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Imperial Valley press., 1937-02-15

To Attend Convention - Dan
West, county assessor-collector, will
leave Tuesday for Ukiah to attend
the annual convention of the Cali
fornia tax collectors.
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Nelson Studio, 628 Main. Phone 1871.
90 (ND
Home From Meeting-C. b. Col
Inns, county superintendent, has re-
turned from San Francisco where
he attended the session of the Cali
fornia Teachers associations legis-
latiVe committee.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-02-15

BRAWLEY. 49, Three homes and
the Imperial Irrigation district Of
flee were burglarized this weekend,
Brawley police reported. The home
burglars netted SAC in cash and the
office raid typewriter and adding
machine.
The home invaders were pants
burglars" and in each instance en-
tered the bedroom of the resident,
rifled his trousers and disappeared
without awakening anyone in the
house, according to police.
Peter Schartz, 329 Second street.
said S24 were taken from his trous-
ers Saturday night. The burglars
entered the home though a rear
window. They carried the trousers
outside and left them in an alley.
A baby'S bank, empty, was found
near the discarded trousers.
The Quincy Hunt home, next door
to the Schartz home. yielded the
pants burglar S2l in cash. a check
book and a check for 1894. The
same methods were used in both
burglaries.
Burglars pried open the front door
at the Steve Harris home at 308 K
street but gained nothing because
they were frightened away by the
return OF the family.
An adding machine and a type
writer were taken from the BraWley
district offices Saturday night.
A large supply of mems and Wom-
ems clothing was taken from the
Cliff Vettengl home near the Braw-
ley canal near FL Centro-BraWley
highway some time Saturday night.
The burglars entered through a
rear door.
Mems suits, overcoats, lounging
robes, bathrobes, jackets and slacks
and women's dresses, suits and
sweaters were included in the miss
ing articles.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-02-15
Many Homes in
Valley Raided
Continued from Page D

may lead to a solution of some of
the burglaries, police said. Silbiano
Gandara. 26, and o. Guerrero, 25
both of Seeley, ran when two Off
GERS approached them in the 40O
block on Broadway. Bundles of
candy were discarded in flight
Later the officers found a kodak
hidden in the same place.
A glass in a rear window at the
DR.. o. H. Van Enan home on Olive
avenue was broken to effect en-
trance at an early hour Saturday
night. The family returned un-
eXpectedly to frighten the burglars
away before anything was taken.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-02-15

Held for Observation-Disclosures Ca
sio, SO, and Guillermo Casellas, %,
were arrested at Truckhaven Sun
day by immigration border patrol
men. They are held in the Impe-
rial county jail pending investiga-
ton of their citizenship standing in
the United States.
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Imperial Valley press., 1937-02-15

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Imperial Valley press., 1937-02-15

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Evening star., 1937-07-31
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES &. TR4CEWELL.

Blessed upon the earth, wisdom Of
yesteryear tells us, are the feet of those
who bring tidings of peace and good will
Not SO blessed are they who bring
tall tales of i'll will and rancor.
In the everyday life, there Is always
some one running up to tell how in an
attack upon you, he took your part. You
wish he wouldn't.
He had better let the matter rest
No good can come Of the telling, and
the resentment invariably falls upon
him, the bringer of bad news, rather
than upon the original
You needed no particular defense, in
the first place, and If, in the second. he
found it good to battle for you, why
did he have to tell you about it?
X X
There will always be praise and blame.
They are two sides of the same thing.
II some one praises. some one else is
going to blame. 1t is inevitable
1t is as sure as day and night it is,
indeed the day and night of opinion.
Let people have their opinions. 1t is
their right, and they will do it, anyway.
Be not too hasty to leap to some one
else's defense in his absence.
Whether you do or don't. however,
never tell him anything about it after
ward.
Unless, of course, you don't mind bear
ing the blame
Feel pretty certain it will be put on
you, In the curious way OF humanity.
One may feel sure that no one really
feels at ease, in recounting such a story.
There is always confused look in the
eyes, firm determination to continue.
but vague wish that one hadn't ever
begun, evidently.
Once started, he seems to feel, there
is nothing to 1t but to continue, which
he does manfully enough.
He gives the charge against you, and
you, as listener, Immediately begin to
feel harassed you instantly think counter
charges, and work up defense in your
own mind.
He, good fellow, is far ahead Of you.
He is now at the defense, his own de-
fense, how calamity he came to the
rescue.
You, as listener, are still back fighting
the foe.
BY the time he has finished, you have
missed most OF the great defense
You thank him, with gusto, but all the
time you are wishing he had kept his
mouth shut
What you don't know won't hurt
you wise old saying that, Ger
tainly with its limitations, but also its
good points
Undoubtedly it was coined to cover
just such situation as this, when the
telling was unnecessary, and the recep-
ton uncertain.
The world is SO full of misery and woe,
there is no need for building it up in
the mind Of another by seeing to it
that he hears something which other
wise he probably never would have heard.
If vital to his welfare, well enough
but who shall be judge?
y
One almost always feels that the
Evening star., 1937-07-31
Government Economy and
Low Taxes by Simple Rules

10 the Edltor OF The star
This is hint how economy in govern
ment and reduced taxation can be
brought about
Dlctum: II you want to drive nail,
don't use lookingglass; use hammer.
II you want to cast an engine block, don't
use paper-bag machine; use the foun-
dry tools and appliances, and if you want
to feed and clothe the multitude, don't
use government, use industry.
The function of government is to pro-
tect and defend. The function of indus
try EARNING, mining, manufacturing,
commerce. is to feed and clothe the null
tltude. II you want to accomplish a
purpose, you get or build an appliance,
machine or organization fit for that pur-
pose. If you want to feed and clothe the
unemployed, do the same-create a sep
arate industrial organization outside the
government, for that very purpose
Industry cannot govern, protect and
defend. Government cannot successfully
feed and clothe the multitude. Let the
Government drop all these unsuccessful
side issues and do It's proper work Of
national defense, preserving domestic
tranquility and justice between organi-
zation and individual, employer and en-
ploye, man and man, and promote (not
rum the general welfare through Its
constitutional duties only: then the laws
Of economics and of nature will look after
the rest far better than a bureaucratic
government of politicians can do 1t, and
at far less expense.
THE best government Is that which
governs least" Why can't the United
States of America have "1he Pest Gov.
ernment?" ERNEST H. HOBBS,
Evening star., 1937-07-31

far as to ascertain the nature Of the
freight carried. particularly sas-laden
motor vehicles, the methods of stowaae
and the degree Of care taken to insure
against fire. Were the ordinary pre-
cautions taken to prevent laxity of con-
duct on the part Of passengers and of
the ships company? Were the fire
hazards sufliciently guarded against
through watchfulness? Was there an
undue risk in the use Of a wooden vessel
capable OF being burned to the edge of
the water within a relatively few min
utes after the starting Of the blaze?
The fact that so few casualties re-
suited from this disaster does not war
rant any remission Of rigor in the in
quiry or the application of precautions
against repetition through the adoption
Of regulations respecting all such COM
merce. 1t must be borne in mind in this
connection that but for the early hour
in the evening when the blaze began
this Chesapeake Bay fire would have
caused one of the major horrors of
navigation in American waters.
Evening star., 1937-07-31
Lists of Ship Passengers.

senator Copeland's proposal of Fed
sral legislation requiring that the con-
ouctors OF all passenger ships plying
rivers. bays or lakes within the United
States be required to deposit on shore
before each trip lists Of their passenpers
Is logical outcome of the Chesapeake
Bay disaster Of Thursday when q Balti-
nore-Norfolk liner burned to the waters
edge, with the known death of two
persons. This was mercifully small
sacrifice OF life. Had the fire occurred
q few hours later the casualties would
have been far greater, possibly total
Yet no full list Of passengers was kent
on shore, and in case Of the complete
destruction of the vessel during the
night there would have been no wav
TO ascertain the identities of those per-
lshing. The purser of the boat did
keep a memorandum of the names of
those boarding the ship, but such
record would be likely to disappear with
the vessel
This matter Of record of passengers
however, is not the most important fea-
ture OF the tragedy. Doubtless rigid
inquiry will be made into the circum.
stances Of the fre, and 1t should go 50
Evening star., 1937-07-31

American skippers and crews have lost
only fve races out Of forty seven sailed
But nobody cares very much about VIC
tory in itself. What matters Is the
sport Of matching ships and brains and
hearts in trial of skill
on course, not many persons will have
the privilege of watching the contest
CLOSE up" It simply is not an event
susceptible to intimate examination.
The arena In which it is staged is a
considerable expanse of water, and the
spectators necessarily are kept at a dis
tance. Yet it is good fun to study the
maps and charts. read the experts
chronicles and, this season as rarely If
ever before, listen to radio reporters
comments.
The international significance of the
match is one of friendly rivalry. 1t fol-
lows that on both sides of the Atlantic
there will be multitudes who will be
brought together momentarily. The ex-
perience Is distinctively worthwhile.
Nor will the result affect any Britisher
or American negatively. Rather, a Ger
tain fraternity of enthusiasm and a GER
tain mutual memory of pleasant CO.
operation are indicated in the circum-
stances.
Evening star., 1937-07-31

teller of such things is a dumb head. as
the Germans put it.
A good fellow, and all that, but why
does he go out of the way to tell what
one does not desire to hear?
There is the crux, of course.
No one wants to hear bad tidings ex-
cept from the true source
Then, let 1t be noted. 1t is necessary
The necessary is one thing, the un-
necessary is another
+
1t all goes back to gossip and Of what
1t consists.
Pitiless retailing of gossip is what
has given the thing black eye
Good gossip is interesting, say what
one will and may against It,
There is no person living who at some
time or other has not engaged in sheer
gossip, often with great gain to all con-
Cerned.
No one need be afraid of honest gossip.
1t is just talk. after all There is good
talk and bad talk. Just as there are good
words and bad words. Time and cir
cumstance make great deal of differ
ence. What is good one place is not 80
good another; what is fit for one to hear,
is unfit for another.
People who pride themselves on never
talking behind another persons back
are rather silly: they had much better
talk behind the back, in many cases, than
to the face.
The truth seems to be that he who
tells all is really retailing something that
has been said behind back. AS long
as 1t remains behind the back, that Is
where 1t ought to be: when it gets out
at last, he who brings it is the culprit.
Every one feels this way, no matter
how much he thanks you, says how glad
he is that you told him.
He isn't glad, and he doesn't thank
you in the least. All words to the con-
trary are just smoke screen deemed
necessary by the curious uncivilized civ
ilization built up.
It is this smoke screen the radicals
are shooting at, and maybe they will
bring it down. in time. 1t has served
its purpose, perhaps. and something more
substantial is needed.
~
In the meantime, let every tongue
hesitate, before reviewing in toto the
campaign Of attack and defense which
friend happily missed.
There are very few times when such
tale is either necessary or essential
Mostly nothing is gained by such chatter,
which attempts to picture battle, with
narrator in role of hero.
Most people are somewhat discounted
in praising themselves. They do it in a
niggardly fashion. So the bold fellow
who rushes to ones defense gets none
too good a photograph, although self
taken and self-delivered
Rush to the defense of friends In alb
sentia, all you wish; 1t is a good thing
to do, and speaks well with your i'm
mortal soul.
But, for heavens sake do not tell them
about it afterWard!
Rest assured, if you do, that by q
curious quirk in human nature, you will
become the villain Of the piece.
Evening star., 1937-07-31
Alcohol Tax Unit Report
On Withdrawals of Liuuor
TO the Editor OF The Star:

10 the Editor OF The Star.
What will eventually happen to ma
ton that Withdraws for consumption a
total of 1,7l47l6.859 gallons of fermented
liquors within one year, as was done
right here in the United States during
1886? These figures were given in con-
nection with the official report of the
Alcohol Tax Unit of the Bureau of In
ternal Revenue and published on July
%, 1897.
This report also declared that this
amount exceeded the total withdrawn
from warehouses in 1885 by 2O3, ,l62 ,819
gallons. 1t also stated that a total of
2l497l ,O8l gallons more were produced
than in the previous year The report
further declares that at the end of June,
1887, the whisky in storage totaled 445.-
2o5,76l gallons, Or nearly four gallons
for every man, woman and child of the
l20,o0O000 population in the United
States. If all Of the 1,7l4,716,859 gallons
Withdrawn for consumption are con-
sumed, it will mean an average OF more
than IA gallons per person in our be-
loved country.
Well may persons of concern ask: What
does this mean, and where are we going?
On the night that Babylon, the world S
greatest universal empire, was subjugated
by the MedeS and Persians, Belshazzar
the King was holding drunken feast in
the royal palace with thousand of his
lords, and perhaps more women of the
nobility sharing it with him When he
mad reach the height of his revelry.
an unseen hand wrote those mysterious
words on the wall: Meme, meme, tekel,
upharSln," which meant "ThOu art
weighed in the balances and found want
ing and before he could hardly recover
from his astonishment the invaders
marched into that palace and killed him,
together with the other revelers.
Can 1t be that America has started to
retrograde, and that booze will eventu-
ally spell fms to It's greatness?
w. L. BURGAN,
Evening star., 1937-07-31
Uncle Sans Pledge of
Privilege to Aliens
To the Editor OF The Star.

To the Editor OF The Star:
The barbarian me wants all aliens reg
istered, all aliens on relief deported, q
heavier tax, but no vote, for those per-
mitted to remain, and 1t made illegal to
employ aliens when there are citizens
unemployed The civilized me wants
justice to prevail at least as much JUS
tice as Is rendered aliens in foreign
countries, which treat their aliens ac-
cording to the terms on which they were
permitted to enter the country. Terms
on which the aliens Of this country were
permitted to enter are that they shall be
accorded the same privileges as citizens.
except as to voting and holding title to
property.
II Uncle Sam were to break this his
agreement with the aliens. he would be
less just than foreign countries. Regard
less of foreign countries, I want Uncle
Sam always to stand by his promises and
to take the loss like a gentleman II he
has made bad bargain. Nothing less is
honesty and justice.
H. A. WARDWELL.
Evening star., 1937-07-31
Court Bill's Death Writes
The End of q Chapter

From the New York Times
With the Supreme Court issue def
nltely settled for this session, and pos
slbly for many sessions, the time has
come to express the hope that q happier
chapter lies ahead and that the Bit
ternesS OF great controversy may be
soon forgotten. Out of the whole hard
fought debate one point deserves to be
remembered, and this deserves to be re-
membered long. 1t is the clear and un-
mistakable demonstration that no Presi-
dent OF the United States, however pop
ular. however convinced of the sincerity
OF his purposes and however certain in
his own mind Of the propriety of his
methods can propose to take a short
cut to the achievement of his objectives
by route which threatens the inde-
pendence of the judiciary, without en-
countering deep and determined oppo-
sition on the part of great numbers of
his countrymen who rightly regard an
independent Judiciary as the bulWark
OF their freedom.
1t would be ungracious to turn the
page of, the debate in Congress without
an expression of gratitude to those
Democratic Senator's who have helped to
shape the issue for the country. Wheeler,
Bailey, Burke and Gerry: King, McCar-
ran, OMahoney and Van Nuys-others
could be added to the list-have made a
fight for which we believe history will
honor them. They have had the cour-
age Of their convictions, and the Wiling
ness to speak out in protest against
plan OF which they disapproved on prin-
ciple. Because many of them have long
been identified with the progressive wing
of the Democratic party. because their
votes IN the past have helped the Presi-
dent to achieve the enactment OF the
whole structure Of legislation which
bears the name Of the New Deal, they
have had In this instance to face the
charge of betraying the cause OF liberal
ism. But they have ample reason to
believe that theirs has been the longer
view: that zeal for reform which tinkers
with the safeguards Of liberty is mis-
taken, and that the cause of liberalism
Is best served by preserving q system of
orderly government in which liberalism
itself Is free to function.
AS for the President. that he has
suffered loss OF prestige, for no good
cause, is undeniable. In dramatic FASH
ion he has been rebuked, as on this
issue he should have been, by members
OF his own party. But it need not and
does not follow that the Presidents
leadership has been fatally impaired. He
has made mistake. but mistakes are
made. The best way to correct them Is
to admit them: openly. II possible: at
least By refusing to persist In them.
Evening star., 1937-07-31
Americas Cup Races.

A yacht race may be ''the worst show
on earth SO far as the entertainment
OF spectators is concerned; but large
public, nevertheless, will find its interest
magnetically engaged by the contest
between'T. o. M. Sopwith's second chal-
lenger, Endeavour II, and Harold S.
Vanderbilts third defender, Ranger.
which begins today.
Something more than a mere sailing
competition is involved. The element of
history, for example, is an especially at
tractive factor. Nearly century, as it
happens, has passed since the America S
Cup first was won by Commodore John
c. Stevens at the Isle OF Wight meet of
1851. The trophy has been in the man.
agement Of the New York Yacht Club
for eighty years. during which ttms
Evening star., 1937-07-31
Thinks Americans Should
Mind Their Own Business
To the Editor OF The Star:

10 the Edltor Oh 1he star:
You call attention in your news COL
umns to the fact that Congressman Dick
stein and Congressman Dies are all "het
up over q handful of Americans
"goosestepping," Nazi-saluting each 9TH
er and waving swastika as we'll as Amer
ican flags at a camp over in New JERSEY.
The two Congressman have introduced
House resolution to investigate this
public exhibition and assemblage at a
rented camp, as if our Constitution does
not guarantee free assembly and a right
even to bear arms.
I have no interest In any of all these
foreign fights, foreign born and alien
minded try to transplant here because I
think we have far more fights and prob
lens of our own than we can settle right
and well, even If we devote all our time
to them, as we should
But l do recall all kinds of real fist
tights and even the numbering of a
bishop at his altar in New York City as
result of foreign fights" transplanted
here
1 also recall the emblem of a nation,
Germany, with which We are at peace,
being torn down and off German ship
in New York Harbor by group of haters
OF the present German government.
Neither Congressman then had word
to say about such minded conduct
and anything but good neighbor' and
American activity. Neither introduced a
resolution to investigate any of those
alleged internationalistic un-American
activities.
Let us mind our own business. Let
those who want to change the German
form OF government go there with their
force and violence and have the courage
of their convictions to take the conse-
quences thereof, as well as get what is
coming to them. P. AMES.
Evening star., 1937-07-31
STARS, MEN AND ATOMS
Notebook of Science Progress in Field,
Laboratory and Study.
BY THOMAS r, HENRY.

and for storing Of food and water. One
reason why 50 little is known about
them is that they Invariably cremated
their dead. Other Southwestern peo-
pies followed the practice OF burial, often
with numerous artifacts for the use of
the soul in the next world. Hence these
ancient graves reveal much Of their way
Of life, while there are no such clues as
to the culture and folkways Of the Ho-
hokam.
The Hohokam seem to have lived un-
molested until about 1900 AID, when an
immigrant group OF Pueblo peoples in
vaded their land. There is every indi-
cation, says Mr.. Haury, that this inva-
sion was a peaceful one and that the
two peoples lived on friendly terms in
villages for about $50 years. During
this period, however. the Pueblos erected
some large apartment house" DWELL
ings-a type Of architecture unknown
to the Hohokam. The evidence of the
immigrants is shown in their pottery,
In the character of their houses and
in the fact that they buried their dead
Evening star., 1937-07-31
Shooting Stars.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.
IndOmitabIe Will

TO be successful, some folks say,
Is to pursue a selfish way
Regardless of resentment sore
Which may arise as you explore
The world that you may have with ease
The things which nourlsh you or please
Let others roar in discomfort
And lash themselves as they resent
Your purpose to persist until
OF what you choose you've had your fill
II this be a reminder true
OF how to live and what to do,
All men are failures, more or less
But the mosquitoes success.
Evening star., 1937-07-31
How to Say 1t in Writing.

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Evening star., 1937-07-31

The destinations OF a residence in or
near Washington. D. c., are beginning
to exercise an influence much greater
than that which existed years ago be-
fore there was a radio or an air service
to influence choice of location. The
Nations Capital also has disqualification
facilities of the highest character, even
while admitting with candor that a
long stay for health recuperation may
suggest another immediate environment
as advantageous.