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Imperial Valley press., 1937-11-28
A New Beginning
For Railroadino

The history, glamor and drama of
S2O0,000000 business that is the South
ern Pacific railroad as it is laid out in
Fortune magazine for November is of
particular interest to Imperial Valley
because of our hope that, some day, we
will be placed on the main line of that
great railroad. Between the lines of
the Fortune article a careful reader
may see the beginning of new chapter
in the history of rairoading.
Southern Pacific does it the Gus
toners way" says the article, comment
ing on the new era in railroad service.
This western road, along with other
railroads of the nation, has discovered
that only by giving service can it sur
vive and build up new business resources.
Acting on that discovery, the company
spares no pains to please the customer,
to improve service and to speed its trains
on faster schedules.
There is a lot of room in this old
world yet for service, when service is
carried out toward the true definition
of the word. No company, sensibly man.
aged, can go wrong by following the
policy of service.
In Imperial Valley, it is our hope that,
sooner or later, the railroad company's
service TO us will include the extension
of the main line through our valley,
rather than around the edge of it. By
such action the company can perform
the ultimate in service for one of its
biggest customers, Imperial Valley.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-11-28

arouse himself, asleep or awake,
and go to the front hall to sit
few feet from the waiting!
He never missed
Eventually most New Workers
tire of the peacock fripperies of
the gaudy cafes. There is some
thing irritating to the true trench
erman, about people who come to
a restaurant to be seen more than
to express zest for food. Like
that professional society party
thrower who bounces from table
to table, halooing across the room
and Otherwise trying to be the
whole show! The practised gour-
met studiously avoids such places.
When he dimes out you will find
him at rendezvous rarely men,
toned in society chit-chat. Dark
timbered sherry and beef havens
with old prints, and perhaps a
collection of stems. racked around
the wall. Instead of shrieking
jazz, the clatter of knives and
forks and the tinkle of glass. No
roster of the small hour blades,
but diners who know the cut of
steak and to whom a goblet Of
rare port or tankard of nut
brown ale are a help and not a
refuge. These ancient, sturdy
places keep their hold in the midst
of eternal change.
Whenever in this vast crowded
center columning seems a mighty
task I often think of Will Rice,
who lives at a crossroads place in
the deep Ozarks, where nothing
happens, and yet turns out read
able columns for group of coun-
try newspapers. Few strangers
come to his crotch Of the creek
and there are no entertainments
such as theatre, movie, etc. Trains
run through twice wHek and
night life consists of an owls hoot
or so, or perhaps the mournful
strains of mouth organ from
across a faraway ridge. Yet Rice
manages to winnow full bloodeo
observations about life and its
meaning amid such desolation
Excellent stuff that papers are GLAD
to print. Hidden treasures from
lost caves.
Often Magazine editors FIND
some of their better pieces come
from the abandoned and pindline
places of the earth-out where the
blackberry bushes hold up the raj
Imperial Valley press., 1937-11-28
Too Much Smoke

The latest Agrarian demands in Baja
California, we suspect, represent the
theory that, if one asks for everything
in sight, one is bound to receive little.
We do not expect to see the government,
the police force and all property turned
over to the Agrarians-but We do expect
a strengthening of their position in the
immediate future. What the eventuality
will be. no one knows.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-11-28
You re Telling Ne -
BY WILLIAM RIFT

THE DUKE OF KENT, we read,
pays Sl4 each for his handker-
chiefs. Maybe that's what the doc
tor means when he refers to
pampering" a cold
King James II is now said TO
have invented the trailer. Perhaps
that's the real reason his subjects
chased old Jimmy out of the coun-
try and gave his throne to william
and Mary.
French photographers have been
compiling a single dictionary for
the last 300 years. Yawn Yawnson,
looking for steady employment,
wants the job of checking up to see
if they got everything right.
A returning explorer says some
times the beating of tomtoms
causes African natives TO leap
around and tear their hair. Sounds
just like a civilized American after
listening to too many radio COM
mercial announcements.
ne greatest DtlleVer IN prepared
ness has been discovered. He is a
Marion. Ill, man who has pur-
chased fishing licenses for the last
II years and has never gone fish
ing.
A striped football is being man
ufactured for use in night games
Up to date there has been no COM
ment. as far as we know, from
members of the Sing Sing gridiron
squad.
The Nanking radio station makes
all its announcements in five diff
ferent languages. This Is publish
ed here as another warning to the
japanese as to what they are let
ting themselves in for If they take
over the country.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-11-28

done The one certainty Is lildG ne
is here to stay and that we might
lust as we'll make the best OF him.
And since that is true, it Is worth
while TO have a look at the other
side of the picture.
A little booklet which shows the
machines rating on the credit side
of the ledger has just been pro-
duced by the National Machine
Tool Builders association.
The booklet invites you to go
right down the line in your own
home and see how the machine
has made life easier and less ex-
pensive for you. The kitchen. for
instance: it is infinitely handler
than it was in grandmother's day,
and it is the scene of far less
drudgery. Why? Because of ma
chinery.
About a dozen years ago the ma
ton was producing some 100000
electric refrigerators a year. They
sold at about $400 apiece. Today,
with production stepped up to g.
100000 a year. the average price is
Sl63-and you get better refri-
gerator
Go down in the basement and
look at the washing machine. In
1921 the average washer cost $142;
today's machine, which is much
better, costs around $65 Or go out
in the garage and inspect the FAM
lily auto-and, as you do, reflect
that 80 years ago the auto was a
toy for the wealthy. whereas to-
day the average auto-owning FAM
ily has an income of about $50 a
week. In that same period of time,
incidentally the average wage in
the auto industry has risen from
25 to so cents an hour, and the
number of auto workers has jump
ed from 10000 to 100000.
Now these are not exceptional
cases. The same sort of thing is
true all along the line. The ma
chine age has made the things we
use cheaper. better and more plen-
tiful than they were generation
ago
And our troubles, perhaps, have
come because We have not gone
far enough with the machine; not
because we have gone too far.
Abundance, cheapness, use-our
salvation lies there, somewhere,
instead of in demands that the
machines be restrained.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-11-28


Friday night Finally we quit
early Friday afternoon and showed
up fairly late Monday morning.
In England I discovered the week.
end is from Friday lunch to Mon
day lunch.
Yet, even so, we have topped
merry old England. Adela Rogers
st. Johns recently delivered a
manuscript to a weekly magazine
editor on Wednesday morning at
IL. His secretary came out and
with Scornful glance said I'm
sorry but Mr.. Soandso left for the
weekend this morning
Illusion Dorothy Parker is
widely Unrestricted as most dar-
ing of the punsters. Yet those
close to her say she is fearfully
shy and rarely INDUCES the verbal
ripoSte for which she has become
noted. Also she is so afraid of
newspapermen she has become
practically recluse.
Few non-dog- owners would be-
lieve dogs are conscious of time.
Yet evidence piles up. For in
| stance, member of our house,
hold goes regularly twice a week
shopping and returns at O'Clock
invariably prompt. On such days,
within two or three minutes of the
time for her return, our deaf
Boston, Billy, now gone, would
Imperial Valley press., 1937-11-28
Photographs

The black bear, which reaches
a weight of $50 pounds in adult
hood. weighs only eight ounces at
birth.
The ideal temperature for stor-
ing apples is 80 degrees Fahren-
heit, scientists have learned.
The shoveler duck of Alaska mi
CRATES each autumn to Hawaii.
U. S. railroads paid taxes aver
aging $873,641 per day in 1886 to
federal, state and local govern
ments.
Not one passenger lost his life
in a train accident on u. S. rail-
roads during the first half of 1887.
japanese scientists are refining
firearm oils from sharks to replace
regular oils formerly imported.
The life span of the ocean tor
toise averages 100 years.
Heels on shoes are of Persian
origin. They were first introduced
to elevate the feet from the burn
ing sands.
The average annual rust loss in
the United States is estimated at
one billion dollars.
Constant exposure of the scalp
to sunlight causes hair to fall out
anatomistS say.
British banks employ more than
$4,000 women.
Freight cars now in use in the
United States have an average
capacity OF 48.8 tons, the highest
average on record.
British mental institutions house
more than 10000 men who went
insane during the World war.
More than $2,O00,000 will be spent
for organized cancer research IN
the United States next year.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-11-28
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT
NOTICE INVITING BIDS

Notice is hereby given tnaC seal
ed bids will be received by the
Board of Supervisors of the Coun-
ty of Imperial, State of California,
at the office of w. j. McClelland,
Clerk of said Board of Supervisors,
In the Court House in the City of
Ell Centro, County and State afore-
said, up to and including the 9th
day of December, 1887. at two
o'clock PM. for the furnishing of
all necessary labor, materials and
equipment for the erection and
construction of an annex to the
County Hospital situated on the
County Farm of said county and
belonging to said county, the same
to be done in accordance with the
plans and specifications therefor
as amended November 18, 1887, on
file in the office of said Clerk.
Each bidder is required to accom-
pany his bid with certified check
or a cashiers check payable to the
County of Imperial for an amount
equal to 10 per cent of the amount
of his bid, all checks to be return
ed to the unsuccessful bidders at
the time of acceptance of bid by
said Board of Supervisors and to
the successful bidder upon his sign
ing contract and executing and
filing with safd w. j. McClelland,
Clerk of said Board of Supervisors,
at his said office, a bond with good
and sufficient sureties, the same to
be approved by said Board of Super
visors: the same to be conditioned
for the faithful performance of
the terms of the contract, and also
bond or the payment for all
labor to be performed in the execu-
ton of this contract and for all
materials furnished in accordance
herewith as provided by Chapter
303. Statutes of 1919 as amended.
All bids must be addressed to the
Board of Supervisors, Ell Centro,
California. in care Of w. j. Nc
Clelland, Clerk of the Board of
Supervisors; and such bid must be
enclosed in a sealed envelope and
endorsed IBID for furnishing labor,
material and equipment for erec-
ton of annex to county hospital"
Said board of Supervisors reserves
the right to reject any and all
bids.
Bidders attention is called to the
provisions of Sections ITO to 1871
both inclusive of Labor Code Of
the State of California, which re-
quire Boards of Supervisors in adj
vertising for bids for work and
material to ascertain and deter
mine the prevailing rate of per
diem wages for each craft or type
of workman or mechanic needed
to execute the contract which is to
be awarded; notice is hereby given
to bidders that under the provisions
of said Sections said Board Of
Supervisors has ascertained and
determined such prevailing rate Of
per diem wages to be as follows:
Per Hour
BrlCk1dyeT ..-................-.....-...3lU UU
Imperial Valley press., 1937-11-28
Concrete SpreaderS ........
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Helpers-building trades -. go
Also that general prevailing rate
for legal holidays and overtime Is
one and one-half times the above
rate; also that the provisions of the
above mentioned code require that
the bidder who is awarded the
contract shall pay not less than the
prevailing rate of per diem wages
as ascertained and determined by
said Board of Supervisors as above
set forth to all laborers, workmen
and mechanics in the execution of
the proposed contract. Attention
of bidders is also called to the pro-
visions of Sections 1850 to 1854. both
inclusive, of the Labor Code of the
State of California, which prohibit
any contractor or sub-contractor
upon any public works from en-
ploying thereon any alien, except
ing in cases of extraordinary emer-
gency, etc, and provides a penalty
for violation of the terms of the
sections of the Labor Code of Cali
ornia above mentioned.
Attention of bidders is also called
to the provisions of Sections 1910
to 1916, both inclusive, of said Labor
Code which provide that the time
of service of any workman en-
ployed on public work in the State
Of California whether the work is
done by contract or otherwise, is
limited and restricted to eight hours
during any one calendar day and
make it unlawful to permit any
workman to labor more than eight
hours during any one calendar day
except in cases of extraordinary
emergencies, and said sections pro-
vide for penalty for violation
thereof Any prospective bidder who
desires to take set of the plans
and specifications from the office
of the said w. j. McClelland, Clerk
of said Board OF Supervisors, shall
return the same to said Clerk with
in five days thereafter and shall
deposit with said Clerk at the time
of taking said plans and specifica-
tions the sum of $500 to guarantee
their prompt return.
BY Order of the Board of Super
visors.
DATED this 18th day OF Novem-s
ber, 1897.
w. j. McCLELLAND,
Clerk of the Board of Supervisors
of the County Of Imperial.
N. 1890 incl.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-11-28

in the newsrooms
the week used to
end Saturday. If
lucky We got off
a little early Sat-
urday afternoon
and had Sunday
for our very own.
This regulation
was general. Then
ago We adopted
"weekends,' which
meant We knocked
off Saturday at
Imperial Valley press., 1937-11-28
New York Day by Day BY O. o. Mcintyre

NEW YORK, Nov. 27-This is as
good a day as any to wonder just
how far they are going to stretch
the weekend. When I laboured
Imperial Valley press., 1937-11-28
One Minute Test Answers

/. DR. Thomas Parran, jr., who
heads a nation wide campaign to
stamp out venereal diseases.
2. Senator Charles l.. McNary,
of Oregon.
3. An abbreviatioin OF the Latin
"yidelicet", "viz." means namely.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-11-28

grandfather would have said it.
Dried milk used as white coal"
to pull train out of Chicago may
lead many an humble family to
believe that it has a mine in its
own back yard
Under a dictatorhip the average
citizens life is just tied up in a
series of "nots'.
Sticking out the tongue is
popular form of greeting i'm Tibet
and a favOrite farwell i'm this
hemisphere.
Last heard of the fellow who said
that for five cents he'd put a
bomb under the tax offices, he was
we'll on the way to becoming a
millionaire.
Laces don't show on the modern
football. With talk about commerce
ialism, coaches figured their boys
were seeing, enough of the seamy
side.
Germany talks of revising it's
entire philosophy on the pure Nor
die line, an easy task for General
Goering. who loves to have things
uniform.
Contour and strip p-cr0pping erO-
sion control finds support on the
gridirOn. Last week five important
touchdowns were scored by players
who reversed their field.
Thanksgiving reminds that the
nations fathers sat down to talk
turkey with no Constitution wor-
ries and subversive Reds kept in
the woods with handy muzzle-
leaders.
Move to mark poison bottles with
skull and crossbones has found un-
usual support among coffee-cup
lifters in some of the am. beam
cries.
The Duke of Windsor was ad-
vised he might find snOwstOrms
i'm northern u. S. If he made a
winter visit here. But what really
stopped him was the drift Of Opin-
ion.
In Russia, we read. when sport
fans dislike an umpire's decision
they whistle at him. There goes
another illusion. Up to now we
thought they yelled; purge that
umpire!"
Imperial Valley press., 1937-11-28

Under a dictatorhip, the average
citizens life is just tied up in a
series of "notS'.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-11-28
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT

Electrician Helper .............. .65
Foreman Trades ................... LIS
Foreman Labor .................. 80
Hod Carriers ........................ LOO
Labor (common) ................. SIS
Labor (plasterers) .......... .83 1-3
Labor mortar mixer) 49, .83 1-3
Labor (skilled) ................... .621s
LatherS -...................--....... 1.25
Painters and Paperhangers, Ito
PldSJeTeTS -....-......--.......-.......-.- L 20
Plumbers and pipe filters 1.25
Roofer (shingle) .................... LES
Roofer (helper) .................... rs
Sheet metal worker-in-
cluding corrugated iron, 1.12h
Tile Setter ............................ 1.25
Truck Driver
G5,500 and under) .......... rs
Truck Driver
Q5,500 and over) ............ 80
SKILLED LABORERS
Concrete Spreaders .........,.... .68
Imperial Valley press., 1937-11-28

Dried milk used as white coal"
to pull train out of Chicago may
lead many an humble family to
believe that it has mine in its
own back yard
Imperial Valley press., 1937-11-28
Bruce Cation Says:
- The Villain Machine Actually a Friend

done. The one certainty is that he
is here to stay and that we might
lust as well make the best OF him.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-11-28
Horoscope for Sunday

Wisdom and calmness are char
acteristics of many whose birthday
occurs tomorrow They are re-
spected for their discriminating
judgments.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-11-28
Hints on Etiquette

A hostess rises to receive all in
Productions and to greet all new
comerS.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-11-28
Words of Wisdom

There's not one wise man among
20 will praise himself f-Shake-
speare.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-11-28

Sticking out the tongue is n
popular form of greeting i'm Tibet
and favOrite farwell i'm this
hemisphere.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-11-28
TOday'S HOrOScOpe

Many persons whose birthday
occurs today are independent
thinkers. Others rely upon them,
because they rely on themselves.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-11-28

U. S. railroads paid taxes aver
aging $873,64l per day in 1886 to
federal, state and local govern
ments.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-11-28
Barbs =

AS Hitler and the British envoy
conferred, Europe still seemed to
be headed straight for Halifax, as
grandfather would have said it.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-11-28
The Grab Bag
One-Minute Test

l. Who is surgeon general of the
U. S. public health service?
2. Who is Republican leader of
the u. S. senate?
3. What does the term wiz"
mean?
Imperial Valley press., 1937-11-28

Last heard of the fellow who said
that for five cents he'd put a
bomb under the tax offices, he was
we'll on the way to becoming a
millionaire.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-11-28

The black bear, which reaches
a weight of $50 pounds in adult
hood. weighs only eight ounces at
birth.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-11-28

Not one passenger lost his lie
in train accident on U. S. rail-
roads during the first half of 1887.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-11-28

The shoveler duck of Alaska mi
CRATES each autumn to Hawaii.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-11-28

The ideal temperature for stor-
ing apples is 80 degrees Fahren-
heit, scientists have learned.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-11-28

Often magazine editors find
some of their better pieces come
from the abandoned and pindling
places of the earth-out where the
blackberry bushes hold up the rail
Imperial Valley press., 1937-11-28

Japanese scientists are refining
firearm oils from sharks to replace
regular oils formerly imported.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-11-28

Laces don't show on the modern
football. With talk about commerce
ialism, coaches figured their boys
were SEEING enough of the seamy
side.
Carbon County news., 1937-11-05
THE FTRESIDE CHAT

The Presidents freside chat and his calling of special
session of Congress for the middle of November brought
forth little that unexpected For some time,
since the failure of the court packing BILL in fac it
had been generally expected there would be special ses
sion of Congress this fall
The four suggestions for necessary legislation as out
lined by President Roosevelt reorganization Of the
various branches and activities of the federal government
regional planning for public works in the future the
actment of a minimum wage and maximum hours bill
act to control surplus farm production and establish nor
NAL income" for the farmers in the place of price parity
which has proved sorry failure.
The President has expressed the hope that legislation
covering these matters may be disposed of before the
uar session in January and he has also expressed the wish
that the next regular session dispose Of its business by
next May There is to be Congressional election in No.
vember 1885, and would naturally be deemed desirable
to have Congress out of the way for the primaries and the
general election.
The Presdents remarks the Sno Japanese situation
were reassurg after the amount of heat generated in the
press following the Chicago speech. He expressed little
the nine power treaty attempt to find formula for peace
in the Orient and expressed determination to work
both with China and Japan to this end
The President reminded his hearers that Assistant
Secretary Of the Navy he close to international affairs
from 1918 to 1921 and had learned what ought be done
and what ought not be done Doubtless if he studied the
situation carefully he must have become convinced from
what happened that thing which ought not be done
is to mix in the affairs Of foreign nations.
just how much opposition the President will meet inI
attempting to put through his suggestions in the coming
session Of Congress remains to be seen On paper he has
Carbon County news., 1937-11-05
DARK Theatre
ROGRAM .

Fri, Sat-, Nov. 5-6. DOUBLE
FEATURE. No. 1. George O'Brien
in ''WINDJAMMER". Thrills on
the high seas! No. 2. Guy Kibbee,
Cora Witherspoon in "THE BIG
SHOT,. Guy at his best in this
gay, romantic drama. RAINBOW
NIGHT SATURDAY.
Coming! Sum- Mon. Tues. Nov.
7-8-9. What more can you wish
for? He's back to thrill you with
his singing! BOBBY BREEN (the
wonder boy singer) in MAKE A
WISH". You praised him in Grain
bow On The River" now see him
in this tale of the great Maine
woods!
Wednesday, November 10. ONE
DAY ONLY. JOHN BOLES, DOR
IS NOLAN in GAS : GOOD AS
MARRIED.. An uproarious new
romantic comedy! The sprightliest
picture since the first male learned
the inside story of marriage-and
wished he was outside! Told in the
language of laughs! Also Strang-
er Than Fiction-Musical and car
toonI RAINBOW NIGHT WE'D
NESDAY!
COMING! Thurs, Fri, Sat-,
Nov. 11-12-13. ARMISTICE DAY
SPECIALIZE The GREAT sequal
to "AH Quiet On The Western,
Front! John King, Richard Crom-
well, Slim Summerville, Andy De-
vine, Barbara Reed, Louise Fazen-
da in 'tTHE ROAD BACK. The
whole world is talking about this
great picture! The raw blistering
truth about WAR and the greater
HE'LL that follows stunned New
York like a thunderbolt! You dare
not miss it! In no other picture will
you ever see anything like itl AL
so Mickey Mouse cartoon! RAIN
BOW NIGHT SATURDAY!