTY YEARS AGO
February Is, 1917

j. S. Nickerson has been elected
president of Imperial Water Com
pany No. 5, succeeding Robert Blair
Soon a delegation of San Diego
businessmen will visit Imperial VAL
ley, being a return call of the ex-
cursion of valley boosters to the
coast some weeks ago.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-02-15


90 ---
The informality of Martha Deane's
radio talks is to my thinking one
of the delightful interludes on the
air. To CAB away as Martha does,
repeat, tumble, back and fill and
punctuate it all with surprise in
Elections may be acting or naivete.
I don't know. But it's nightly en-
gaging. I've always hoped the busy
Kathleen Norris, could be shared
for broadcasting. And talk just as
she does at informal gatherings with
friends. She can take the most
trivial topic and make it appear ex-
citing, tremendous This festoon-
ing of the frivolous is a rare writ
ing gift. Booth Harrington can do
1t with a loose TOOTH We need
more small takers and small
writer's The biggities too often
wrestle with the ponderous.
My nicontine-soaked hide must
finally be dried out-or the years
make me cantankerous. I loved
tobacco in all forms and INDUCED
each to excess Then in sudden
seizure quit. And today find my
self annoyed when room fills with
smoke. I cannot imagine why I
was ever that thoughtless. I even
glare al a nearby diner when he
lights a cigar in the midst Of my
meal. I'll probably wind up one
of the joy-killing fogies who putter
about town, snatching cigarets
from ladies lips.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-02-15

show he has what his polite and
pat phrasing uncle Rupert Hughes
might call 'viscera." Sneerers may
say Hughes is rich and has money
to buy the best planes, but even
the better sort buckle up. And
Hughes, who knows this so well,
had the courage TO dare. Too, he's
fiction type hero. Flushes easily
and has that engaging shyness of
the almost totally deaf. Blushing is
strange pathological phenomenon.
+ have super worldly friend in
whom I can aways chivvy scarlet
burst. BY merely mentioning among
strangers he bushes. They all look
at him and he responds with q
bonfire glow. Rather mean but
stacks of fun.
90
Gertrude Lawrence is, to my eyes,
one of the rather homely women
who always appears dazzling. Anal
yzed, she has few points of pull
chritude but as an ensemble she's
striking. 1t may be the dash she
gives her clothes, her carriage or
the jaunty toss of the head. Even
her figure is too scrawny to. be
linked with graceful form. Anyway
she proves that feminine looks are
not everything. ut" plays a sizable
part. I've always thought one OF
New York's handsomest ladies is
the wife of Robert Rubin, the film
executive. Too, like the type OF
wide-eyed youthful beauty express
ed by Will and Betty Rogers's Mary.
Au contraire: I'm getting fed up
with pretty men, the Robert Tay-
Imperial Valley press., 1937-02-15

to make the world safe for democracy
we'll, we're on to that slogan, this time.
1t is not likely that any amount of soft
soaping will ever again inveigle US into
sending money and goods and armed
forces into actual combat across the
water.
Once, eighteen years ago, we saved
the world for democracy. And just look
at Europe today.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-02-15
Thought for the Day

He that despairs degrades the Deity, and seems to
intimate that He is insufficient or not Just to His
word; in vain hath he read the scriptures the world
and man.-Feltham.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-02-15
New York Day by Day
By O. O. Mcintyre

lors and Tyrone Powerses, in the
movies, more masculinity and less
beauty. More Wallace Beerys.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-02-15

Howard Hughes has done much
10 atone for many Of the rich young
wastrels. His airplane achievements
Imperial Valley press., 1937-02-15

BRINGING
Ill THE NEWS
TO IMPERIAL
VALLEY
Evening star., 1937-08-22

for two years and participated in
many plays. fnd that it is the love
Of the work that persists. I do ad-
nit, however, that I enjoy to the
utmost the very small bit of recogni-
tion 1 have received and find it ex-
tremely pleasant and inspiring.
During my years of grammar school
I have been in quite few presenta-
tions and performed on several pro-
grams. besides having some experience
in writing and presenting plays. In
the sixth grade 1 wrote a play. and
again in the eighth, with the addi-
tional job of helping to manage it,
Upon entering high school in the
Fall, hope to continue these activi-
ties and to further them with outside
training. I think they will help to-
ward my aim for the future.
considering the fact that music
goes hand in hand with certain types
Of dramatics, l intend to continue
this study, which I began four years
ago.
so, with my high ambitions to be
q stage actress, hope to climb the
ladder Of fame and perhaps-perhaps
reach the top rung. So wish me luck.
III need it.
Respectfully yours.
ZELDA DIAMOND"
Evening star., 1937-08-22
Make Your Own Sundial to Keep
Track Of the Time on Sunny Days

HAVE you ever had your mother
tell you to come in the house at
a certain time when playing. then
failed to do so because you did not
know what time it was? Well, sun
dial similar to the sketch will aid you
in keeping track OF the time when
you are outdoors on sunny days.
Make the base from board 8
inches wide by 10 inches long. Make
the shadow arm from a triangular
block inches wide by 6 inches long
Attach the base to post about SO
inches long. Set the post securely In
the ground.
On the top surface Of the base
board draw a large half-circle with
a compass, and mark this arc with
black wax crayon or black paint. Di-
vide this circular line exactly in half
at the point indicated by IL on the
sketch.
When laying out the other hour
lines you will need ~,cket watch
or a small household cltock to tell
you exactly what time it Is.
It will take you an afternoon and
a morning to mark the hour lines Cor
rectly, 80 start little before ~
O'Clock, noon. Nail qne end Of the
Evening star., 1937-08-22
Picnic Supplies
In En1er genCies

WHEN you go camping, take along
boric acid for an eye wash, witch
hazel to rub on sprains and bruises
and mercurochrome for cuts and
scratches.
Grease your cooking utensils after
using them, and they will not rust.
If you like to take pictures OF your
outdoor activities, it's a wise idea to
keep your camera loaded and the film
turned ready for the sna pshot OF some
unexpected happening. You may miss
1t if you have to wait to tur, the Aim
Start your picnic fire with a tent"
Of small twigs instead OF paper; 1t
makes a much better fire. You can
add your larger sticks around 1t and
be ready In short order to cook q meal
for the huskiest Of appetites.
If mosquitoes or gnats spoil your
Summer, get Dad to help you make
smoke candle. Mix an equal guam
tity OF dry leaves powdered and fresh
pine sawdust, then soak it in strong
solution OF saltpeter. Remove the
wet pulp. dry it. and pack it tightly
into q half-iach paper tube. This
candle" burns slowly. and the
smudge is guaranteed to keep these
unwelcome visitors at distance,
preventing many bites.
And above all, never 90 into the
water when you're overheated or i'm
mediately after you've eaten. You're
inviting that painful and often fatal
swimmers cramp" il you do.
Evening star., 1937-08-22
My Most
Exciting
Adventure
Fish Is Caught While
Snake Attached to It
Holds It's Grip.

RILLY RUST, II, OF Beaumont"
Haymarket, Va, reports that his
most exciting adventure occurred on
a fishing trip. Like most "nsh" stories,
Bllly's is good one.
ON our July Fourth vacation" he
wrote. my daddy and uncle took me
and my two brothers fishing for bass
We threw in our lines at a place
near a mill race or dam which had
fallen in and was rocky
Il had my line in the water watching
it and hoping for strike. l got one
Il pulled in with great force, throw
ing the bass over my shoulder and Civ
ing big whoop of joy. looked
around to see it land
Then, to my amazement, I saw a
snake with my bass in its mouth. The
snake had it in the middle of the
back
Il called frantically for the others
of my party and they came running.
MY uncle threw rock at the
Evening star., 1937-08-22
Stage
Sister Act
In Dancing
Ruth and Dorothy of
Ben Murch School
Become Popular.

THEY are not really sisters, but
like more professional enter
tainers. Ruth Helen Turner and
Dorothy Woodward, ll-year -old local
dancers, have sister act" which
fools their public And after a
very successful Summer season of 4
half dozen playground engagemnts
Ruth and Dorothy have about decided
that they'll keep the partnership on
into the future, since they both would
like stage careers
Being sisters was their own idea
Ruth and Dorothy both attend Ben
Murch School and last year their
desks were together.
Soon they discovered mutual inter-
ests. Ruth studies dramatics and
Dorothy studies dramatics. Ruth toe
dances and Dorothy toe-dances.
Then they began to look at each
other very closely Ruth realized that
Dorothy had curls to her shoulders,
just as she had And Dorothy dis
covered they were both the same
height!
The sister act" seemed natural"
The first appearance was at a
Christmas entertainment last year.
The feature-a twin toe e-dance-proved
so popular that they planned to per-
feet it during the vacation season.
Their most recent performance was
given during the circus staged this
month by the Dramatic Club OF Ben
Murch School in the school sewing
room. Theirs was the concluding
number Of the program, announced
this way:
Ruth and Dot will dance on toe,
And this. my friends, will end the
show"
They graciously responded to many
encores
While Ruth and Dorothy devote a
great deal of time to practicing new
toe dance steps. they also have other
intAests. This Summer, at Ben
Murch School, they have learned
basket weaving and have made lunch
con sets. dresser scarfs and sun suits
These articles will be on display in a
Summer school exhibit to be held
next month.
Evening star., 1937-08-22
Taking Picture
By Moonlight

ITO MAKE really good moonlight
picture takes onlv some expert
mentlng and courage. Perch your
camera on a firm founda tion-a stump
for example-and level it straight at
the object you wish to photograph.
How about shooting the rising moon?
This picture should be exposed for 10
minutes. You should be sure that no
one crosses in front of your lens
during this time.
Naturally enough, the film will show
an oblong moon, since the moon is not
very obliging subject and will not
stay still But resourceful developer
can paint tiny orange spot on the
film and the effect is the same blur
of light that the real moon shows.
And such a picture as this, better
than any taken in daylight, seems
almost to bring you the very smell of
the pines!