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Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-08
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An interesting set of figures just
came to our desk. They make a
comparison of the shifting costs
of governing a country and man
ufacturing a motor car. OF course,
there is an element of unfairneSs
in comparing the figures but at the
same time there is a lesson in
efficiency and service that should
not be laughed off,
In 1910 a four-cylinder Packard
limousine cost its proud poSScssor
50 800. The state in which it was
built paid SIS, ,36l 993 in federal taxes.
That same year the per capita
federal debt was $1269. The per
capita cost of federal government
was 1882
In 1897 the cost of an eight
cylinder Packard "120" five-pas-
senger sedan, improved beyond the
dreams of the original builders.
was $l,075. The federal taxes in
the state in which it is manufac-
tred was 1923, ,748 ,961, an increase
Of 5,938 per cent. The per capita
federal debt was $281.63, an in
crease of 2,120 per cent, and the
Fer capita cost of federal govern
ment for the year increased frof
S7.52 TO $6269.
During the period from 1910 TO
1887 the national debt had in
creased from $1,146, ,939 900 to $780,
42f ,6l3,0
Yet the busiest brain trusters in
Washington are those who are is
suing to industry reams of instruc-
tions about how their businesses
should be conducted.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-08
Bruce Cation Says
- Give 1t Straight from the Shoulder

troubles a challenge rather than
reason for rushing to the nearest
wailing wall
We have had our fill, or ought
to have had it, of drifting along in
the pious hope that sooner or later
Things would right themselves
without cur help Maybe there was
time when that sort of attitude
would work. but it doesn't work
noW. We are drifting downstream,
and unless we helO ourselves there
is precious little to hope for
So our innocent YOUNG graduates
might just as we'll get it straight
from the shoulder this spring ana
know the Wcrst. And We of the
older generation could Vcr/ profit
ably listen IN with them.
For it is cur world as well as
theirs and we arc at least partly
responsible IGr the shape affairs
are in these Gays. Perhaps We clung
t. cur blind optimism too long, per-
haps we grasped at solutions that
wouldn't work. perhaps we simply
were too needless. Whatever the
case, we can hardly be complacent
about the world our youngsters are
going cut into, nor can we afford
to assume that it is their problem
and not ours.
The commencement speakers,
then, may do Us all some service.
If they can get away from the
blind, unthinking optimism tradi-
tional to commencement day, and
can provoke an honest and fear
less discussion of our ills and their
solution, they can give us some
thino well worth remembering.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-08
The CRISIS OF JAPAN

Japan at last is weakening in her
drive on China. The unending manpower
of China, the heavy expense of foreign
war, the unexpected spirit encountered
IN Chinese troops, have faced Japan with
crisis. 1t is a crisis, we believe, she
will not overcome China is too big a
mouthful for any other nation tc swal-
low
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-08
Well Ill
Tell Y You..
says
Bob Burns

1t seems like the longer l write
the shorter | make my articles. L
remember my first newspaper job
was on the Press-Argus down
home. One day one of cur senators
was in town and the editor sent
me to interview him.
When / got back to the office,
the editor says "Well did you in
terview the senatOr?" / says yes.
He says. what did he have to
eay?" / said "NOthin' the editor
aaid "WciI, go ahead and write up
The interview but try to hold il
down to a column and half"
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-08

the radio cele-
brities you see in
your newspapers.
He told me that
the public would
be disappointed if
celebrities were
photographed to
look natural. Most
of them are quite
ordinary people.
The photographer
who has the in
spiration of an
artist in his soul
can take even a
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-08
News Behind
the News
Leading With His CHM
Hr. Ford Punches

WASHINGTON.-Long experience
in political warfare might well have
taught Mr.. Roosevelt never to lead
with his chin. If SO, he forgot the
lesson when he invited Mr. Henry
Ford to the White House.
AS a political boner, that one
ranks only with the enticement Of
the little business men" to Wash
ington in the hope that they would
give the President and his policies
a pat on the back. Mr. Ford is an
American tradition and his sup
port at this time would have been
a great boon.
But almost anyone who knew
the automobile man could have told
the President that Ford could be
counted on to cast more raspberrieS
than posies. What the President
did was to hand Ford the White
House as a sounding board for some
criticisms of the New Deal
The invitation was based on a
supposition that Ford would feel
inspired to deliver a public mes
sage full of cooperation, confidence
and good cheer. Mr.. c. Hall Roose
Velt. brother of Mrs. Roosevelt, had
convinced F. d. r. that Ford would
be so impressed with the show that
he would publicly support the cur
rent administration recovery effort.
But G.. Hall Roosevelt is in the
dog-houSe now.
Versions as to what was said at
the White House conference differ.
One story is that Ford commented
snappily on various New Deal
theories, especially those of Chair
man Mariner Eccles Of the Fed
eral Reserve Board, firm believer
in the necessity Of spending for
recovery.
According to most sources, how
ever, all was amiable and the con-
yersation rather general except for
some explanation by Roosevelt and
Eccles of what the government was
trying to do. The one sure thing
is that no one sold Henry on any
thing.
After the luncheon and confer
ence Ford seemed in some doubt
as to just who Eccles really was.
Ford has his peculiarities. The
last memorable occasion on which
he visited the White House was in
the early weeks of the 1929-33 de-
preston when President Hoover
an array Of the big men
of industry and finance.
Ford sat through the conference
and never said word. But after
it was all over he slipped a piece
Of paper to a friend among the
horde OF correspondents outside All
the message on this paper-obyi-
)usly prepared in advance - said,
was, that Ford would raise wages
md reduce the price of automobiles.
Ford copped all the headlines
and made Mr.. Hoover very sour.
Less than five years ago the late
Senator James Couzens had adj
used Roosevelt to invite Ford to
he White House and make friends
With him, pointing out that Ford
hdnt like Wall Street any better
han did the President.
But Ford declined The govern
nent had stopped buying his auto
mobiles because he wouldn't play
oall with NRA and Ford told
riends he wouldn't let it look as if
ie had gone TO Washington to
ticker over a few dollars.
No more invitations went to
Dearborn until G.. Hall Roosevelt
ecently acted as fiXer.
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Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-08
You re Telling Me --
BY WILLIAM RITT

THE GERMAN PRESS IS al
ready hailing Hitler as great
military genius. If Napoleon had
only thought of such an easy way
to fame he wouldn't have had TO
fight all those battles, including
Waterloo.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-08
Horoscope for Sunday

Ii your birthday occurs Sunday,
tendencies toward egOtism may be
your chief weakness. You must
fight the fault of abruptness.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-08
Grab BAG
One-Minute Test

/. What brothers have formed Il
lew U. S. third party?
2. Between what rivers does
Iowa lie?
g. What is the chief body Of our
planetary system?
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-08
One-Minute Test Answers

/. Gov, Philip F. La Toilette, of
Wisconsin, and U. S. Senator Rob-
bert M. La Toilette.
2. Iowa lies between the Missou-
ri (and its tributaries) and the
Mississippi.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-08
TOday'S Horoscope

Many persons whose birthday oc
ours today are known for their
shreWd business abilities. They
may rise high in fields of finance.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-08
DALE
CARNEGIE
Author of How to Win
Friends and Influence
People

met William Desfor the other
Gay as he emerged from the pub
licity department Of the National
Broadcasting Company. Mr.. Des-
for is the artist who photographs
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-08

A steamer reports sighting a.
dust storm far cut to sea. That's
the very best place we can think
OF for a dust storm to be
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-08
Hints on Etiquette

II is considered in good taste for
partners at large dinner to intro
duce themselves.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-08
Words of Wisdom

l a man, and whatever con
Germs humanity is of interest to
me.-Terence.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-08

A tax collector in New Jersey
has been convicted of embezzle-
mcnt. The proper charge to bring
ssninst him would have been tax
invasion.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-08
Barbs ..-.-

A GIRL in Sidney, Austalia,
swallowed door-key, and every
body was surprised when she fail
Cd TO develop lock- jaw.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-08

Would-be safecrackers in Can
ada who left an un-blown safe
also left a note warning that IL
was full of nitro-glycerine. Do
you suppose the note read: Keen
Nnlir thumb n1tl nf a.. ..1....-,,. y
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-08

Chemistry will eventually cure
the worlds financial headaches,
according to science writer. We
don't know about that but chem
istry certainly performs miracles
with individual hangovers.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-08

A man who said he killed a
monster shark with pen-knife
may be prosecuted for cruelty to
animals. Authorities ought to use
a lie detector first
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-08

And now surrealist wall paper is
being manufactured. No doubt, for
the benefit of tee-totalers who
now, on awakening, can expert
epce all the joys of a hangover.
Yawn Yawnson says he has a
second consin who gets paid for
lying down on the job He tests
,oaffraccee In a had foofa,.v
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-08

Who said the world wasn't be-
coming humane? In Europe they
We developed a gas-proof baby bug
gy to protect infants SO they can
grow up and become soldiers.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-08

We usually think of people who
have achieved success as having
been without trouble or grief. Pene-
trating the lives of those who have
climbed to the top, we find that
this is not so owen Davis. who
has made millions of dollars writing
plays, says:
My life has not been all happi-
ness. We. my wife and 1. have
had our share Of disappointment.
But as ] look back, the bright spots
do not seem so bright and the
dark spots do not seem SO dark.
The whole fabric looks like one of
those old rag carpets of my mothers
time, woven Of bits of crimson and
blue, Of yellow and black, blending
IN a sort of harmony and softened
by time. But on the whole. | have
found life very, very good. and
quoting the title Of his autobio-
I'd Like To DO It Again.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-08

Cleveland theater requires wOm-
en- to remove their hats; that is
whenever the ushers recognize one.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-08

Leader CT the newly formed
Little Women's League for Peace
says she plans to place thousands
OF attartcive blondes in front of
the trenches in the next war. Ii
they thought she meant it, the
soldiers would start one tomorrow.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-08

drab, mundane person and give
him glamour and distinction in a
photograph. We all expect cele-
brities TO look brilliant. If they
are women we expect them to look
beautiful. We don't like photo
graph that skaters our dreams and
destroys illusions. I saw this illus
trated years ago. I was driving
out to see George Washington's fa-
nous home at Mount Vernon. On
the way out, I stopped at Alexan-
dria Va. and visited the Masonic
Lodge where George Washington
functioned as Master The guide
who was taking us through showed
had been painted by an artist who
had known him and worked with
him in the lodge This picture
showed Washington to be an old
man with sagging pox marked
cheeks. (Of course, it is a well
known fact that his cheeks were
Scared from small pox). There is
nothing heroic or brilliant in that
painting. Then the guide turned
to another painting in the back of
the room-the painting from which
the engraving is made that appears
on a dollar bill. The celebrated
portarit you see on the dollar bill
was painted by Gilbert Stuart. This
portrait depicts Washington as we
like TO have him. So the guide who
was taking us through told us he
had been taking tourists through
that famous building for fifteen
years. He said he would show
them the real picture of Washington,
but the people would always turn
their back on the real one and
look at the one which they liked.
The moral is people don't like to
have their ideals shattered
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-08
Thoughts for the Day

1t is Joy to the just to do Judgment but destruction
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-08

A Cornell professor states that
iisls do not hear. Oh, TO be fish,
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1938-05-30
ONCE UPON MAY 3Oth

The Prince Murat, descendent OF
Napoleon's general, who kept Bona
partist fires feebly burning under the
monarchist kettle in Paris, is dead
The princeling dwelling in North At
RIGA, who bears Napoleons name and
shares with the Bourbon Duke de
Guise the hopes of a monarchist revi-
val in France, probably will not find
another who will serve him so we'll
for there is less ground for monar-
chist hopes than ever.
Yet in 1850, the chances of anoth-
err Napoleon being placed upon a
French throne seemed equally small
Without the help and persistence of
a woman who became his mistress in
the expectancy of becoming his wife,
Louis Napoleon would never have
done more than shone in his uncle's
reflected light.
He was penniless, an exile in hos
tile England, when he met Elizabeth
Herriott, then known as Marian How
ard who was born lis years ago this
week. Her origin was the humblest.
She was an orange seller in a theatre
when her beauty attracted a wealthy
man who introduced her into fash
ionable circle. Ten years later, when
Bonaparte came within her orbit, She
was the possessor of a splendid house.
fortune in jewels and a wide &C.
quaintance among men in Influential,
positions.
The glamour of Bonaparte's name
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1938-05-30

tJX
was the second bloodless "air raid
on Japan proper in ten days
Coming from the south, the planes
flew as far as Fukuoka and Moi, at
the islands northwestern tip, and
hen disappeared. -E
Japanese authorities, fearing such
lights might be. preliminaries to mass
air attacks or the crowded ports ans;
Industrial districts of I<y,lshu, admit
ed wo~ry md justification
Dispatches from Fukuol1a tonight
said two airp!anes of unknown ma
tionality had appeared over Kyushu,
westernmOst of the islands of Japan
proper Western :s.r defense head
quarters issued an ar raid warning.
Kyushu was visited early the morn.
ing of May 20 by two Chinese war
planes, which made a $500 mile round
trip from Hankow to drop leaflets
instead of bombs on the area arour d
Nagasaki and Sassebo naval base,
from which Japanese warships US
ually set out for Chinese waters.
Fukuoka is 800 miles southwest of
Tokyo.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1938-05-30
CHAPTER 10


THE RANCH properties that
Bill had spotted tentatively in the
Santa Catalinas and the Rincon
mountains turned out to be unat-
tractive for several reasons. Since
he was to be foreman of the as yet
non-existent Dale ranch, he was
exacting in his demands. He and
Ellen rode out to both places, and
voted against them. 49,
Next, Bill telephoned to Phoenix,
and got wind Of the neglected
Durango acreage. This had been
a Spanish land grant dating back
to 1760, passed on from Mexico to
Uncle Sam by the Treaty of
Guadalupe Hidalgo in 1848, still
held by the heirs of the old Trini-
dad Durango. But it was unused
now-6,000 acres where the once
elaborate ranch house had been
destroyed by Indians in 1885.
From time to time its grassier
plots had been leased to other
ranchers, but it had been in litiga-
ton since 1924-the younger heirs
squabbling in courts about selling
or dividing it-and had only just
been given clear title and put up
for sale. Bill told Ellen it might
be something.
1t was. It turned out to be the
widest piece of land Bill had set
eyes on since he left Mexico
just about the most isolated.
IL would be swell place to
nloe' anyway" Bill said, when
tney mad reached tl1e place.
Ihey had taken a good dirt road
from Nogales northeast q few
miles toward Patagonia thence.
over winding trail that finaIIv
enoeo IN a grassy valley between
Inc santa Rita mountains and the
Canelo hills. Bill had a map that
showed all boundaries.
Inc air is invigorating. isn't
cally. 'oSi'SI1-
n,.; were up pretty HIGH" Bill ex-
Pc I don't know just what
. siie attitude right here is, but that
s Nay peak to the northwest
ina elial Mount Wrightson-is 9.432
lee1: Ihls must be mile itself :"
It's grand! 1 want to run and
nlde and do thingsr' ~
cut loose" he grinned at her
e 5 5000 acres of old man
go, oigo s, and all around that is
1917 QUO square miles, 1 guess.
WIN probably not a dozen peonIe
20 get in your way"
obi ne was exaggerating consider
NO. our she got the point. This
e" oS not ranch" in the Cali
tS Tina sense. There, any family
tnat buys half an acre and tr;es
20 raise a few chickens in The
ofos OF Los Angeles, brides
g. &
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TODAY'S BIRTHDAYS

James A. Farley, Postmaster-Gen-
eral, born at Grassy Point, N. Y, so
years ago.
Rt. Rev. William Lawrence of Bos-
ton, retired P. E. bishop, born there
IS years ago.
Garland S. Ferguson, Jr., of N. c.,
Federal Trade Commissioner, born at
Waynesville, N. c., go years ago.
Cornelia Otis Skinner of New York,
monologuist, born at Chicago, 81
years Ego.
jain D. Rippin of Yonkers, N. Y.
editor, -1sborn at Harrisburg, Pa, Sc
yearssago.
Raymond Clapper of Washington
D. c., journalist, born in Kansas, 46
years ago.
Frank c.. Walker of New York
lawyer born at Plymouth Pa, So
years ago.
President Lazora Cardenas of Mex
leo, born 43 years ago.
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IAG1| : / =. 9 z
Ef4&V IN al *ios6 81. OREN ARNOLD
ifrRNE TRAL IS ASS ISOLATION

taips-''i a part of the Coronado
National Forest 2"
mo-" 81
| "Yep. Shows it on this map.
| I'll bet it's got plenty of game.
Say, you like to hunt, Ellen 20
| Ellen Dale, Ellen Daggs legally,
had never shot at top-knot quail,
a Sonora dove, a. white wing, a
cottontail, or a jackrabbit in all
OF her % years, much less buck
or mountain lion or q wild
turkey or a BEAR But something
told her, in this instant, that the
precise truth is not necessarily al
ways golden.
eyes, Bill. Surely!"
"Say, that's great! Your ranch
ought to be full of fun, then"
He had the map on rock, and
was bent over it intently. Ellen
noted happily his use of your, as
If the place was already hers; and
his frequent use of 1--WE" as if he
and she were potential partners in
ownership. Ellen Daggs had never
had anybody of her own, since she
was old enough to remember. No
body to share with. NOBODY to
enjoy that priceless mutually of
love and interest and possession
which families have, and which
lovers have. It is something
money cannot buy, something
which God often holds away from
His otherwise favored ones.
She sat cross-legged on the
ground to wait for him. He was
reading his map and doing things
with pencil and a note pad, and
humm1ng little while about it.
lie put a sample of the stream
water in the bottle he had brought
and took several samples of the
soil in paper bags to their car. He
stepped off several short dis
tances, estimated longer ones with
his eye. He drew sketch of the
mountain skyline just back of the
house site. Near the house. and
half-concealed between two rocks
he picked up the rowel of an old
Spanish-style spur.
Silver" he said, and brought
It TO Ellen. Don't lose it, hunh!"
1t was dirty, but when she had
washed it and rubbed it, the orig
mai brilliance shone. It was
little wheel, star with seven
sharp points, two inches or 81
across and delicately carved ali
over. 60
Bill, it's beautiful! It's like a
piece of jewelry!"
Yep" He was kicking in the
mousse ruins. "I wonder if this
,dobe clay came from around
mere? We will need more for b,ild-
ing" '
He was ready to leave presently
ano tney started back to Nogales
without much conversation. Rid
ing there beside him, Ellen could
Ialrly see his mind at work. plan
nlng, envisioning, dreaming. She
was INFINITELY at peace. She had
nireo a good foreman. She liked
!iis enthusiasm, his devotion to his
JoD. She would have liked it very
much indeed if he had wanted to
make love to her now, but-men
are queer animals.
Il can wait" she said tn nor.
sen, drinking in the vastness of
Inc landscape, the grandeur of dis
lance and mass and color. 81 can
walt. Just so he is near me-
ITO Be Continuedl
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y TODAY y
ToDAy,S ANNIVERSARIES

1769-Ann Brunton Merry, tragic
actress and manager notably early
American stage figure, born in Eng
land. Died June 49, 1908.
1S12-John A. McClernand, Illinois
congressman, Union general, lawyer,
born near Hardinsburg, KY. Died at
Springfield, ILL.,, Sept. 20, 1900.
1926 William A. H. Loveland, plo-
neer Colorado merchant and railroad
promoter born at Chatham, Mass
Died in Denver, Dec. II, 1884.
1S44-Herbert L. Bridgman, Brook
Ign, N. Y. journalist, newspaper pub
Usher and noted explorer, born at AM
herst Mass. Died Sept. "a, 1924.
1874 Josephine Preston Peabody
noted poetess and author, born in
New York. Died Dec. 4, 1922.
1S86-Randolpn Bourne, brilliant
essayist and thinker, untimely cut off
born at Bloomfield. N. ]. Died in in
fluenza epidemic, Dec. %, 1918.