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Imperial Valley press., 1938-09-16
a FAIR DISTRICT
TAX RATE S3.77

Many jobs in Imperial Valley would
be more pleasant than setting tax
rate for the Imperial Irrigation district.
In fact, setting the tax rate for the city
of Ell Centre or Imperial county would
be like a vacation compared to solving
the districts problem. Because of
burden of responsibility toward taXpay-
ers. pressure from security owners, legal
requirements mixed with weighty argu-
ments from both sides, rate establish
ment becomes one of the serious events
in the valleys annual program.
This year, despite difficulties, the dis
trict has struck a wise mean. A rate
capable of drawing revenue to cover
everything including interest upon in
debtedness would have meant boosting
the levy to So for every 500 in valua-
ton. That would have been unbearable
for taxpayers. On the other hand, to fix
a rate the same as last year would mean
being inSensitiVe to conditions behind
the payment of taxes, such as the ability
To pay. During the last year, the market
for Imperial Valley crops has been be-
tween 20 and % per cent below the pre-
vious year. While the tax rate could not
have been reduced enough to make up
that difference. it was apparent some
reduction was necessary. A rate was
set that was the equivalent of nine per
cent under the previous year. This was
done despite the fact that income from
sale of water in Mexico is expected to
fall 100000 below last year. To make
such a rate reduction possible, it is neces-
sary to cut district operating expenses
to the bone to get along on reduced in
come.
All in all, the new rate would appear
to be a sensible and equitable compro-
mise between all factors concerned.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-09-16
PISTOLS As PLAYTHINGS
christian Science Monitor)

Disarming children of pistols as play
things is recognized as desirable by most
thoughtful parents. Yet who has not
been aroused, when walking in a park
or playground, to observe children play
ing gangster games with toy guns? Not
all are neglected slum gamins. Some are
children of otherwise sensible and soil
citous fathers and mothers. Of the poten-
TALLY dangerous results of playing at
crime there can scarcely be any question,
but how to deal with it is something else
again.
The Kings County, New York, Grand
Jury recently advocated a law prohibit
ing the manufacture of toy pistols used
by children in their play as Dillingers
or other desperadoes. Furthermore, that
body would penalize parents who permit
their children to flourish weapons even
in play. The first recommendation
might be effective if enacted and en-
forced, but until the making and sale
of toy pistols is legally banned, intelli-
gent recognition of the tendency of such
play to lead to delinquency would be a
wholesome deterrent.
Park and playground custodians,
teachers and parent-teacher organiza-
tiOns, might Well-and often do-supple-
ment the efforts of thoughtful parents
to curb such a potential menace. For
thoughtless and negligent parents, legal
suppression Of toy weapons might be an
effective method Surely one way to
curb crime at its source is to check the
use, even in play, of the tools of crime
in childhood
Imperial Valley press., 1938-09-16
IRRESPONSIBLE DRIVERS
A HIGHWAY MENACE

Too many automobile drivers are trav-
cling the nations streets and highways
that are menaces to the public. This
includes drunken and reckless drivers,
but it also includes irresponsible drivers.
How many drivers who are behind
wheels today can actually afford to
drive machines?
Owning a motor car is something like
being a parent. Whatever a minor child
does, the parent is responsible for. II
a child hurls ball through neighbors
window, the parent must pay for it. In
direct parallel, for whatever an auto
mobile does, the driver should be capable
of standing responsible. Unfortunately,
in many cases the ''parent-driver'' falls
down on his job. The loser is the general
public. Mr. John Citizens car is wreck
ed or his life taken in an accident for
which he is not to blame; and yet if an
irresponsible driver is at the wheel of
the other car he has little if any redress.
He can sue for damages? Certainly, but
with small chance of redress if the ire
sponsibe driver is impoverished. About
the only thing, Mr.. Citizen can do is
sigh, lick his wounds and pay the bill
himself
Imperial Valley press., 1938-09-16
Famous Sayings
Bruce Cation Says
Memo All Armies Consist of Personalities

AS the threat of war deepens in
Europe, people naturally are trying
to figure out which of the rival ma
tionS is likely to be the strongest in
knock-down and drag-out fight.
The easiest way to do this is the
obvious way-count noses among
the opposing armies, and assume
that the side with the most troops
has the advantage. But the fall
lacy in this is the fact that not all
soldiers are the same. Take two
battalions of equal size, equip and
train them in precisely the same
way, give them leaders of equal skill
and still they won't be the same
in fighting power.
This was touched on by Major
John H. Burns in recent article
in the Infantry Journal. Major
Burns suggests that we pay alto
gether too much attention to the
genius" of famous military leaders,
and not enough to the qualities Of
the humble foot-sloggers who do the
actual fighting. The deciding fact
ors in a battle, campaign, or a
war, he believes, may be the psy-
chology of the opposing soldiers,
their racial and national back
ground, their general adaptability
to the business of fighting.
Major Burns points, as an illus
tration, to the way the famous
Swiss infantry of a few centuries
ago broke up the cavalry charges
of the armored knights. The Swiss
carried long pixies, and in line of
Imperial Valley press., 1938-09-16
Barbs -....

There's a boy track star in Cali
fornia whose father was a great
runner in his day. The lads a
Sprinter off the old block.
A rancher in Nevada reports that
the locusts out his way are eating
the rattlesnakes. 1t hardly seems
like cricket.
The actress who announced re-
Gently she was going to retire to
Holland and never come back re-
minds a person of Peter Pan; fly
ing away to the Never-Netherland
The town of Rabbit Flat, Ore, has
just changed its name to Wocus be-
cause the residents thought the old
name was vulgar. You could hard
ly call the new one common.
It's sad about the little eastern
boy who wanted to run away to the
west to become a plainsman and
got picked up by police. He should
have known the odds were against
him; he didn't have prairie.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-09-16
FARMER NOT TO BLAME
FOR RELIEF INFLUX
(Tulare Advance-Register)

Frequently one hears that farm labor
needs are largely responsible for the
great influx of migratory workers and
welfare recipients into California.
Nothing is further from the truth nor
a greater injustice to the California
farmer.
The fact is that comparatively few of
the migrants of the past few years could
even classify as a California farm work
er Many know little or nothing about
farm work. Some would have to be in
troduced to a shovel. Others flatly re-
fused agricultural work if offered. None
were "lured' here by the farmer.
The plain truth is that misfortunes
elsewhere and generous relief offered
in California have resulted in the ever
growing influx in countless numbers.
And with nationwide publicity on
such schemes as the "S30-a-week" pro-
posal, the end is far from being in sight.
In fact, we have scarcely seen the be-
ginning.
With the already tremendous relief
load mounting millions more yearly, it
is time that the people of the State of
California realized the real reasons for
and the magnitude of the impending
calamity. The blame should be taken
from the much maligned farmer and
placed where it belongs-squarely on
the shoulders of easy relief policies and
individual promoters of the something
for-nOthing" pandemOnium.
The farmer has been made the scape-
goat long enough. He has had no hand
in the present situation and should be
cleared now of any responsibility for the
disaster which threatens
Imperial Valley press., 1938-09-16

battle formed a bristling, steel
pointed hedge that ruined every
cavalry charge directed against it.
The French decided to adopt the
same tactics. and trained their men
accordingly. But what the Swiss
did perfectly the French troops
were unable to do at all. For some
queer reason, the pike hedge" that
worked so we'll for the Swiss did
not work at all for the French.
The armies of the Central Powers
in the World War gave equally
striking examples of the same sort
of thing.
In connection with the most mod
ern of all weapons, the airplane,
the same truth Is evident. Students
of the war in the Far East, for in
stance. report that although the
japanese are vastly superior to the
Chinese in air power they are like
" to run into real trouble the first
time they face an air fleet equal in
size to their own. Man for man,
the japanese just don't seem to be
as good aviators as, say, the Chi
nese-or the Russians. No one.
seems to know just why this should
be but that the difference does ex-
list all agree.
That next war" we are all
dreading may we'll be won by JUST
some such difference - some little
quirk in psychological makeup or
racial background which no one was
able to figure on in advance.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-09-16

swapping in her eyes came up TO
him and said. "What kind of a
store is this? I've been short-chang-
ed a quarter. want my money.
The salesgirl was in tears, for the
woman had given her piece OF
her mind, too. The salesgirl had
been there some time, and Mr.. Car
ter had reason to believe she was
honest. He tried to explain this to
the woman, but she had taken q
stand and she was not going to
retreat. Her voice grew higher,
people stopped and stared.
Mr.. Carter checked the cash reg
ister and found it to be correct.
He tried to explain this to the
woman. but he might as well have
tried to talk a Kansas cyclone into
changing its course. The woman
was going to have her quarter, or
else
Mr.. Carter did some quick think
ing and decided to appeal to her
sense of fair play. He told her that
ne sympathized with her and that
he realized that in a woman OF
her apparent station in life a quar-
ter meant nothing, but that natur-
ally she did not want to have any
one take advantage of her.
The woman agreed to that. Now
he had got her to saying ''yes" to
him.
Then he said that it was possible
the coin had fallen on the counter
or got mixed up in the merchandise.
He asked if she could believe that
might have happened.
The woman said she could.
They would make a thorough
examination at the end of the day,
he continued, and possibly the coin
would be found. He could not take
a quarter out of the register as
that was against the store rules,
but he believed that she wanted
to be fair to them as she expected
them to be to her, and he would
give her a quarter out of his own
pocket.
The woman was a little chagrin-
ed by his attitude, but she accepted
the quarter.
Two days later she came back a
very different person indeed. She
said she had counted her money
after reaching home, and remem-
bering that she had made some
purchases she'd forgotten about
when in the store, she realized she
hadn't been short rt-changed after all.
Her face beamed GIVE told sew
eral friends how generous you were
with me, and what fine principles
this store has"
Mr.. Carter had solved a knotty
problem by appeasing a woman
who would have become an enemy
Instead of trying to show some
one how utterly wrong she is, try
the other method. Appease her. II
will get you farther than all the
arguments in the world.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-09-16
RELENTLESS PHONE
Riverside Press }

"Motorists travelling on any German
highway" says an item from Berlin,
"can now be reached by telephone. Sta
tions situated at regular intervals along
the roads receive calls and pass them
up and down the line"
The Germans seem to take great pride
and satisfaction in this service Perhaps
many Americans would, too, regarding
it as a wonderful convenience and a no.
table sign of progress.
But the average American, particu-
larly in the summer time, might think
Imperial Valley press., 1938-09-16
HoItviIIe Church
ToHoId Ne etin9

The Holtville Methodist church
will hold a Sunday school board
meeting Sunday Immediately fol-
lowing the morning worship hour.
Plans for the Rally Day will be
completed and a program for the
fiscal year discussed.
Members and their families are
invited to join in the pot luck
dinner which is a part of this get
together.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-09-16
You re Telling Ne ---

NEW YORK CITY bought its
rare old postoftice from the feder-
al government for one dollar. Now,
if only some rare old stamps had
gone with it, it might have been a
bargain.
Finland, we understand, will do
its best to entertain visitors to the
Olympic games there in 1940-eVen
If it cannot furnish the added thrill
Of menacing war clouds.
South Americans, according to an
editorial are eager to maintain
cordial relations with u.s. We be-
lieve it-so far this summer they
haven't tortured us with news dis
patches about the delicious bliz-
yards and the lovely cold waves
they are enjoying.
With the gradual disappearance
of the running board, the reckless
Sunday driver may well become
alarmed. Soon there may not be any
mud guards, either, to crumble.
According to news items, the New
Deal won and lost in the same state
primary. Even in politics they're
playing doubleheaders!
zadok Dumbkopf says the COM
pietely frustrated man is the fellow
who buys two auto trailers. One
for his family-the other for visit
ing relatives.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-09-16
Storms Predicted
For September

ROME, Sept. 16. UP)-Violent
storms, earth tremors and earth
uuakes in areas all over the world
were predicted for the second half
of September today by Prof. Rata
ele Bendandi, the self taught as
tronomer of Faenza.
He forecast also that October
would be a dangerous month for
European peace and said that the
peak of the present political storm,
and of physical storms, would be
attained then.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-09-16
One Minute Test Answers

l. Two bits, meaning a quarter
of dollar, originated in the West
Indies, where "bit' was applied dur
ing the seventeenth and eighteenth
centuries to small silver coins form
irg fractions of the Spanish dollar.
From the West Indies it spread to
the United States.
9 Yes.
g. The northern part of Lake of
the Woods county in Minnesota is
farther north than any other state
in the union.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-09-16
News Behind
the News
80 cents a day
Fourth of nation

WASHINGTON. - Both MI
Roosevelt and Senator Cotton
Ed" Smith of South Carolina agree
that no one could-or should
live on so cents a day.
But now the Presidents own
statisticians have informed nm
that at least one-fourth of all the
people in the United States-32,-
100000 men. women and children
are living on so cents a day or
less. sometimes much less.
The National Resources Com
mittee il its report on Con
sumer Incomes in the United
states" didn't put it exactly that
way. Rut it's what the figures
show.
Twenly-seven per cent OF
American families. it reported,
had incomes under $3.50 in the
relatively good years 1885. The
typical American family is one OF
four persons. so that meant that
the 81 per cent were getting less
than 81 cents apiece.
Further figures show that IA
per cent of families-about 49,
100000 persons-live on less than
81 cents a day. And about
100000 do it somehow on less
than II cents day.
Many other interesting, impor-
tant facts and figures are in
this notable report, a great new
gold mine for social scientists,
business men and government.
NRC already has publicized the
fact that SO per cent of the ma
tion's 100000 families and TO-
100000 single persons, considered
as consumer units receive less
than $500 a year. About 2 per
cent receive more than $5000
One-third had incomes of less than
$3.50, one-half less than SOTO and
two-thirds less than $145O.
Economists suggest that since
tWo-thirds of families and indi-
have incomes of less than
$50 q week. industry will recognize
that one of its chief problems is to
gear itself to a low-Wage market.
Both labor unions and employers
probably will use the figures in
wage negotia tions.
Some politicians and reformers
will use them to ague for more
even distribution of wealth. Others
will point out that if the SO bill
lions of income received by fami-
lies and single individuals in 1885,
Sc were divided equally between
1913, 100000 persons, each would re-
ceive less than SO a week.
No such exhaustive study was
ever made before, here or abroad.
About 1000 WPA white collar work
ers were employed on it. The best
simplified ana comprehensive sum-
mary of the recent report will ap-
pear this month in the fifth ami
versary issue of the Consumers
Guide of AAA, which devotes its en-
tire space to the study.
Family life is not disappearing as
fast as some supposed. Ninety-one
per cent of the population is in
Guided in families Of two or more
persons.
About 4,5OO,OOO families only Is
per cent of the total received some
sort of work relief or direct relief
during the year. Average size OF a
relief families receive SO per cent OF
pared with the non-relief familys
average of 3.8 per cent. The non
rlief families receive SO per cent OF
aggregate income, the relief fam
lies per cent.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-09-16
SERVICES TO START
FOR YOUNG PEOPLE

Churches of Ell Centro are be-
ginning evening services for their
young people Sunday evening. The
Christian Endeavor of the Presby-
terian church plans get-together
of all young people of junior high,
high school and junior college ages.
The Epworth League of the First
Methodist church plans a special
fall rally as does the B.YP.U. of
the First Baptist church. All will
meet at 6:30 pm. at the respective
churches.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-09-16
23rd CHILD BORN

PITTSTON, Pa, Sept. 16.
(UP)-Mrs. San Sciandra's 23rd
baby was reported "doing well"
today.
The new baby, a IL pound
girl, joined the other 13 living
Sciandra children this week.
The fatner is a WPA worker.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-09-16

of it as the last link in the chain of
civilized slavery. Americans tend, more
and more, to run away from telephones
Think of starting on a nice, long, theoret-
lcally care-free vacation, and then hav-
ing 1t blared at you on every highway,
John Jones wanted on the phonei"
Imperial Valley press., 1938-09-16
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT
IN THE SUPERIOR COURT
of the
STATE OF CALIFORNIA

of the
STATE OF CALIFORNIA
In and for the County Of Imperial
No. 1925
SUMMONS
Harry w. Horton & r. Kirk, at
torneys for Plaintiff.
IMPERIAL IRRIGATION DIS
TRICT, Plaintiff.
VS..
V. r. MAJORS, ct al, Defendants.
The People of the State of Cali
fornia send Greetings to v. r. MA
JORS, IDA B. MAJORS, his wife,
JULIA JACOBSON, S. BYRD1E-,
KINNE, MABEL L. HOOPER,
FANNIE MOORE, CHAS. BERK-
MAN, FRANK C. KINNE, JOHN
DOE, JANE DOE, RICHARD ROE,
JOHN DOE COMPANY, a Corpor-
alton, RICHARD ROE COMPANY,
a Co-Partnership, and JOHN DOE,
as Administrator of the Estate of
RICHARD ROE, deceased, Defend
ants.
YOU ARE HEREBY DIRECTED
~ fiI iLflIb dlIu dis Wei Uilc SOlil-
plant in an action entitled as
above, brought against you in the
Superior Court of the County of
Imperial, State ca California, with
in ten days after the service on
you of this Summons-if served
within this county; or within thirty
days if served elsewhere.
And you are hereby notified that
unless you appear and answer as
above required, the said plaintiff
will take judgment for any money
or damages demanded in the COM
plant, as arising upon contract, or
it will apply to the Court for any
other relief demanded in the Com
plant.
Given under my hand and the
seal of the Superior Court of the
County of Imperial, State of Cali
fornia, this oath day of May, 1888.
w. j. McCLEtLAND,
(SeaD County Clerk.
By CITHA LAMSON,
Deputy Clerk.
(S2-916-23-30, O7-14-21-28, N4)
Imperial Valley press., 1938-09-16
GRAB BAG
ne-Minute Test

l. Why is a quarter in American
money called Two bits?
2. Does fright actually raise the
hair?
3. What part of the United States
is farthest north?
Imperial Valley press., 1938-09-16

S en- S Sire e t e,
Brooklyn, N e W
York. 1t con-
Germs something
t h a t happened
to him. He is
e m pl yed as
floornan at a
fiv and ten
cent store on
Fulton Street.
On e d ay a
woman with fire
Imperial Valley press., 1938-09-16
TOday's Horoscope

If your birthday is on this date
you will have large interests en-
trusted to your care. You are trust
worthy, capable and reliable.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-09-16
Hints on Etiquette

Wedding gifts that have no par
ticular sentiment attached may be
exchanged.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-09-16
thoughts for the Day

He that believeth the Son hath everlasting life
and he that beeyeth not the Son shall not life
but the wrath of God abideth on him.-John 1886.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-09-16
DALE
CARNEGIE
Author of How to Win
Friends and Influence
People

Would you like to hear a story
of how one person appeased an
irate customer?
1t was sent to me by Edward
NJ. Carter. who lives at 73 REM
Imperial Valley press., 1938-09-16
Words of Wisdom

The prosperous man does not
know whether he is loyed.-Lucian.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-09-16

HAUL OUT Your adds and Ends
They'll Bring YOu Profit
Thru Want-Ads!
Imperial Valley press., 1938-09-16
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT
S u M M o N S
No. 1880

No. lS35O
In the Superior Court of the State
of California i'm and for the
County of Imperial
IMPERIAL IRRIGATION
DISTRICT, Plalntiff
VS..
w. F. MAULDIN, ct al,
Defendants.
Harry w. Horton and Geo. H.
Kirk Attorneys for Plaintiff.
The People of The State of Cali
fornia Send Greetings to:
w. F.. MAULDIN, ROBERTA
MAULDIN, ROBERT PARR, JOE
PARR, JOHN DOE, JANE DOE,
RICHARD ROE, JOHN DOE CON-
PANY, a Corporation, RICHARD
ROE COMPANY, a Co-partnership,
and JOHN DOE as Administrator
of the Estate of RICHARD ROE,
deceased, Defendants.
You Are Hereby Directed to Ap-
pear and answer the Complaint IN
an action entitled as above, brought
against you in Superior Court OF
the County of Imperial, State OF
California, within ten days after
the service on you of this Sum-
mons-if served within this coun-
ty; or within thirty days if served
elsewhere.
And you are hereby notified that
unless you appear and answer as
above required, the said plaintiff
will take judgment for any money
or damages demanded in the COM
plant, as arising upon contract,
or it will apply to the Court for
any other relief demanded in the
Complaint.
Given under my hand and the
seal of the Superior Court of the
County of Imperial, State of Cali
fornia, this 22nd day of July, 1888.
w. J. McCLELLAND,
(SEAL County Clerk.
BY CITHA LAMSON,
Deputy Clerk.
S. 9 16 % 800. IA 81 28-N. 4 II
IN THE sUPEHlUK COURT
of the
STATE OF CALIFORNIA
In and for the County of Imperial
SUMMONS
No. 1890
IMPERIAL IRRIGATION DIS
TRICT. Plaintiff
VS..
LEILA M. COLVIN, ct al,
Defendant.
Harry w. Horton and George r.
Kirk, Attorneys for Plaintiff.
The People of the State Of Cali
fornia send Greetings to LEILA M
COLVIN, JOHN DOE, JANE DOE
RICHARD ROE, JOHN DOE COM
PANY, a Corporation, RICHARD
ROE COMPANY, a Co-Partnership
and JOHN DOE as Administrator
of the Estate of RICHARD ROE
Deceased, Defendants.
YOU ARE HEREBY DIRECTED
TO APPEAR and answer the Com
plant in an action entitled as
above, brought against you in the
Superior Court of the County OF
Imperial, State of California, with
in ten days after the service on
you of this Summons-if served
within this county; or within thirty
days if served elsewhere.
And you are hereby notified that
unless you appear and answer as
above required, the said plaintiff
will take judgment for any money
or damages demanded in the COM
plant, as arising upon contract
or it will apply to the Court for
any other relief demanded in the
Complaint.
Given under my hand and the
seal of the Superior Court of the
County of Imperial, State of Cali
fornia, this day of May, 1898.
w. J. McCLELLAND,
(SeaD County Clerk.
BY ELEANOR McGIRK,
Deputy Clerk.
1926 S2-9-16-23-30 O-D