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Imperial Valley press., 1938-06-24
New Trial Asked
In Knife S|ayinq

Eugene Gilbert, convicted by a
jury this week for the penknife
Staying of Percy Alvin Dukes in
Calexico May 6, Friday filed a mo-
ton for a new trial in superior
court.
He was found guilty of man
slaughter. Judge r. d. McPherrin
set July l as the date to hear the
motion.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-06-24
Boost Industry
Saws Hatfield
Continued from Page One

"To me there appears no perma-
nent solution of the relief problem
except in creating jobs and getting
industry going. 1 believe we are
now on the brink of a great indus
trial development, but two things
are holding us back. One is exhorbi-
tant taxation, which is placing a
heavy load on business. The other
is industrial strife.
ITO solve the problems of indus
trial disputes and prevent disastrous
strikes and lay-offs, / believe the
state needs to create certain medi-
alton machinery, perhaps an arbi-
tration board, patterned after the
Federal Railway Relations Commits
sion. This, I believe, will help us
to solve our state labor problems
and make possible the industrial
ization, which we must have in
order to create jobs for the job
less
Imperial Valley press., 1938-06-24
FARMER BLAMED

LOS ANGELES, June "a. CUP)-
A coroner's jury today held Arthur
Emil Hansen, 38 year old retired
Dakota farmer, responsible for the
courtroom Staying of John Irving
Hancock, 26, and Robert d. Nc
Laughlin, 48, attorneys opposing him
in lengthy litigation.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-06-24
$2I.600 Gym at
Bord Approved

Word that a S2l 500 PWA grant
for building a gymnasium in Cal
exico has been approved was re-
ceived in FL Centre late Friday ir
a call from U. G. Goct, secretary
to Rep. F.. lac.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-06-24
Imperial Valley Press

Established April 20. 1901.
Published every afternoon except
saturday and sunday saturday
afternoon issue now succeeded by
The POst-Press Sunday establish
ed 1880 by the Imperial Valley
Publishing Company, 625 State
street, Et Centre. Calf
Entered Mt Eel CensrO, California
post office as second class matter.
Paul Jenkins. publisher; A. c.
Johnston, yicp-president and gen
ercIa manager; Il. A. Fitzhugh.
secretary md managing editor.
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Advertising Representatives..
Members California Newspaper
Publishers Association.
Subscription Rates: SC per copy.
In conjunction with the Post
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O months $3.25; one year S6.W.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-06-24
BURGLAR ENTERS
HOFFMAN HOME

Burglary of the home of Phil
Hoffman, 485 Brighton street. Ell
Centre was investigated Friday by
police Hoffman reported a burglar
Thursday night tore screen
from window, entered and escap-
ed it'll SO and a watch,
Imperial Valley press., 1938-06-24
Central Board to
Discuss Budget

Budget study was scheduled for
Central Union High school trustees
Friday night. The board planned
to devote the session TO considcra-
ton of the cost of operating the
school next year.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-06-24
NebIett Slated
ToVisit VaIIev

Col. William II. Neblett. planning
to run for governor on the Demo-
cratic ticket, was scheduled to arrive
in Imperial Valley by plane at 7
pm. Friday. He planned to confer
with friends at the Barbara Worth
hotel during the evening.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-06-24
Petitions Taken
Out by Jobes

Charles Jobes, in the Imperial
Irrigation district assessor collec-
tors office during the regime of
Miss Winnie Barry, Thursday took
out nomination petitions with the
avoWed intention of filing as can
didate for county recorder.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-06-24
MICE LINE NEST WITH SIS

MALTA, O., June "a. cuP) Gus
Love reported today land three
neighbors confirmed) that he found
three $5 bills lining the nest Of u
pair of field mice In his garage.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-06-24

Mr.. and Mrs Laurel Ferguson of
Holtville left Tuesday morning for
Canada where they will spend a
month of the summer vacation
visiting friends and relatives
Imperial Valley press., 1938-06-24
Tax Reduction

Hatfield also pledged himself to
reduce taxes, by eliminating assert
ed extravagances in the state gov
ernment. and to give the state a
businesslike administration, if elect
ed governor.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-06-24
RELIEVE YOUR MIND

Why worry along - alonc--about
money needs? When We can help
YOU solve them nerei We probably
can help you avoid the conditions
that brought about your money
shortage. And we will loan needed
Cash, quickly, to any worthy family
or individual, without unnecessary
red-tape or embarrassment.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-10-30
Nature Joins in
Fight Against Pests

Two examples of how nature
plants to defend themselves against
insect attacks were observed re-
Gently by K. B. Mckinney, an en-
tomologist of the United States De-
partment of Agriculture.
Tiny hairs which grow on the
leaves and stems of string beans
and tomatoes show up under the
microscope to be small spines-
curved at the tip on the beans, and
short and stocky on tomatoes.
These spines offer protection
from insects. Mckinney observed
that migrating hordes of plant lice
at Phoenix, Ariz., were repulsed by
the fishhook-like spines on bean
plants. Spines on tomato plants
secreted a gumlike substance that
tangled the feet of the insects un-
til they were unable to move, feed
or multiply.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-10-30
Grapefruit Growers
Hope for Good
Returns

Imperial Valley grapefruit grow
ers held hopes Saturday that fair
returns might be obtained under
the marketing setup voted at a
meeting of growers Thursday.
Under the setup a grower COM
mittee will regulate shipments to
stabilize the market.
The vote to install prorate sys-
tenn under a local committee fol-
lowed close on the heels of a vote
on a federal prorate which was
defeated by valley growers.
Local committee setup was favor
ed by growers because they would
have direct control over such a
body and could suspend operation
of the committee at any time sus-
pension of control would prove ben
eficial to the industry
Imperial Valley press., 1938-10-30

to organize and hear instructions
in regard to the starting and carry
ing out of projects.
Later the group visited the Howe
Hog ranch where Frank Maynard,
foreman of the ranch, outlined feed
ing methods and other important
items in the hog raising industry.
Verde All club organized during
the week and elected officers. Betty
Miller was chosen president, Stan
ley Hawk, president, Pauline
Waldrop, secretary treasurer and
Helen Miller, reporter-historian
Recreation committee: Clarinda
Gilbert, Lily Gray, Alice Mayfield,
Betty Dilley, Ray Miller.
Welfare committee: Dock Rice,
Mary Miller, Evelyn Brown, Wilmer
Van Cannett, Maurice Van Can
nett, Susuki Okawa, Mark Bone
steel.
Lee Landerman, club director and
Dave Holmberg, itinerant assistant
farm advisor of California, will
complete club organization next
week at EastSide, Silsbee, Elm, Mag
nolia, BraWley, Westmorland and
Imperial.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-10-30
Ko!tviiIe FLA
Completes Hog
Pen Construction

The agricultural mechanics class
es i'll Holtville high school vocation
al agricultural department last
week completed % hog panels four
feet high and 16 feet long for
Richard McBride's swine project
near Meloland.
Richard started swine breeding
project last year while he was a
Future Farmer After graduation
in the spring he enlarged 1t and
now has Is soWs ready to farrow
Two of the sows are purebred regis
tered Hampshires, while the Others
are crossbreds of various kinds Sc
iected for early maturity and quick
fattening ability.
The herd is. a purebred reg
istered a Hafpshire boar pur-
chased from H. C. Smith of Wis
ALA. In recent years Smith has
furnished Future Farmer boys with
great number of barroWs anC
many OF these barrows have wor
championships at the South Sar
Francisco Livestock Shows. T h {
boar comes from a long line O.
blocky, compact, quick maturing an
cestors and should sire excellen
feeder pigs.
If the 13 soWs farroW eight pig
each there will be l04 young pig
to care for quite good sized jo
for any man to take care of.
Richard is installing guard rail
IN the farroWing pens and takin
every precaution to see that a pi
farrowed has a chance to live. TIL
average numbers of pigs raised pc
litter is five, but the profit i
swine production depends partly o
the number of pigs over five pc
litter that reach maturiay.
Another factor in profitable swim
Production is pasture. Richard Nc
Bride has made provision for pas
turing his swine and will be abl
to save from one quarter to on
third on feed costs by utilizing pas
ture.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-10-30
POST-PRESS
r AR WI PAGE
Farm Expert Points Out Defects
Of Pension Measure, Explains
Danger of Plan TO Agriculture

most certain to be declared ,un-
constitutional.
But if, by wild chance, it escaped
that fate, it would bankrupt the
state if actually placed in operation
and the pension system would go
down into bankruptcy along with
everything else.
California bankers have announc-
ed officially despite all claims of
pension patent medicine men to
the contrary that they would not
and could not accept the pension
warrants in exchange for cash, or
for deposit, investment, or loan
collateral.
And if the bankers will not accept
them neither can California mer-
chants-for the warrants must be
kept in circulation to maintain
their theoretical value. 1t stands
to reason that if merchants can
not exchange such warrants at the
bank for cash nor give them to
| their manufacturers or wholesalers
in trade (and certainly they can't,
for the warrants will have no value
outside of California;, any mer-
chant who sought to handle them
would soon go bankrupt.
But apart from all this, any rea-
sonable person, if he pauses to con-
slider, cannot help but see the fall
lacy in the $3.50 Every Thursday
scheme. If the plan were actually
placed in operation, the average
retired citizen in California would
receive more for doing nothing
than the average worker received
fer working That is sometime
for nothing" carried to the extreme
for it places premium on Incidence
and places pensions above pay.
checks.
The present State sales taX-Cali
!, fornia'S greatest revenue produce
, yields slightly less than 100000,
600 per year. The stamp tax on tn
, ham and egg" WarrantS-to
effective-Would have to yield ON.
! BILLION, FIVE HUNDRED AM
, SIXTY MILLION A YEAR.
would mean tax FIFTEEN time
greater than the sales tax, wit
{ working citizens denied commo
necessities to buy pension luxurie
= Under such a condition, what ir
= centiVe would there be for farmel
, to farm, or manufacturers to mani
| facture? The whole thing is pre-
posterous; for those who belieN
< in it, it is worse; it is the roa
= to tragic disilluSionment!
Imperial Valley press., 1938-10-30
Students Make
Trip to Dam

Two bus loads of Holtville high
school Future Farmers made the
trip to the Imperial Dam, October
l8, for the opening ceremonies held
when the first water was sent into
the All American canal. To date
this is the largest irrigation sys-
tenn in the world.
The boys arrived in time for the
opening addresses and heard Sec
retary Ickes speak and saw the
gates rise and the first water flow
into the desilting basins and then
into the canal itself.
About forty pictures were taken
by the agriculture instructor who
supervised the trip. The negatives
were rushed to the laboratory and
positive strips made for use in a
classroom protector.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-10-30
Central Future
Farmers Select
Ewes for Projects

From the flock of w. B. Spur
lock of Yuma, Future Farmers OF
the Ell Centro chapter selected 81
ewes for their supervised agricul-
tural projects, a phase of training
in vocational agriculture at the
Central Union high school.
The ewes should lamb in Novem-
ber Thus, the boys are enabled
to receive training in a specialized
type of livestock farming, that OF
producing milk-fed lambs for an
early market when prices are gen.
orally higher
John Huffager, George Procsal,
Gail Israel, Benny Derrick, Stanley
Scaroni and James Eads made the
purchases.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-10-30
Acreage Shortage
Handicap Shown

One Of the big problems in rem
edying soil misuse is the small
farm where the operator often is
forced to overwork the soil in an
effort to make a living income for
his family.
In the Yearbook of Agriculture
for 1898, Soils and Men," it is
pointed out that Of the approx
mately million farms in the
United States reported in the last
census, nearly 81 percent were less
than so acres in area, and almost
half of these produced crops with a
.sss value of less than $1,000 an
daily. Their net value was con-
siderably less.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-10-30
BY RALPH ii. TAYLOR
Executive Sec, Agricultural
Council of California;

The farmer, better than most
men, knows that before the harvest
there must be a season given over
to planting and tilling the soil
Close to reality, accustomed to
natural laws and economic funda-
mentals, the farmer recognizes that
we must SOW before we reap!
1t would be well if every Califor-
MIA voter, regardless of his business,
trade or profession, could somehow
share the farmers understanding
of those elemental truths before
General Election day, Nov. 8. For
the ballot this year is studded with
measures which are in defiance of
every law of nature and economics
which proceed on the false assump-
ton that society can wave a magic
wand and produce something for
nothing.
Since the world began, men have
sought perpetual notion always
unsucceSsfully; since the dawn of
civilization, visionaries have dream
ed dreams of Utopia-of land of
| milk and honey, without worry, or
sweat, or hard labor. But in this
imperfect world, it has never been
achieved. And there is convincing
evidence that it can't be achieved
at the November election, despite
the fervid hopes of those who have
forgotten that the world, through
all the ages, never has yielded
Something for nothing!'
1t is not a pleasant task to bias
dreams and destroy hopes, but Cali
fornia, If it is to escape disaster
must face facts and deal with it
problems realistically. 1t mus
analyze its "panaceas" and-findin,
them Wanting-buckle down to tn
job of sowing and tilling the sol
as a necessary preparation for tn
harvest. And it must reflect tina
attitude in its voting; it must ca
halt to the era of patent medicin
taking.
Particularly sad is the delusiol
Icing perpetrated on hundreds @
thousands Of California's older citi
zens that Proposition No. 25-th
so-called ham and egg" proposal
will provide them with $3.50 Ever
Thursday and thereby resolve a
their difficulties.
If this twentieth century hoa
should be enacted, it would be al
Imperial Valley press., 1938-10-30
Notes from
FLA Classes
AfHoItviIIe

Last week the Holtville Agricul-
tural Mechanics classes were pre-
sented with 1900 board feet of lum-
ber in one by SKIES sixteen feet
| long, to be converted into hog
panels. Although they ran out of
nails part of one day it took just
two days to complete the job and
deliver the panels to Richard Nc
Bride at Meloland.
A Mccormick Deering 1920
wheel tractor is now in the shop
to be completely overhauled and
reconditioned and painted. The
owner, Future Farmer boy, wants
to get it in shape to sell and is
working on it with several other
boys. HiroShi Okawa is the owner,
and James Johnson, Guy Tuttle,
and Buddy Phillips are his assis-
tantS.
Albert Ming has completed lad
der about fourteen feet long and is
now working on a set of calf STAN
chions for a calf project.
Walter Enz, Joe Sigrist, Roy
Schaffner and several other boys
are making milk stools. About eight
stools have been turned out so far.
A Model T Ford of rather ancient
vintage is now in the shop to be
converted into a power unit for
pumping water from the settling
pool into a water tank. The wheels
from the car if suitable will be used
to make movable stand to use at
football games for selling hot dogs,
candy, and soda pop.
Bolts, brake rods, braces and odd
parts of the frame and body will
be stored in the shop for future
use.
A form for making about a dozen
cement hog troughs was started
last week and neared completion.
The boys working on this are: Char
les Leja, and John Rubin.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-10-30
Feeder Calves
Selected by FLA

feeder calves from Will
\ ", Arizona herds, were selected
this week for Central high Future
Farmers.
Boys receiving calves were: Lloyd
Edgar, Marion Precie, Tony Land
l,olt, John Waterman, Dick Ingle,
Walter Smith. Everett Eucler, Bob
Horne, Bob Procsal and Henry
House.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-10-30
PROWLING HALTED

Ell Centro's police prowl car ceas-
ed its prowling Friday night when
the new two-way radio proved too
much of a drain on the battery.
The BLACK Maria" was rushed into
service.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-10-30

IdlIlS.
Weather conditions are ideal for
a good quality product and carload
shipments will be started from the
valley before the middle of Novem-
Der if comparatively warm weather
continues.
Tomato paintings continued to
make an excellent comeback from
the setback administered by rains
in September.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-10-30
Hay Shipments
In Decrease

Movement of hay by truck from
Imperial Valley to Los Angeles
showed a slight decrease during the
past week according to the weekly
report of the federal state market
news service.
Only 2025 tons were shipped as
compared to more than 230O tons
during the previous week. Prices
remained steady to unchanged.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-10-30
SPY EXECUTED

BERLIN, Oct. 20. (UP) - Hugo
Happe, "a, of Dresden, was executed
today, it was announced, for espi-
onage in behalf of Czechoslovakia.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-10-30
MISSING MATE

A missing husband was reported
to Ell Centre police Friday night
by Mrs. Orbie Thompson. Mrs.
Thompson said her husband disap-
peared Tuesday.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-10-30
A Regular Feature
OF The
Sunday Post-Press
4-H Club Drive
7 70 Reorsan
Progresses

The annual Imperial county All club roundup, twice
extended because membership made such large gains
tered its last week Saturday than 500 All club
members rushed reorganization plans toward completion
The pig club met at the house Saturday morning
Imperial Valley press., 1938-10-30
GETS 80 DAYS

GETS 80 DAYS
Eric Davis, 45-year- r-old canal
worker, was sentenced to serve 80
days in the county Jail Saturday
on a vagrancy charge in FL Centre
police court.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-10-30
Farm Price ReUieJ0s
NelUs - Features
Spot Agricultural
Market Surveys
Harvest OF Peas
] o Begin Early
I'm November

Harvesting of Imperial county's 1000 of pea
will begin early in November according to a report iron
the county agricultural commission office.
Most fields of peas in excellent condition report
revealed but stands damaged by Septembe
Imperial Valley press., 1938-10-30

BARGAINS by the score in
Post-Press Want Ads!
Imperial Valley press., 1938-10-30

Albert Ming has completed a lad
der about fourteen feet long and is
now working on a set of calf STAN
chions for a calf project.
The Washington times., 1938-09-23
NeW President:
WRIGHT HEADS
GRAPHIC ARTS

Oscar T. Wright, of the National
Capital Press, was elected presi-
dent of the Graphic Arts Associa-
ton of Washington at the twenty
fourth annual meeting of the
group at the Annapolis Hotel last
night. Edgar B. Heimer, retiring
president, was presented a watch
as a token of appreciation.
Other officers elected we're El-
mer M. Pusey, Judd and Detweiler,
vice PRESIDENT; Paul A. Heideke,
Washington Paragraph, record
ing secretary; Edwin H. Evans,
Law Reporter Printing Co., treas
urer. Directors include Richard
Chamberlin, Gilbert r. Leake,
John c. Harlowe, Frank H. Row
zee, Alvin l.. Sauls, Edward L. An
derson, Harvey Brasse, Dial H. Ell
kins, Lewis Dreisonstok, Nelson P.
Mitchell and Joseph H. Newell.
The Washington times., 1938-09-23
4erald-Times Pistol Shoot To Be Oct 5
TIip
Big Help
Tip

Whether Tip is a cocker spaniel
or a small collie doesn't greatly
matter. For several hours yester-
day he was just plain lost dog
with D. c. tag around his neck
listed to ct. Pyne, 4729 Thirteenth
st. N. W."
Tip spent the greater part of
the day answering a barrage of
aliases hurled at him by members
of the Silver Spring police force,
at whose station house he was a
guest.
A tenacity of purpose, which
only the press can exhibit, was re-
sponSible for the running down of
Charles Morrell, an employe of a
downtown plumbing supply con-
cern, whose grandson, Tom Pyne,
a Roosevelt High School student,
owns Tip. Located at his office,
Mr.. Morrell, who insists that Tip
Is a small collie, was very much
surprised to learn of Tips visit
with the Silver Spring police, who
insist Tip is cocker spaniel.
Unaware of The Washington
Times contribution to National
Dog Week (the location of Tips
owner is listed on our books as
Good Deed No. 1864, ,109), Student
Pyne bliSSfully pursued his course
at Roosevelt High School. His
grandfather called for Tip and re-
turned him to his home.
The Washington times., 1938-09-23

working III CnOSe places.
What they are building is the
Nays new Experimental Basin, in
which tiny models of Uncle Sans
new naval vessels will be put to
"sea tests"-sea tests In which
errors Of a fraction of an inch in
the models would nu1lify the
worth of the whole vessel if such
errors were not discovered.
ARCHITECTURAL GAME
Here is a building 1.184 feet
long, blasted out of solid rock to
be filled with water, in which
those models will float before the
expert eyes Of the Navy techni-
clans. Back of it is a concrete
building, whose granite is poured,
like concrete, one end Of which
will house a huge laboratory-the
The Washington times., 1938-09-23
METROP OLITA n
P OLICE TEAM
SEEKS Sd WIN
To Meet Virginia and
Maryland Teams
By CARROLL PEEKE

Seeking its third win of The
Washington Herald Times trophy,
the Metropolitan Police Depart.
ment pistol team will meet the
teams of Maryland and Virginia
State police in the annual competi-
ton on October S.
The matches this year will bO
on the new c. Marshall Finnan
Pistol Range, recently constructed
on the Mount Vernon Memorial
Highway, south of the Highway
Bridge.
In addition to the Tri-State
match for The Herald Times tro-
ply, there will matches open to
teams from police departments
from throughout the country,
Army, Navy, Marine Corps and
Reserve teams, pistol clubs. bank
and prison guards and Govern.
ment guards, sheriffs and private
police organizations.
STARTED THREE YEARS AGO
The local pistol competition was
started by The ashington
Herald Times three years ago, and
since then has become one of the
foremost pistol matches in this
section of the country with several
hundred markSmen participating.
The rules of the Tri-State match
have been changed this year, with
three wins required for ownership
Of the Herald Times trophy. In
addition to this trophy, a gold
medal is presented to the high
man on each of the teams, and
silver medals are awarded other
members of the winning team.
The Tri-State match is fired by
a six-man team over the Army IL"
course, with slow fire at so yards,
timed fire at Is yards and rapid
fire at IS yards.
TARGET PISTOLS BARRED
Any pistol or revolver of 81
caliber or greater may be used,
but no barrel length of more than
612 inches is permitted, to rule
out the heavy long -barreled pistols
made for target work only, which
gives the shooter too much of an
advantage in a match for service
weapons.
Competition for the Herald.
Times trophy is expected to be
keener than ever this year, as
both Maryland and Virginia have
stronger teams than in the past,
The Maryland team has lust
been engaging in the annual
matches at Camp Ritchie, while
the Virginia team, which shot at
the annual summer encampment,
is starting training again for the
Tri7State shoot.