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Imperial Valley press., 1937-02-09
IF 1T WE'RE NOT
FOR BOULDER DAM

If it were not for Boulder Dam. rm-
perial Valley might be watching today
with frayed nerves while the roaring
Colorado river sent its full fury against
the levees in Mexico. The valley might
well be remembering the anxious days
and nights, the unending strain of 1906,
when the river tore through earthwork
and rock to send the full force of its
brown floodwaters into the lowlands.
Boulder Dam stands as the bulwark
against tragedy.
California has read sympathetically
of Mississippi and Ohio river floods.
Now Long Beach, Los Angeles, San
Diego and other southern California
communities know, of their own ex-
perience, small part of the terror that
has swept the inland communities.
Warm weather and melting snow, cou-
pied with heavy rains, have washed out
highways and inundated homes in the
southland. Only by the grace of God
and the ingenuity of man has Imperial
Valley escaped.
In a year such as this, if it were Mt
for Boulder Dam, the Colorado river
would be flowing from bank to bank,
and then seeking new banks because the
old ones are not far enough apart. 1t
would be hammering at the levees which
protect Imperial Valley. 1t would be
chewing away the earthworks which
stand between its brown torrent and this
fertile region. Its melted snow, mixed
with heavy silt, would be menacing the
property of every resident of this val
ley
We are not too far from the past to
know the menace of the river. Reading
of the sufferings of others in flooded
areas, we can give thanks that they are
not our own sufferings and We can al
firm anew our faith in the program
which brought US Boulder Dam. Its
worth has been proved. The future will
prove the worth of its sister project,
the All American canal, and OF con-
nected projects.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-02-09
PRIVILEGES FOR
THE UNDERPRIViLEGED

It is hard, sometimes, to keep mental
step with the reasoning behind some OF
the worthy ideals actuating some OF our
government agencies. In Brawley, Tor
instance, Administrator Jonathan Garst
has told the people that, whether tney
want it or not, they are going to nave
a migratory workers camp on the Guy
limits Petitions signed by 80 per cent
of the population of Brawley could not
stop construction of the camp, he said.
The underprivileged must be taken care
of!
No American will disagree with the
noble sentiment expressed by Mr.. Garst.
Certainly the underprivileged should be
looked after, helped and protected
against themselves and the unscrupu-
lous.
You might attempt to help dirty,
ragged hobo by buying him meal-but
would you do it by taking him into your
home. seating him at the table with your
wife and children, and giving him the
run of the house If you did, you should
be, examined.
Common sense applies to government
as we'll as to individual affairs.
No one should complain if the reset
tlement administration wants to help
those who are down on their luck, first
making sure, of course, that they are
not professional relief recipients. There
is basis for complaint, however, when
the resettlement administration or any
one else moves the luckless ones prac-
tically into the middle of the communi-
fy. and saws to the citizens there: Here
are your new neighbors, whether You
like it or not.
The underprivleged deserve consider
alton, certainly. So do those who nave.
Inv their own efforts, remained out of
the underprivileged class. In all COM
mon sense these latter are the best citi-
zens. Why penalize them for it?
Imperial Valley press., 1937-02-09
A NATIONAL GUARD UNIT
FOR IMPERIAL VALLEY

1t is to be hoped that efforts OF civic
minded individuals attempting to obtain
q National Guard unit for Imperial Val.
lev are crowned with success. OF all
the places in California, few are as re-
mote from some form of military en-
deavor as Imperial Valley.
The National Guard is. above all. an
organization for preparedness. Pre-
paredness does no mean militarism. 1t
does not mean that this country is get
ting ready for war, or wants to go TO
war. 1t means that, if the time comes
when war draws close, this country can
exhibit its strength as a warning to ag-
gressors and say HANDS OFF! Pre-
paredness is the surest way to keep out
Of war.
The National Guard has uses other
than in war time It's service in strike
torn areas is record of honorable ac-
complishment. We hope it is never need
ed here for such service-but if it is,
the valley should not have to send out
side for help. We need a National Guard
unit. On basis of population, geogra-
phic location and patriotism. We are en-
titled 70 it.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-02-09

carried out, would prevent future
flood mortality and property loss.
But the first move to uproot human
beings from the side of a river which
has, in the main, treated them
kindly, would surely bring thun-
dering protest.
People choose to live beside
river because it is an artery Of
trade, and the soil near it is rich.
all of which spells prosperity.
The river finally becomes O part
of them, in much the same way as
midwestern farers come to love their
prairieland, which first attracted
them because of it's fertility.
And occasional floods are not go
ing to drive away the inhabitants
of bottom lands any more than oc-
casional tornadoes or dust storms
will frighten off the farmers.
For most human beings are gam
blers at heart, and gluttons for
punishment. They always nave
been willing to take whatever Ma
ture could hand them and come up
fighting, providing they thought
they had q chance to win out.
n
Man is puny, says DR. Berkey.
and he should not dispute the right
of way OF one of Natures giants.
Man, however, doesn't seem to
realize how puny he Is, as his con-
quests of the Colorado, Columbia.
Tennessee, and other rivers reveal.
And he is just stubborn enough to
60 ahead and conquer, or at least
try to tame, the mighty Ohio and
Mississippi, too.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-02-09

NOTICE OF SALE OF REAL
PROPERTY AT PRIVATE
SALE
IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF
THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
IN AND FOR THE THE COUN-
TY OF IMPERIAL.
No. 2537
in the Matter of the Guardianship
of
CHARLES E. DAVID, ~.
An Incompetent Person.
NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN
that the undersigned Guardian Of
the Estate of Charles f. 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. 1887,
at the hour of Two o'clock p. NJ,
or thereafter, within the time al
lowed by law, at the office of VOL
ford & Heald, Room 103, 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:
Ek of Sh of the NWR of Sec.
II. r. IA S., r. 13 E., s. B. 3. &
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 the
said Guardian, Irene C. David, at
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
deed now on said property In the
principal sum Of $4,000, together with
interest and taxes due on said prop
erty 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 20, 1887.
IRENE c. DAVID,
Irene c. David, Guardian OF the
Estate of Charles E, David, an
incompetent person.
J.3l-F.i5 incl.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-02-09
Bruce Cation Says:>>
Puny Man Can Take It When Nature Furnishes

That man can do nothing to pre-
vent floods such as the one which
has just moved disastrously down
the Ohio Valley is the depressing
contention of DR.. Charles p Berkey
professor of geology at Columbia
University.
Here, in substance, is DR.. Ber-
keys argument:
When there is an oversupply Of
rain or melting snow, river sys-
TENS are bound to be flooded. Spe-
cial reforestation, levees, and o
few dams at best can impound but
little of this surplus water. The
rest must flow down into the rivers.
In normal times, the inner cham
mel of each river carries the stream.
During a flood, however, the valley
bottom also is covered; and, in great
floods, even the lower terraces may
be reached.
The point is, DR.. Berkey indicates,
these lands form the right OF way
of one of Natures giants; and men
who live ON these valley bottoms
are, in effect, trespassers.
Such people are in yearly danger,
he continues, and will learn by ex-
perience, if not otherwise, that Ma
ture is still master.
Eventually, he maintains, popu-
lations crowded along the river bot
toms should be moved beyond reach
of danger; and cities even replanned
Instead of praying or at
tempting to dispute the right OF
way of one of Natures giants" Dr.
Berkey concludes, "it would show
great wisdom to accept the situation
and turn back to the river such
portion of the river bottom as it
must occupy on occasion"
There seems no question but that
DR.. Berkey's suggested solution, If
Imperial Valley press., 1937-02-09
New York Day by Day
By O. O. Mcintyre

ten years. So far his only accept
aflce has been q Christmas rounde-
lay printed in his own house organ.
Considered a two-fisted desk poun-
der, his effusions are about the
coolest that 60 the rounds.
The sudden passing of Dave
Freedman, some weeks ago, remov-
ed the most celebrated of the ghost
writer's. Also top rung gag and
script writer. From his anonymity,
Imperial Valley press., 1937-02-09
Editorials and Comment
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1887
) on Sol say.
X FRANK WATANABE
~ BY I'D HOLDEN
HITLER AGAIN
BY cd HOLDEN

Last week Hitler make a bold face
declare on the World. He say that Ger
many absconds from all guilty of start
ing World War in 1914! 1T were NOT
Germany faultv' he say with exploding
mustache.
Hark down Honorable Hitler please!
Too late now say them War Veterans
as they rubbing the place where leg
used to be or try to reading that
headline with blind eyes.
1t make no difference now who start
ing that war Let US not having some
more no matter who will nudge the
blame. Too much was plenty.
Thank you please.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-02-09

NEW YORK, Feb. 9. The sue
cess Of Jack Dempsey in the role
OF resta' rateur is developing what
diners Out call CaulifloWer Corners.
Jack occupies one. And the other
three are contiguous to his one
storied site. Still another on
corner a block away is also in the
hands of a ring hero.
Along with the flood of ham,
burger Tai Mahals clustering about
Dempsey's came other champions
figuratively to mop up some OF the
gastronomic gravy. On the corner
south. Mickey Walker dispenses
both food, liquor and his autograph
in the glow of glittering signs.
On one corner opposite Dempsey.
Tony Canzoneri has taken on q
partnership in a place to be called
Canzoneri's. He, like Dempsey, will
be the front man, greeting CUSTOM
ers and awing the ladies with his
gargoyle face, scared by many
valiant fistic battles.
And James Braddock, the new
est champion, is to tie in with the
fighting Brillat- -Sayarins with
gaudy temple where he, too, will
be high priest of the entrance ropes.
Then to complete the four -cornered
zone the glossy ex-champion Benny
Leonard is angling for site for a
glittering bistro.
| 90
Berton Braley + nc most prolific
of the modern minnesingers. And
has been for rs years. One of his
notable poetical achievements was
TO do world series ball game play
by play by verse telegraphed in the
same manner as news reports. He
begins work in the morning bath,
having pad and pencil handy to joi
down wandering lines that may
swim into his ken. His pockets are
filled with scratch pads on which
he will dash off a metre or so where
ever he may be. / used to be one
OF weekly gang of pool players
that included Braley, and between
shots he was usually wooing the
muse. When poem is finished,
he keeps it going the rounds until
sold Sometimes it has taken two
years but in the end he usually gets
his editor.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-02-09
Get Up Nights Due to
Bladder Irritation

ger Signal. Make this Csc test. Use
buchu leaves, Juniper oil, and other
drugs. made into little green tablets
called Bukets. Flush out excess acids
and impurities. Excess acids can
cause irritation resulting in getting
up nights, scanty flow, frequent de-
sire, burning, backache, and leg
pains Just say Bukets to your drug
gist. In four days IL not pleased
your Csc will be refunded. Glenn
ents Drug Store.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-02-09
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT
NOTICE OF TIME AND PLACE
APPOINTED FOR PROVING
WILL AND HEARING APPLI-
CATION FOR LETTERS TESLA
NTENTADV

MENIAhf.
No. 2737
IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF
THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF
IMPERIAL.
In the Matter of the Estate of
JOHN v. WEISS,
Deceased
Notice is hereby. given that q
petition for the probate of the will
of John v. Weiss, deceased, and for
the issuance to Elizabeth Weiss OF
letters testamentary, has been filed
in this court, and that Friday, the
10th day of February, 1887, at 2
O'Clock PM, of said day, at the
courtroom of said court. at the
Court House in the City of FL Gen.
tro, County of Imperial, State OF
California, has been set for the
hearing of said petition. when and
where any person interested may
appear and contest the same, and
show cause, if any they have, why
said petition should not be granted
DATED: February 1st, 1887.
w. j. McCLELLAND.
Clerk.
BY CITHA LAMSON,
F.8-l8 incl. Deputy Clerk.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-02-09
TWENTY YEARS AGO
February 8, 1917
TEN YEARS AGO
February 8, 1927

At meeting of the Imperial VAL
ley lettuce growers and shippers
held yesterday at the Planters hotel
in Brawley, a unanimous motion
was carried to appeal to the South
ern Pacific Railroad for an emer-
gency rate to aid in the present
crucial situation.
Babe Ruth today agreed TO play
for the Yankees for $52 900 salary.
The Yanks are expected to meet
the demand.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-02-09
//./ Tablets
666coIi:'Ds {
Llquld-Tablets ana
Salve-NOse H03OdCnGS
Drops Price, 25c
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT
NOTICE OF SALE OF PERSONAL
PROPERTY TO SATISFY.
lien
Price, 25c

Notice is hereby given that the
undersigned, c. S. vOGT, N. E.
Corner 9th and Broadway, El Cen
tro, California, will sell at public
auction to the highest bidder for
cash, at the above named place, on
Saturday. the Goth day of Febru-
ary, 1887, at IL Noon. of the said
day. the following:
FORD CABRIOLET, Engine
No. Al442860,
TO satisfy a lien for Storage and
Expenses, under sections 427 and
428 of the vehicle code of the State
of California.
(SigneD c. s. VOGT.
Dated at Ell Centro, California,
this 9th day of February, 1887.
F.9-l6.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-02-09
GRAB BAG
One Minute Test

/. Who is city manager OF Gin
cinnati2
2. Name the u. s. ambassador
to the Soviet Union.
3. Who is chairman of the U. s.
social security board?
Imperial Valley press., 1937-02-09
Hints on Etiquette

Tall persons snouid avoid severe
ly tailored clothes, straight lines
and solid colors. Large hats and
flat-heeled shoes help to decrease
the effect OF unusual height.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-02-09

Then the top flight industrialist
known in many magazine shops
under his pSeudonym-who Is GER
tainly case. He has been trying
to land his jingles for more than
Imperial Valley press., 1937-02-09
Today's Horoscope

Persons whose birthday is today
are usually artistic, musical, and
the possessors of high taste. II
they have one fault, however, it is
tendency to be impractical.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-02-09
Other Editors Say
CERTAIN PIOUs PERSONS - BUT, OF
COURSE, fUU KNOW THEM TOO
(Marysville Appeal DemocraD

Certain pious persons and others actuated
by super-deveoped sanitary sense are for
ever enjoining us TO cease, disist and have done
with kissing. And one never can tell Where
the next effort to curtail our privileges, con-
stitutionally guaranteed or romanticany inspir-
ed will confront us. At the moment 1T Is an
eastern Official marriage license counter that
bears the command stop that kiss!"
That sign is product OF what happens TO
some folks when they get into official life An
unwarranted assumption of authority warps
their vision. Which means, perforce, that we
are looking beyond the momentary health fac
tor which suggests the wisdom OF curbing any
activity that might possibly prolong such pes
thence as influenza.
AS a general and rather enjoyable practice,
kissing is here to stay, normal health condl-
tiorls Appearances etc, Notwithstanding. AS
well command silence of the thunder as 10
command kissing curb. And who would want
TO- except some dispeptic old pettyfogger IN
a dingy office where you could not distinguish
the difference between genuine osculatory
sensation and dish OF cold mush?
We must have done with this interference
sooner or later Once out of the way of in
fluenza threats we shall have to make Our
choice between pleasure and the penalty, put
ting the grumps who would cramp our styie
in their everlasting places by the very force
of our unanimity in favor of the pleasure
Imperial Valley press., 1937-02-09

At times I think they shouldn't
let me out alone. Today they sent
me over to Third avenue to pick
up a pairing knife, to supplant the
one I used to jimmy open an old
desk drawer. 1 came back with
not only it but bean stringer,
grape fruit corer, pea huller and
slaw cutter. Which caused GER
tain lady to cry: what, no meat
axe?"
Imperial Valley press., 1937-02-09
Words Of Wisdom

Education is d psmethod OF cheap
defense for nations Burke.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-02-09
LOOKING
BACKWARD
What The Press Files
tell of Imperial Val
ley for This Date in
Past Years.
TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO
February 9, 1912

The Board of Supervisors has ac-
cepted the petition for the Verde
Avenue and Huston road and has
appointed reviewers.
Much complaint is made of the
flooding of the roads in the north
end of the valley.
The United States land office has
assigned to Stella Ferguson patent
for a section of land east of E,
Centre.
TWENTY YEARS AGO
February 8, 1917
At the Wilson school tomorrow
morning the students will raise
the new flag.
Miss Jean Brook has returned to
the valley from San Francisco and
will resume her dressmaking busi-
ness.
Brawley lettuce has been bringing
$1,000 per car, according 10 reports
from growers and produce men OF
that city.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-02-09

he made several notable bow takers
famous and added to the celebrity
of many more. He was q writer of
marked talents In the new field of
radio as we'll as for prints. think
ne scaled philosophic peal in his
first short story in which he had
character say: What is love?-A
cigar. The brighter it burns the
quicker it's ashes. What is mar
riage? The ash tray" But Freed
man, who came up from the Ghetto,
did not care much for personal ac-
claim. He did not mind letting
others take credit for his artistry
but he could never conceal his con-
tempt for them. He made for
tune in his brief whirl, lived like
Rajah and died broke.
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About the only familiar spot left
along the porticoed shopping stretch
of the rue de Rivoli, returning ira
velers say, is Smiths quaint and
venerable English book shop on the
rue Cambon corner. Smiths re-
mains as it has for 80 years, sug-
gesting in the heart of Paree the
ivied somnolence Of village shop
in Surrey. The clerks are elderly
high nosed star boarder types found
in the Bloomsbury paying-guest
houses. And they permit one to
prowl-a gesture American book
mongers have not acquired. Up
stairs is a tacky tea room with
Cockney mattresses where one may
in France of all places--partake
of the fastest ice cream, possible
exception is our own Schrafft's
coffee flavor, in the world. Somer-
set Vaughan and Frank Crownin-
shield always go to Smiths for tea
and it was the locale for one of
Leonard Merrick's love-on-the-
boulevard canticles. All book shops
should have the feeling that moth
ing matters very much save the
books. That is the feeling at
Smiths and it's why, perhaps, 1t
has survived.
At times think they shouldn't
let me out alone. Today they sent
Imperial Valley press., 1937-02-09
One-Minute Test Answers

!. Clarence Addison Dykstra.
2. Joseph E. Davies.
3. John G.. Winant.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-02-09
Business + Professional
DI ECTOR
Or. SENN BACON-Optometri.t

Complete Optical Service. Supplies.
Scientific Eye Examination, Lenses Duplicstsd
The care OF your eyes u = serious matter.
PHONE ezS
Imperial Valley press., 1937-02-09

The setting hen is on her way out, say u s.
experts Posterity may know the riddle as
which came first, the egg or the incubator
Imperial Valley press., 1937-02-09

health column reader writes, For 10 day
I'VE noticed a swapping of the bones in the
joints What shall I do?" Give police tiie
addresses
Evening star., 1937-03-23
Centuries Great Feas Have Been Held in Spring
Dorothy Dix Says
Women Who Break Up Homes of Others
Always Pay Bitter Penalty.

sick woman to die, so that you might
take her place, and that must have
made you loathe yourself And now
you have nothing. Your youth Is
gone. Your passion has died down.
You have lost the respect Of everybody
who knows you, and your conscience
torments you. What price to pay
for little stolen Lowell
You ask what you can do. You can
break with the man and cease
troubling his family, but for the un-
happiness you have caused his family
you cannot atone What We have done,
We have done, and it cannot be un-
done.
nEAR DOROTHY DLX-Would you
please tell me the requirements
necessary to be a successful small
town physicians wife 1 have l3
months in which to prepare myself.
DOCTORS GIRL.
Answer:
A doctors wife needs all the good
any other woman needs, and then
some. For a doctors wife has more to
do with making or marring her hus-
bands career than the ordinary wife
has
The main duty of every wife is to
keep her husband glad he married her
by being a loving and understanding
companion to him, by being sweet
tempered and easy to live with, and by
making him q comfortable home In
addition to these things, the doctors
wife Is called upon to be a good sport,
who will accept the conditions of her
married life without complaint.
She must be able to smile when she
has to take off her hat as she was
starting to the theater or some party
that she longed to go to, when her
husband is summoned to a sick bed.
She must be able to keep dinner watt
Ing until it is ruined without getting
peeved when her husband doesn't get
home on time. She must be able not
to feel herself neglected when her
NAN~]AN okNAANAo lA4N 4tH tFtI-L45S Il6
Is at home in study instead Of telling
her how beautiful she is.
She must put her Jealousy aside
and not get green-eyed over every
good-looking woman patient, or 90
through grinding torments at the
thought Of his holding the hands Of
neurotc ladies in pink chiffon and
lace negGgees. She must keep out OF
his Office unless specifically invited in.
She must not always be shopping
around. She must respect his secrets
and not try to worm them out Of him.
And she must never, never gossip
about what she inadvertently learns
about what ails Mrs. So-and-So and
old Mr.. This-and- That.
She must make friends for her hus-
band, for many woman picks out a
physician because she likes his wife
and many another goes to somebody
else because she thinks the doctors
wife is snooty. 1t is a hard life, that
Of being doctors wife, but It is q
great one If you don't weaken.