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Imperial Valley press., 1937-11-15
Canal LabOrers
Go Back to Work
Peace Farley
Continued from PAGE j
nounced.

AdNS Aitts
The truce was brought about at
conferences presided over by Maur-
ice Howard and Steward Meaeham,
field examiners for the national
labor relations board, in El Cen
tro and Yuma, Attending the con-
ferences we're George Peterson. who
has charge of the contract in the
field. ID. E. Cooper, representing
FL Centre carpenters and laboTers
unions; Al Smith, representing the
international Of the labor union;
Bob Chasey. for the engineers
union: Ben Thomas. for the iron
workers; N. L. MulleniX, business
agent for the carpenters; H. l.
Arnold. agent of the striking la
borers; Jack Moss. general strike
chairman; and others, including
Representatives of The Yuma and
El Centre Central Labor councils
AS a result Of the strike settle
ment. said Moss, Peterson was as
sured by the laborers that there
will be a slower turnover of men
and consequent greater efficiency
and larger production on the job.
The Peterson job, said Moss, has
held the record on the canal pro-
jeet for quick turnover Of laborers.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-11-15
Heard
On Development
OF Water Power

WASHINGTON. Nov. IS. (U.H -
p. NJ. Downing. president and
general manager of the Pacific Gas
and Electric Co. San Francisco.
argued before the federal power
commission today that construction
OF hydro-electric developments on,
the north fork of the Feather river
were the logical and economical"
means to meet the concerns con-
stantly increasing power require
men.s.
He said at a hearing requesting
that the power commission grant a
temporary permit for construction
of six hyiro-electric plants, that
power consumption for the first 10
months of this year was 5.66 per
cent greater than in the same period
Of 1896. He said that the railroad
commission of California. which ad-
ministers the states public utilities
act, required the Pacific Gas and
Electric Co. to have sufficient power
to meet demands.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-11-15
BY W. NJ. SHUTS
iCampaign AIanager)

In all probability. the points and
subscriptions secured between now
and Monday night. Nov. p will
determine who will be the recipients
Of the five Bonus Checks Of $3.50.
$780, $3.50. 5000. Slo0, $50 and $50
in the Post and Press Bonus Check
Campaign. The next six days will
be most important and 4 real test
for all workers who are endeayor-
ing to place among the first seven
positions.
No worker has safe lead in
points. in fact, in some instances,
there are only few subscriptions
between the first nine workers. The
subscriptions secured and the points
compiled during the next few days
will probably determine which
workers will receive the Bonus
Checks and whether a person viii
receive $3.50 or $50. Workers who
are trying to earn the big checks
will lose no opportunity to pile up
substantial points between now and
Monday night at o'clock. After
Monday night. Nov. %. the points
credited for each new or renew
al subscription will decrease for
the first time and never again will
subscriptions carry as many credits
during the campaign. See the cam
paign advertisement in this issue
for the schedule of first and second
period points. Those among the
workers who are making a sincere
effort to earn one of the Bonus
Checks will take every available
moment Of these last remaining days
to secure every possible subscription.
It should be remembered by all
present and prospective subscrib-
ers of the Post and Press that in
this campaign no element OF chance
enters. Results are what the work
ers make them. Each new and
subscription bears a definite
number Of points or credits for the
Imperial Valley press., 1937-11-15

JUDGE THOMPSON
TO TALK AT CHURCH
Judge Vaughn Thompson will be
Imperial Valley press., 1937-11-15
Pastor Prepared
For Inevitable at
Trial for Murder

PITTSFIELD, Ill. Nov. Is. (UP)
The Rev. Colonel Ellsworth New
ton. a pastor in northern Missouri
Baptist churches for 25 years. was
prepared for the inevitable" to-
day in his trial for the murder
of Mrs Maybelle Kelly, 45. at one
time his strongest church worker.
y am ready TO face it." he said
Its inevitable"
States Attorney Merrill John
ston said he would demand the
death penalty even if there is a
plea of guilty"
Imperial Valley press., 1937-11-15
Black Votes for
Liberal Minority

WASHINGTON, Nov. Is CUP)-
Associate Justice Hugo L. Black
today aligned himself again with
the supreme courts liberal minor
ity in a to decision involving
technical Interpretation of Fed
eral Bankruptcy law.
At the same time the court dis
missed the two newest challenges
to Blacks eligibility.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-11-15
Fight to Save His
Life Cancelled by
Brave Sea Captain

SAN DIEGO. Cal, Nov. 10. IUPl
The master of the freighter
Windrush, bound for the Canal
Zone. today decided to risk death
rather than leave his ship.
The Coast Guard air base here
was notified the captain. whose
name was not given, was dan
gerously i'll" after internal hem
orrhages, and in intense pain.
The Coast Guard was preparing
an amphibian plane for the mercy
flight when word came the cap
tain refused to leave his command.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-11-15
Imperial Valley Press

Esta blished April 20. 1901.
Published every afternoon except
Saturday and Sunday saturday
Afternoon issue now succeeded by
The Post-Press, Sunday estab-
lished 1866 by the Imperial VAL
ley Publishing Company, 625
state street, Ell Centre. Calf.
Entered a; FL Centre, California
post office as second class matter.
Paul Jenkins, publisher; A. 9.
Johnston, vice-president and gen.
sral manager; z. A. Fitzhugh,
'ecretary and managing editor.
West olliday Co., Inc. National
Advertising representatives
NJ m er California Newspaper
Publishers Association.
Subs: ription Rates: Sc per copy.
Press (SWldays), per month, 60c;
Paid in advance; months, s1.65.
& months. S3.25: one wear $500
Imperial Valley press., 1937-11-15
First Period NearS End
In Bonus Check Contest

worker who secures it. These points
which are now about to decrease
for the first time. are the sole
means of determining which of the
workers shall earn the Bonus
Checks in the amount Of $3.50, $500.
$3.50. $500. 500. $50 and $50.
Attention Workers!
All workers must report on We'd
nesday and Saturday evening of
this week. And again Monday eve
ming before pm. which IS the
deadlins for first period points.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-11-15
ADAIR REGAINS LAURELS, NABS
GRAND AGGREGATE IN SHOOT

patrolman, third with 708.
Over the national course Adair
was first, 294; Pearce second, 253;
and Daugherty third, 900.
Mrs. Pearce was first in class
B in the ladies 25-yard slow fire
match with 1856; Mrs. C. C. NC
Conville, was first in class B with
1876: and Miss Lucille Nice first
in class C with 165.
A large number of spectators
witnessed the matches run off un-
der the supervision of the Califor-
MIA Highway patrol, hosts for the
day.
The next association shoot is
scheduled for the immigration
range at Ell Centro Nov. % with
the county sheriff's department to
officiate as hosts.
YOU haven't read ALL the NEWS
until YOU READ the ADS
Imperial Valley press., 1937-11-15
Brothers Hear
Death Sentence

YREKA. Cal, Nov. Is. U.P)-Judge
c. j. Luttren today re-sentenced
John and Coke Brite, mountain
brothers, to hang on the Folsom
prison gallows Jan. 81, 1888, for
the triple murder of Fred Seaborn,
Joseph Clark and Martin Lange.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-11-15
$4,000 Fire Breaks
Out i'm Oakland Plant

OAKLAND. Nov. IS. UH-Fire
broke out in the Chevrolet as
sembly building before it was
brought under control with an es-
tiinated loss of $4,000.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-11-15

chief speaker at a meeting of the
Baptists Mems brotherhood Tues
day night at the First Baptist church
Imperial Valley press., 1937-11-15
WEATHER

data compiled by observers for
the official United States weather
bureau station Mt lei Centro)
Maximum Sunday ......-...-...-...-... 81
Minimum Monday ..........-...-.......- so
Reading at Neon Monday
Temperature Observation-Disclosures. n
Humidity ..................-............... 80
Reading at 5 am. Monday
Temperature ....-.-.-............ ......... SO
Humidity ....-......-........--.-...--- 81
Reading at 5 pm. Sunday
temperature ............-......-..-...-.-... 70
Humidity ...............-...-.......--. AZ
Southern California-Fair tonight
and Tuesday. Little change in tenn
perature
Imperial Valley press., 1937-11-15

IN Ell Centre. Judge Thompson will
speak on Juvenile Delinquency fol-
lowing dinner.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1937-02-11
Floods and Drouths

The eastern part of the United States. which has
been suffering from lack of water ever since the great
drouth of 1881. is now getting more water than it
needs. 1t is probably doubtful if the net damage
caused by the floods in the Ohio and Mississippi rivers
and their tributaries will prove to be anywhere near
ly so serious as the widespread distress and economic
troubles which the seven-year drouth cycle caused.
Too much water is better than not enough water.
Nobody has yet found a way to control the eli
mate, and until that is done it is likely that most eff
forts at either flood control or drouth control will
prove futile, or at best will be of value to a very
small proportion of the people.
The theory that floods and soil erosion are the
consequences of human actions in cutting off the for
ests and blowing up the plains is frequently ex-
pressed. The fact is that there were devastating and
soil-robbing floods before there were any settlers at
all in America. The accounts of De Soto's discovery
of the Mississippi. in 1541, tell of the muddy waters
and the floating trees and logs. In 1647, Pere Mar
quette wrote of the great quantities of soil and the
floating islands of trees that came down the Missouri.
In the long run, nature always strikes a balance.
Drouths and floods recur in irregular cycles, but the
farmer who is able and willing to stick through all of
the hazards and uncertainties usually comes out even
in the end.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1937-02-11
THE EVIDENCE

My readers may possibly wonder
why I am so frequently denouncing
the six o'clock dinner; this, when
so many of our foremost citizens
indulge the feast as a sort of tri-
umph of civilization.
stuo- 20 opod men
and women, | and the longest-IfVe0
to be those who are hearty break
fast-eaters, and who do not load the
digestive tract at the evening meal.
(2) From a study OF vital Stats
tics, l And that six o'clock dinner
devoteeB succumb to heart disease
" cerebral hemorrhage, never later
than the middle sixties. These are
city-dwellers who are too busy to
eat necessary meals until the days
business is done.
(3) II l we're to inject the ex-
pressed juice of the average sir
o'clock dinner into a patients veins,
| feel sure that | would kill him in.
stantly! Well, the six o'clock gluttou
gets those juices into his veins more
slowly, hence he Is slower about
dying Of "heart disease" than he'd
be with ~intravenous injection.
(4) The tired body-the tired
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1937-02-11
DO o REMEMBER
News Items Taken from Files Il
The P~lentywood Herald of
20 YEARS q

E. L. Walton of Bainville is here this week on
court matters.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest Helgeson were here over
Sunday to visit the Holland and Strand families.
Fred Marsh and Gus Schnittgen of Raymond
were business callers in Plentywood Wednesday.
During the blizzard and extreme cold weather of
last week John Mcmahon, old time rancher of the
Redstone country, los tabout rs head of cattle.
A new picture screen arrived yesterday for the
Orpheum theatre. 1t is one Of the best hre-proof cur
tains to be had, made with a gold fibre finishing
and costing about 5000.
If a bill goes through the legislature and be-
comes a law, boys and young men under the age of
81 will not be allowed to smoke or have in their pos
session cigarettes or tobacco.
Last Friday night there were three games of bas-
ketball played in the new community hall. The Medi-
cine Lake girls defeated Plentywood ii to Q and our
boys were defeated by the Lakers 10 to II.
Senator F. G. Ffshbeck of Sheridan county has
introduced a bill which will probably get by the SEN
ate this week providing for the election of county
auditors in all the counties and extending their du-
ties to include considerable work now done by the
clerk and recorder.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1937-02-11
WITH OTHER EDITORS


Assurance is seen that the legislature will con-
slider the uniform drivers license act in the notice
given by Representative Minette of Glacier county
that he will introduce the bill in the house. The legis-
lator in a statement at the time called attention to the
fact that this act has been adopted by half of the
states of the union and is under consideration in sew
eral more.
We trust that favorable action will follow in this
session of the assembly. 1t will put the Montana traf-
fc system in line with those Of most of our neigh
boring states in the northwest and will strengthen
control of traffic by means found effective in many
other commonwealth. Washington, Idaho and Utah
have the uniform act in operation, practically in the
form proposed by Representative Minette, which is
the law recommended by the National Safety council.
The California law while differently arranged is al
most identical with the standard law in its essential
provisions.
The Glacier county legislator proposes that the
administration of the licensing act and the examina-
ton of drivers be placed in the hands of the state
highway patrol. That plan is in full accord with the
principle of the standard law which is based on state
wide administration, rather than on local manage
ment. That is a most important provision and is the
logical development of our highway patrol system
adopted two years ago.
The uniform license act is a tried and tested
measure. We do not have to go through the expert
mental period that was necessary when other states
first began working out a system for testing the COM
potency of drivers. It Is a moderate and reasonable
measure, yet one sufficiently strict to accomplish the
purpose of taking plainly incompetent or dangerous
drivers off the highway.
We are glad to see the movement started in the
assembly to undertake this next and logical step in
improving traffic conditions in Montana. We have
spent a large sum of money in Montana in providing
a hard surfaced, convenient highway system. We
should now take reasonable steps to make those i'm
proved roads safe for the people using them. 1t is
not sensible to spend money in making our roads
better II they thereupon become more dangerous to
life and limb than the poorer roads of .-Grea
Fans Tribune.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1937-02-11
Strikes and Public Interest

There is no question that the Shutdown strike
of automobile workers has had the effect of slowing
down the process of recovery. Without attempting 10
appraise the rights and wrongs of the controversy be-
tween workers and employers in that great industry.
it seems clear that some method must be found
whereby labor disputes can be settled without putting
the public at large to expense and convenience.
Much attention is being given to the method
adopted in England after the general strike of 1926,
when practically all business and industry was
brought to a s~tandstill. The British law, which has
been in effect now for more than ten years. makes la
Dor organizations equally responsible with employing
corporations or individuals. for any Inconvenience TO
the general public resulting from disputes over wages
or working conditions.
incorporated. They are required to make public fnan-
cial reports of moneys received and spent. and are
forbidden by law to use their funds for the purpose
of supporting or encouraging strikes in trades or in
dustries other than their own. They may not use un-
ion funds for political purposes except BY eEprfSSse law
their right 10 strike is fully protected.
Whether some such plan as the British have
evolved would work in America is difficult to say with
certainty. 1t seems reasonable, however, that Govern
ment should In some way be able to control labor dis
Dutes where the public interest is affected, and that
Labor should shoulder its share Of responsibility.
*x
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1937-02-11
S! R$ IL lI%;!|!A,

half-exhausted nervous system can
not supply the necessary gastric and
pancreatic fluids to digest a heavy
six O'Clock feed; hence the juices of
the gorge" are taken into the sys-
tenn by absorption. and in a shape
that cannot be utilized In the repair
Of bodily fatigue, not all nor half
"on he said to be fit.
(ol Hence, II rs CaiIIcu With rho
blood-current, an active poison, un-
ft for the human systemic repair.
Hence the eater does not want
breakfast next morning-has a fee
BILE appetite at noon-but Is ready
for the disappointing over-feed at
the following six o'clock. The very
arteries OF the heart become pois-
oned slowly. The vessels of the
brain give way in theri walls. Short
breath and apoplectic symptoms de-
velop slowly, insidiously. They nnal-
ly kill.
(6) Any thinking physician. IL be
will observe carefully, cannot fail to
e with me. Lastly. II l want to
have a groggy, heavy, indolent feel
ing tomorrow, l will stuff my carcass
with a six O'Clock dinner tonight, at
the church dinner that / am billed to
attend.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1937-02-11
BR u(E
/ SN(&

air, either by tongue or pen. and
most OF them perish. But now and
then some stray sentence drops into
a mind that remembers 1t. and Is in
iuenced by 1t for many years. Many
books. many sermons. many speech
es have run In and out OF my brain
leaving little trace. Yet here r
three quite casual remarks that |
remember:
/. Said the late Talcott William
in a talk which l had with him i'm
mediately after my graduation from
college:
Never forget the old saying of
the Jesuits, "A great deal of good
can be done in the world IL one is
not too careful who gets the cred
it,
2. Said a prominent business man
when | was blue and discouraged
because the first concern for which
| worked had gone busted:
You are very fortunate to have
had a severe disappointment while
you are still young. The men to be
pitied are those whose disappoint-
ments come In middle life. when 1t
is too late for them to start over
again. A disappointment In youth is
merely part of the hardening pro-
cess"
3. Said my friend Robert Upde-
graft:
"Never grumble about your prob
lens. They are responsible for the
greater part of your income"
None of these three friends prob
ably gave his remark o second
thought. But | have never forgotten
them. And | now pass them along.
Ninety-nine out of every hundred
readers will pay no attention. But
some day, fifteen years from now
somebody may say: Il read some
thing of yours a long time ago. and
it gave me a fresh idea" That's the
marvellous thing about working with
words.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1937-02-11
MUST RE FOUND

Americas most important task is
TO work out some economic system
by which We can provide honest jobs
for all the people all the time. Every
a and woman is entitled to the
glorious self-respect which comes
from being able to say: Thank God,
| have a place, l am needed"
say this because once | left my
family in France and started back
across the ocean alone. For a couple
of days | was depressed. Everything
| cared for was behind me. Then one
day the wireless spoke.
Have arranged three important
appointments for you" my partner
wired. BEST wishes. Please con-
firm"
Immediately came a feeling OF re-
lief and cheer. II have work to go
back to-" | exclaimed. Work is
waiting to keep me alert, a little
worried and on my toes"
was relating the incident to the
chairman of the board of a large
corporation. II know just how you
felt" he said. 1--WE organized Jul
company so we'll that I've almost or
ganized myself out of a job. But ev-
cry nc and then a really big prob
lem comes along. aud the boys have
TO send for me A hurry call came to
my home recently. and | had to leave
for Chicago on an hours notice. All
the way on the train my spirit was
singing: Somebody wants me,
have work to do"
The book of Genesis presents
work as a curse inflicted on human
ity for its sins. We know in these
times OF unemployment how faulty
that conception is. To wake up in
the morning and wonder: Where
shall | go today? What shall | do?'
That is the curse.
WORDS AND THEIR INFLUENCE
Words are mysterious and awe
inspiring. We shoot them into thu
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1937-02-11

Strikes and floods occupy first
place in the minds OF official Wash
ington. upsetting or deranging plans
and kilograms Of legislative and ad-
ministrative agencies.
The strike situation is giving the
Government more concern than is
indicated by official ~utterances. How
TO remain entirely neutral in the
three-cornered labor controversy be-
tween General Motors. the Lewis
C. /. o. labor organization and the
Federation OF Labor is puzzling the
administration.
The major issue is whether the
Federal government shall give open
or tacit sanction to the principle OF
''sit-down" strikes, where workers
take possession of an industry, re-
fuse either to work or to leave the
property. and prevent others from
working.
The statement by the Secretary of
Labor. Miss Perkins. that the legal
ity Of the sit-down strike has never
been settled does not reflect the
general view in Administration cir
cles. But everyone concerned hesi-
tates to approve or order any action
looking to the forcible removal OF
sit-down strikers from the General
Motors plants.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1937-02-11

INT LADOr DtaulOCk
Washington has not forgotten the
forcible eviction of the bonus march
ers from the government buildings
of which they had taken illegal pos
session. and Of the disastrous politi-
cal effect upon President Hoover
which ensued.
This administration does not want
TO run the risk of arousing Labor's
antagonism. Yet as long as the Ia
agement of General Motors refuses
TO negotiate for a settlement of the
questions involved until the sit-down
strikers evacuate the companys
property, a serious deadlock exists
which the Government has no power
10 break.
That is why Secretary Perkins
has asked Congress to give her pow
er to issue subpoenas and so COM
mand the attendance Ct all con-
cerned at conferences on labor ques-
tons.
Some observers here are pointing
to what they regard as a parallel be-
tween the General Motors sit-down
trike and those which occurred In
Italy in 1922. In Italy groups OF
workers, ~avowedly Communists,
took possession of automobile and
other factories and not only occu-
pied them but undertook to operate
Their named 'Benito Mussolini offered
a solution which the King OF Italy
accepted a system Of State Social
ism which he called Fascism.
Flood Relief and Control
The disastrous foods have
brought the subject Of food contro
sharply to the foreground. Congress:
acted speedily in appropriatint
$7sO,000,000 which the President
had asked for relief purposes. Muct
OF this, it is anticipated. will b,
spent for the relief and rehabilita
ton OF those who lost homes ant
property in the Ohio and Mississippi
Valleys. 1t is also the expectation
that some of that appropriation viii
go toward starting ~lood-contro
works in various parts OF the coun
try under the ~so-called "Jadwil
Plan"