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Imperial Valley press., 1938-06-22
RAILROADS ARE
GOOD MARKETS
alameda Times-Star)

alameda Times-Star)
One valid reason, quite aside from
transportation, for seeing to it that the
railroads are given chance to maintain
themselves is that approximately S3,-
500,000,000 was disbursed by them in
1897 in payment of wages and taxes and
the purchase of equipment, materials
and fuel. Which is a lot Of money and,
more, is almost evenly distributed over
the country.
The Railway Age publishes an article
in its current issue showing approx
mately how these disbursements were
made by states. The data show not only
that wages and taxes were paid, but also
that substantial purchases We're made, in
every state.
Pennsylvania was the largest benefi-
ciary. In that state railway disburse-
mentS totaled almost S44S, 900, 900, divid-
ed into 1920, 0,6S6,000 for wages, S214,-
$4,000 for purchases and S12,9S0,000
for taxes. Illinois was second with al
most 1889 100000. divided into S171, ,285,-
600 for wages, 1852, ,354 900 for purchases
and 5,025.000 for taxes. New York was
third with total of S266,27 900, divided
into Sl66, 527 900 for wages, S72, ,629, 900
for purchases and S27, ,115,000 for taxes.
Detailed figures given show that every
railroad makes its purchases to a quite
astonishing degree from manufacturers
and producers in states other than those
through which it operates. The rail
roads as a whole spent about S1,053,-
100000 in 1887 in buying equipment,
materials and fuel. Of this outlay 50 per
cent, or S725, Gil 900, was made in states
in which their lines were operated, while
~
in ''offline" states. SiXty-five per cent
of the purchases of the New England
lines were made in 'off-line' states, and
only 35 per cent in the states in which
they operate. On the other hand, rail
ways in the Great Lakes region made 85
per cent of their purchases in states on
their lines and only Is per cent in "off-
line states.
In California, SO railroads are mate
rial and equipment buyers and represent
a large percentage of the buying power.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-06-22
LEADERS WANTED

(Riverside Press)
A professor at Massachusetts Institute
of Technology, who is quite adept at
making statements which will attract
wide publicity, has again come through
with a sensation.
THE days of rugged individualism are
over" he says, (which means that young
sters of this generation are going to have
less difficulty in making a start, less
freedom in making a success and per-
haps little more security toward the
end of life
He told Rhode Island college students ::
that the most secure and profitable
career in the future would be on the pub
lie payroll, supported by the rest of the
population.
The speaker, however, was the same
man who advised college men few years
ago to solve their economic difficulties
by marrying the boss daughter.
The greatest fallacy with his advice
is the fact that leaders are needed just
as badly, even more so, at present than
they were in the sos; and handling of
governmental and business problems in
the future will require high-calbre men
to cope with modern conditions.
Leadership will be just as valuable an
asset in the years to come as it has been
since the days of the cliff dwelers.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-06-22

No one could do a thing with
Rube, who has never had an equal
as a pitcher. Rube Waddell was
as crazy as a loon. Three things
he enjoyed: fishing, boozing and
playing baseball Notice that base
ball rated third with him Yet
when ne was at it he wanted to go
on forever; he wanted to do all the
pitching there was to be done. That
was his finest virtue.
A huge, square -jaWed Goliath
with the speed of light, he could,
when he wanted to, set em down
as fast as they came up to the dish.
He was pitching in Punxsutaw-
ney in 1900, because he had been
suspended by Pittsburgh. Connie,
desperate for a hurler who could
check the old Chicago White Stock
ings, decided to risk life and reputa-
ton and went after him.
1t wasn't really as simple as that
Waddell was happy and satisfied.
The fishing was fair, the beer in
PunxsutaWney flowed in golden
floods. More than that, Rube could
and sometimes did call in the entire
outfield, and then wallop his old
left wing to fan out three heavy
hitters in succession. So he told
Connie Mack to go hang himself
on the nearest telephone pole.
Connie sweetly thanked the giant
for the advice. But he knew Rube
and that Rube liked food. So one
day he watched Rube stow away
mild breakfast of four eggs, a sack
Of Wheats, a platter of home-fried
potatoes, and a gallon of coffee.
Then he went at him again and
won his point. Waddell surrendered
when he was SO full he couldn't
move.
And the PUNK management es-
corted Rube to the train and gave
Connie a vote of thanks.
With Schreckengost catching him,
that tall wild man tore the National
League all to pieces. He stopped
the White Stockings like a charge
of buckshot. He beat them twice
in one afternoon. The fans howled
with rage and joy He doubled them
up by the thousands with belly
cramps of laughter.
Connie suffered. but he endured
it happily. Night and day ne
watched Waddell, and Waddell went
on doing as he darned well pleased.
And won more games than any
other pitcher.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-06-22

When the opponent obtained a re-
count this plurality rose to 201
Roy had won.
Came November, 1886, and Roy
found that 100000 votes had been
cast and that jerks was ahead by
$50. He felt that was a staggering
defeat, but friends persuaded him
to make a contest. Under the Re
publican secretary of states re-
count Roy gained exactly $50 bal
lots for an amazing tie of 81, 500
votes with Jenks-firSt such tie
vote in the history of Congress.
A state ballot law commission,
dominated by Republicans, then
went to work and found Roy had
won by II. Then someone brought
up these "a missing votes from
Newton, N. H. The commission re-
considered, gave Roy seven more
votes and jerks the "a, making
the latter a winner by 10. The
governor certified jerks election,
but after 10 months of investiga-
ton Congress decided those "a un-
findable votes didn't count and
that Roy had won by "a.
jerks and Roy are candidates
again and probably will meet
again in November G
Imperial Valley press., 1938-06-22
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT
RESOLUTION NO. 678

A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY
COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF Ell
CENTRIC DECLARING THE IN
TENTiON OF SAID COUNCIL
TO ORDER THE CLOSING AND
ABANDONMENT OF A GER
TAIN PUBLIC ALLEY
1T IS HEREBY RESOLVED by
the City Council of the City of Ell
Centro that the public interest and
public convenience require the clos
ing up of a certain public alley in
the said City of Ell Centro further
described as follows, to-Wit:
That alley, 20 feet wide, in
Block 2, Second Addition to
FL Centre, extending from
Third Street to the Southern
Pacific Railroad Right of
Way as shown by Map No.
33 on file in the office of
the County Recorder OF I'M
perial County OF California;
and it is the intention of said Coun-
ell to order hat said public alley
be closed up and abandoned pur-
w ONloiOllo vi etil fltb
of the Legislature of the State of
California, entitled "An Act To Pro-
vide For Laying Out, Opening, Ex-
tending, Widening, Strengthening,
or Closing UP in whole or in part
any street, square, lane, alley, court,
or place within municipalities, and
to condemn and acquire any and
all land ana property necessary or
convenient for that purpose APP
proved March 6, 1889 and any
amendments thereto.
1T IS FURTHER RESOLVED
that the Street superintendent of
said City of Ell Centro shall and is
hereby directed to give notice of
the adoption of this Resolution by
the posting and publication thereof
as required by law and Section
Three of said Act hereinbefore de-
scribed, and more particularly as
follows, toWit:
Said Notice shall be headed mo
tice of Public Work" in letters not
less than one inch in length, and
shall be in legible characters: state
the fact of passage or adoption of
this Resolution; it's date, and briefly,
the work or improvement proposed,
and refer to the Resolution for
further particulars; and he shall
also cause a similar notice to be
published for a period of ten days
in the Imperial Valley Press, daily
newspaper, published and circulated
in said City of Ell Centro and here
by designated for such publication.
PASSED AND ADOPTED THIS
18th day of June.
HERBERT w. FAWCETT,
Mayor of said City of Ell Centro..
ATTEST: Cal. c.. Mousseau, City
Clerk.
j. l6 27 incl
Imperial Valley press., 1938-06-22
Bruce Cation Says
Mrs. Larsens Hoe is a Badge of Honor

can grub a living out of the
ground. Anybody that's willing TO
work." she says.
Well, perhaps not anybody. For
not everybody is like Mrs. Larsen.
Listen:
In 1880 her husband was in the
hospital While he lay there, COW
kicked Mrs. Larsen, broke her leg.
Then her husband died. But Mrs.
Larsen is made of stern stuff.
She hired a couple of hands to
work the farm they were renting.
Neither was skilled, and when
seeding time came, the work was
stalled. Mrs. Larsen had herself
lifted into the seeder every NOR
ming, her crutches strapped beside
her. At noon she came in and
fried ham and eggs and potatoes
for the hands. She seeded 40 acres,
did the washing and scrubbing,
and raised 300 chickens that year
Now that, says Mrs. Larsen
with a certain fierce exultation,
was really tough that year That
was something to stand, maybe.
So to Mrs. Larsen, a regime that
looks tough today is not so tough
to her.
I've been grubbing in the ground
since 1 was TO-" she says Il can't
see sitting down and letting every
thing go to weeds. This quarter
acre will bring me 200 bucks next
spring. I got plenty. I've seen it
lot worse
The rhythmic rise and fall of
Mrs. LarSen's sharp hoe will go on
long after the spurs have fallen
apart and the daggers rusted. For
she has a courage the battlefield
does not know, let alone the pa
underground
And she has Wrung from the
world a sturdy independence that
millions can never know in lands
where life itself depends on giving
the right salute.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-06-22
News Behiind
the News
No Dream Bills
TOO Much Graft :.

WASHINGTON-There won't be
any more dream bills offered in
Congress for a longe time.
President Roosevelt dreamed
that he looked out of a White
House window and saw a horrible
fiery crackup at the Washington
airport, which admittedly is dam
gerous and otherwise unSatiSfac-
tory. Promptly MI. Roosevelt en-
dorsed government purchase of
1000 acres for a $3,000000 ma
tional airport" at nearby Camp
Springs. Md With equal prompt
ness the purchase measure, al
ready recommended by a special
congressional committee, was dub
bed the dream bill.
Unfortunately, it had failed to
appear to Roosevelt in that cele-
brated dream that slickers, who
included govf,rnment official,
had acquired options on the Camp
Springs land, that the government
was being soaked four to seven
times the proper value for some
of it; or that government agents
had demanded commissions of up
to 10 per cent from landowners in
return for getting them exorbitant
prices.
But Congressman Byron Scott
and others charged these things
when the dream bill" reached the
House floor and was denounced as
a miserable land grab. Members
kept exclaiming "WheW!' Scott
offered to prove the charges and
name names unless the House
dropped thebill. The bill was
dropped.
Recount champion of the Unit
ed States-and probably of the
worlds Congressman Alphonse
Roy of New Hampshire, Democrat,
who was seated in the last days of
the 18th Congress after Arthur B.
jerks, Republican, had occupied it
Throughout the three sessions
since the 1896 election.
When Roy ran for the five man
governors council from his home
city of Manchester about 10000
votes were cast and first compila-
tion of returns gave him plurali-
ty of only al votes for nomination.
His opponent demanded a recount.
Roy gained 49 votes on the check.
Seeking the same job two years
later, he at first appeared to have
won by 80 votes-but gained 81
by the recount which his opponent
again demanded. Each time his
nomination was equivalent to
election.
Roy, a short, alert, medium
sized, black haired man of French
descent and less than middle age,
then aspired to Congress in 1886.
So did five other Democrats in his
district. First semi-offical returns
gave an opponent 129 votes over
Roy. About $4,000 votes had been
cast in thecontest and the New
Hampshire secretary of state
counted them over and found Roy
had won by exactly nine votes
Connie Mack proved his wisdom
in handling men by not trying to
handle the Rube at all. Try his
method and you may fail. But you
can learn a lesson from him in dip
lomacy that will be of untold value,
for lesson in diplomacy is of value
though it do no more than train a
Imperial Valley press., 1938-06-22
Famous Sayings

Pictures of the glittering officers
of militaristic countries show
them always with a sheathed sti-
letto dangling at belt. They are
keen, sharp little instruments, and
for some obscure reason much of
the world seems to consider them
badges of honor.
Yet they are not much sharper
than the hoe with which Mrs. Ida
Larsen may be found any day,
breaking clods in the nine-acre
patch near Aurora, O., which
yields her a living.
The hand that grips the dagger
may be well-manicured, and even
perfumed, but somehow we like
better the rough, hard hands that
grip Mrs. Larsen's hoe. Better than
the glistening boots and clinking
spurs, we like the high leather
shoes and muddy trousers that
tramp through the Ohio straw
berry patch.
Here are some of the reasons:
Mrs. Larsen, who is 54, grubs a
good living out of her nine acres.
She saws her own wood, shoots her
own rabbits, puts down her own
meat, gets good living. Anybody
Imperial Valley press., 1938-06-22
You re Telling Ne -
BY WILLIAM RIFT


THE OUTGOING congress, it is
reported, was one of the health
lest in many years. However, it
won't be for long. Soon many of
the boys will be showing the raw
ages of that biennial ailment, cleo
tionitis.
This is certainly the age Of
streamlined speed. That last Mex
ican revolution went by SO fast it
hardly had time to make the front
pages.
When we were a kid the word
beaver" meant a beard. Now it
means a government employ. (The
WPA is to use some beavers to
build DAM
Maybe the reason Max Schmel-
ing will continue to use the right
hand against Joe Louis, he's afraid
Herr Hitler won't like it if he
switches to the left.
The most popular beverage t
Japan, we read, is per cent
beer. The Japs aren't getting a
kick out of the war in China
either I
Zadok Dumbkopf, who has a
nice little place in the country
says he's not sure just when he
will go away on his vacation. 1t
will depend on just when the wifes
folk write they are on their way
here.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-06-22

low the prescrib-
ed method for
handling people.
No, sir, he uses a
method all his
own. His name is
Connie Mack. He
proved his rare
ability in man
agement when he
h a n d | e d Rubc
Waddell, the Wild
est Indian who
ever donned paint
and took to the
Imperial Valley press., 1938-06-22
Hints on Etiquette

When greeting people in public,
remember that a quiet, unobtrusive
manner shows good breeding.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-06-22

Most persons whose birthday oc-
ours today like to have their own
way. They may be known as rug
ged individualists.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-06-22
DALE
CARNEGIE
Author of How to Win
Friends and Influence
People

There is one who knows how to
handle the most temperamental
primadonnas who ever lived, base
ball players.
But this man doesn't always fol-
Imperial Valley press., 1938-06-22
Grab Bag
One Minute Test

l. Who is dictator" of Greece?
3 On what Hawaiian island is
Honolulu situated?
3. Where is the tomb of Mo-
hammed?
Imperial Valley press., 1938-06-22
Photographs

Into Europe, continent less
than half the size of North Amer
lea, are jammed more than 510,-
100000 people-three times the
population of North America.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-06-22

There are 900 pilots on the %
regular airlines in the United
States. More than $500 other en-
ployes are connected with the air
transportation companies.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-06-22

"SIavish Equality in Reich Seen"
reads a news headline. The story
turns out to be about Slavs.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-06-22

The density of the companion
star to Sirius is said to be so great
that match box filled with its
substance would weigh more than
a ton.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-06-22
Barbs -

The situation in Europe seems
to be permanently tense. What
you might call past, present, and
a terrible future tense.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-06-22
Words of Wisdom
TOday's Horoscope

They that govern most make the
least noiSe.-Selden.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-06-22

ployes are connected with the air
transportation companies.
Counties, cities and towns of the
United States collected more thai
$4,50O,0O000 taxes in 1887, almost
as much as the federal govern
ment.
Residents of Washington, d. c.,
have not been permitted to elect
their local governing officials since
1874.
Inflammatory rheumatism kills
approximately 10000 people in the
United States each year. The aver
age age of its victims is merely
80 years.
Tests indicate that the human
sense of hearing is much better in
a brightly lighted room than in a
dark one.
are said to be the only people who
never have engaged in a major
war.
Anthropologist have established
the fact that dwarfs live longer
and generally have higher intelli-
gence than giants.
Chinese frequently characterize
Americans as persons with rec
hair Red wigs are worn by Chi
nese actors when they portray
American characters.
California, home of many elderly
folk, has the lowest birth rate OF
any state in the United States.
A New York City dog expert has
gained a wide reputation for his
Imperial Valley press., 1938-06-22
One Minute Test Answers

|. General John MetaXas.
2. Oahu.
g. In Mecca, capital of the
Turkish province of Hejaz.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-06-22

Did you read about the hitch
hiker who left an unfinished sand
Wich on a truck and then followed
it clear across the. continent?
Friend, when a man dogs a bite,
that's news.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-06-22

DON'T WAIT FOR A TENANT
Find Him Thru a Want-Ad!
Imperial Valley press., 1938-06-22

Disclosure that the navy is con-
sidering twO-man submarines sug-
gests that warfare of the future
may be acceptable to militarists
and pacifiSts alike. CrewlesS bat
tleShipS, pilOtless planes, and
armies without soldiers.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-06-22

Gen. Chang Kai-shek,
Who is up to his neck,
Says General Doihara
Will be tomorra.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-06-22

A New York City dog expert has
gained a wide reputation for his
ability to supply glass eyes for pets.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-06-22

A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY
COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF Ell
CENTRIC DECLARING THE IN
TENTiON OF SAID COUNCIL
TO ORDER THE CLOSING AND
ABANDONMENT OF A GER
TAIN PUBLIC ALLEY
Imperial Valley press., 1938-06-22

California, home of many elderly
folk, has the lowest birth rate of
any state in the United States.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-06-22

Connie Mack proved his wisdom
in handling men by not trying to
handle the Rube at all. Try his
method and you may fail. But you
can learn lesson from him in dip
lomacy that will be of untold value,
for a lesson in diplomacy is of value
though it do no more than train a
man to think.
Greenbelt cooperator. (Greenbelt, Md.) 1937-1954, 1938-08-17

AID RldgC Rood have loft for g throC
wooks' visit with relatives in North
Dakota.
ltr. and IRIS. j. L. Dnnoron, ALE
Ridge Road, loft Sunday, August IA, for
O throo wooks' stay ct thoir, former
homo in Atlanta, &C..
lGr. and RS. VI. c. Eonos, 47-F Ridge
Road, have their guest RS. Ecnos'
sister, Miss Co thryn Olcos Of Dcnvillo,
Va.
Kc.thry21 Sue Edmonds, 47-A Ridge Road,
colobro tod hcr fifth birthday wi tn
party on august g.
Those present wcro Betty jean Bdmonds,
Joora Sly, larry Joyce Johnson, Patsy
and Phillip Hosso, Patsy ond Tommy Kicker
Lorono Viii torr,-l, Freddie Smother, end
Sondre. Broussard.
Now that Kathryn Sue is five. she is
Looking forward to school.
81. 1887 pAnaNY
(A. P. Liswoll, Roportor)
l-r. and lirs. Boyd schoof hovo he'd IS
thoir guest 1fr. Schaaf's mothor, Mrs.
n. L. Schaef OF Spencer, n. G.
Grandma Schoaf soons c:s pleased with
tho now little Boyd, Jr.. IS "I-om"
ond "Pop" arc.
Hiss Lucy Chicchirichi Of Charlos-
town, v. Va., hos boon visiting hor
br othor-in-low and sistor, I1r. and llrs.
+. Drew Co1l1lyl, 5-F Parkway Road, and
is so thrilled 18th tho beauty Of Groom
bolt she doesn't ccro to 50 homo.
!. gcy littlo luncheon was givon in
Hiss chicohirichi' honor, Friday, by
q. 2-4-6-8 PARKWAY -.
(RDportor Eontod)
Lr. c-ld hrs. Carnott lo5co; 6-B
Parkway, announce the birth Of G dou6htor
born august IL, ct Columbia Hospital.
Greenbelt cooperator. (Greenbelt, Md.) 1937-1954, 1938-08-17
August u, 1883

Ruth Adolo and larjor schwab, Barbara
Lylos, Pa tricia and ILadolino lark, Joannt
Ammo Ke.sko, Iugonio ard Iolon Hor stuon,
Betsy Kay Wood, Patricia Brodon and Vir-
ginia llcGucl1in.
4 delicious orange and strawberry ice
end frosted. calos "toppod" the afternoon
Mrs. Gordon 3radon and llrs. Horstann
assisted l-rs. Hoanossay.
M1. Alvin, Lochto, Of Bethesda, Id,
brother Of llrs. Lloyd 8. l-ccEuon, is
visiting llr. and llrs. 1lacEWon, l6-F
Ridge Road.
lirs. George 4. Warner was guest Of
honor at q surprise birthday party
arranged by ilrs. Lloyd .. ltocEwon and
lcrs. D. D. Wood and hold S. turday
ovoning, ct tho homo Of hrs. Wood, liza
Ridgo Road.
In addition TO tho -.acEg1on, Wood, and
7Ecrnor fani lies, her VOL VISITORS in
cludod hor sister, Hiss Dorothy Pratt,
l-rs. Carton Ryan, l-r. end Hrs. William
l.cCorr1a ok Of Washington, D. c., l-r.
Alvin Lochto Of Bethesda, Lid, and lr.
and Ars. Irwin Quigg who have recently
arrived 1T Groonbolt from Ballston,
Virginia..
Greenbelt cooperator. (Greenbelt, Md.) 1937-1954, 1938-08-17

lr. and hrs. Ralph Johnson and thoir
daughter Iory Joyce, Of Asp hidgo Road,
| loft for c six Wooks' visit Wi th rolo-
| tivcs in Illinois,.
Greenbelt cooperator. (Greenbelt, Md.) 1937-1954, 1938-08-17

ltr. and IRIS. j. L. Cameron, ALE
Ridge Road, loft Sunday, August IA,
O throo wooks' stay ct thoir, former
homo in ATLANTA, &C..
Greenbelt cooperator. (Greenbelt, Md.) 1937-1954, 1938-08-17

| l[r. and lirs. Kenneth Williams Of
| AID Ridge Rood have loft for q throo
! wooks' visit with rola tivos in North
| Dakota.