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The Coolidge examiner., 1938-09-29

sugar IS a hIgnIy COnCeIl-
trated fuel food which burns
quickly and completely in the
body furnace.
The Coolidge examiner., 1938-09-29

A Food of Many Forms
The quick pickup of sugar can
be obtained in many forms be-
sides the sparkling crystals of
granulated sugar with. which we
The Coolidge examiner., 1938-09-29

Worthy Spark
Our humanity were poor thing
were it not for the divinity which
stirs within us.-Bacon.
The Coolidge examiner., 1938-09-29
DOWN ON THE FARM

Farmer Bug-My, what a large
bulb l wouldn't like to dig a hole
to plant that in.
Evening star., 1938-11-13

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Evening star., 1938-11-13
Ewing Galloway

understanding sweetness To them she gave
an example and Memory of true greatness -
target at which to shoot in the art of living
and to herself that supreme satisfaction of
a job we'll done.
l was with her just before her death.
Privation. struggle. hardship sometimes
poverty had etched her face. but these lines
were softened by the Memory of achievement
in the service of other people
my dear, she said to me- always remem-
Der that you cant make people happy by
giving them things. You must give them of
yourself
This might be her epitaph; the symbol of
her life. She never did one thing for another
person in the hope of material reward She
gave them of herself. And that last day saw
her she was still looking to the future, enthu-
helpful service.
The future of which she spoke was casting
forward of the past. knowledge that life was
neither futile nor grim unless we live it so.
Her enthusiasm, her will to do, was the shin
ing justification of Memories of years and
deeds which would not die. And thought of
Studdert- -Kennedy's great words. Here, truly,
was life that for years and years sensed
the magic fragrance of its June roses in
December.
Why do write you this? Because, in your
disillusionment, you want to repay the cheap
deception of supposed friend. There can be
no fragrance in any such Memory 1t can
harm no one SO much as it harms you.
Possibly, when you come to total the final
score, the true measure of success or failure
will be in your Memories. kindly only if you
plan them so.
Cicero cried that he could not forget the
things he wished to forget. How very much
better it is to realize now that the things YOU
do today are inevitably the Memories of
tomorrow Once photographed on your mind
the plate is often indestructible.
Mother and are quite we'll and expect to
drive by and see you on our way South.
Affectionately.
Evening star., 1938-11-13
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BY FLORENCE FARisH
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Evening star., 1938-11-13

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Evening star., 1938-11-13

ened nor embittered her. She accumulated no
wealth; she was Indifferent to social prestige
or fame, but she amassed fortune in the
affection and gratitude of thousands of young
lives quickened by her ready sympathy and
Evening star., 1938-11-13


am sorry that supposed friend
- disappointed you, but don t take any
stock in your expressed cynicism You are
hurt, deeply hurt, and you want to strike
back blindly - not only at the man who hurt
you but at the world. You say that you expect
toremember it forever, and that some day you
will repay this person in his own coin.
The word remember" strikes me, for I'd
like to talk to you of Memory. that mystical
tide which foods the present with the past.
Like the law of gravity, it can be kindly or
painful, depending on how you use it.
BY the kindness of Memory we live not
once but scores of times. Except for it, each
day lived would be one day dead. Do you
remember our trip to Rowdy Creek when you
hooked your first brook trout? know that
you do, and that, now, in the midst of larger
affairs, your wrist often aches for the whip
of bamboo rod. 1t is Memory that sends you
back and back and back, making the present,
continuation of the past.
Some time ago, Dr. Houston was in my
library, and we were talking about philosophy
and the art of good living. He said to me:
my greatest pleasure in life is pleasant
thoughts.
Pleasant thoughts can come only from
pleasant memories. So there is more than
appears on the surface of that remark.
asked your mother recently to think back
to her sweetest Memory. She didn't know
exactly. but possibly - she hesitated it
was the cropping of your own tiny fingers at her
breasts. wonder if most women wouldn't
answer in the same vein? 1t is a lifelong COM
pensation for much of woman's pain and
hazard.
For the race, Memory is sharpened tool
in its upward struggle; the treasure house of
knowledge; the springboard of wisdom the
warp and woof of imagination; the very foun-
tain source of living itself. Studdert- rt-Kennedy
vitalized its beauty when he wrote: God
gave his children Memory that. in Life's
garden, there might be June roses in Decem-
ber'
Iwant to recall Mrs. Conroy to you. For
Copyright. 1885, U.itsd Newsp.p.. M.s..sne Corpor.
Evening star., 1938-11-13

years she taught in our public schools. She
was my teacher and later yours. She never
touched life except to better and to hearten
it. Her struggles Hez disappointments. the
early loss of her one great love, neither hard
Imperial Valley press., 1938-12-04
A GLORIOUS PAST.
A BETTER FUTURE

Imperial Valleyites of today. their
noses close to the grindstones of current
problems, would be treated to an inter-
estlng look into the past-and an inspir-
ing look into the future-if each of them
could sit down for an hour with an i'm
posing, white-haired old gentleman who
visited Ell Centre Friday to retrace in
memory the hectic steps of pioneer
achievements.
He is w. T. Bill, who richly deserves
the title, with W. F. Holt, of co-founder
Of Ell Centro. The youth unconquerable
In his eyes tells better than anything else
could the spirit that moved him when
he stood one morning 33 years ago in a
stubble field and said:
Main street will be here"
The same vision that must have been
there in other days comes again when Mr..
Bill tells you that, although much has
been accomplished in the past, more will
be done in the future.
Our problems of today-drainage, Mex
lean water entanglements, irrigation dis
trrct troubles-are only minor troubles
when weighed in the balance of Imperial
Valleys past and future he believes, and
he makes his hearer see the truth of
this. They are problems to be solved
but there have been other, knottier prob
lens, and they have been solved and for
gotten.
AS the Empire Builder talks we see the
future as it must be, and we know that
what has been done up to now is nothing
compared to what will be done. We see
thousands of people moving westward
in nationwide sweep that is building
western business up to the level of the
densely populated eastern seaboard.
We see these people, farmers and busi-
ness men alike, settling in the more thinly
populated areas Of the west, such as
Imperial Valley. We see them gradually
expanding, growing, adding new pros
perity as they serve the metropolitan
centers and are in turn served by them.
And Imperial Valley, we know, is in
direct line for this growth and expan-
sion. 1t is ideally situated. 1t is to Los
Angeles and San Diego what New Jersey
is to New York City. AS the west grows
in its destined course, Imperial Valley
cannot help growing with it.
Now and then. forgetting today's ag-
gravating, discouraging problems, it is
well TO remember the past-and to Judge
from it what the future will be.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-12-04
NO MORE WORTHY
CAUSE EXISTS

Within the next few days almost every
Ell Centran will be asked to contribute
in one way or another to the city's Char
acter Building fund, fund from which
seven of the county's most worthwhile
agencies draw portions.
And every Ell Centran who possibly
can should contribute.
The Character Building drive is con-
venience to the citizens. 1t was planned
to do away with individual campaigns
by each of the agencies to raise funds.
There is not one of the agencies bene-
fitting which is not extremely worthy of
support They are the Red Cross, the
Boy Scouts, the Campfire Girls, Girl Re-
serves, Parent Teachers Association, Hi
pass Health Camp and the Society for
the Hard of Heaing.
Make life easier for someone else. Give
to the Character Building Fund.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-12-04
Famous Sayings
Bruce Cation SAYS

Before Congress really gets down
to work on the rearmament pro"
gram. it is to be hoped that its
members will appreciate the fact
that, in a military sense. America
today is in the position of England
during the 18th century.
Which is to say that America to-
day is an insular nation. Its true
defense lies on the sea. just as
England was protected by its "moat
until the modern bombing plane
rendered the moat useless, SO today
America is projected by its own
moat-the Atlantic and Pacific
oceans. And no military program
the nation can devise is worth pay
ing for unless it is founded on that
simple fact.
Modern armamentS take three
formS-land, sea and air And an
inSular nation much approach its
defense problems from a different
angle than a nation which does
not enjoy the protection of the sea-
Germany for instance. must have a
very strong army in order to be
secure; it must have peace-time
conscription and all the rest OF the
machinery that enables it to put
an overwhelming force on the
frontiers at a moments notice.
But that is not at all the answer
to the problem on this side of the
Atlantic. A nation which can
keep its enemies from getting near
its frontier does not need a strong
frontier guard. A small. mobile
force that can be rushed quickly
to any danger spot is all it needs
in the way of frontier defense.
But On the water the situation is
reversed. Germany can have Sc
curity with a relatively small navy;
the United States, on the other
hand, cannot have il without an
exceedingly strong navy. For the
simple, geographical fact that any
possible enemy must cross the
ocean befole it can get at him
gives Uncle Sam the chance to
hold all enemies at arms length
provided that he maintains the
right kind OF fleet. backed with an
adequate air force
This is an extremely important
fact in relation to the prospects Tor
American democracy. For nation
which must prepare III the Eur
opean manner. with conScription of
manpoWer and RECOMMENDATION of
industry, must inevitably surrender
some of its libertieS-as the French
are learning today, to their sor-
row. But a sea power can have
security Without paying that price.
1t was not by accident that Eng
land enjoyed unbroken freedom and
democracy for SO many years. 1t
vas able to do so because, being
defended on and by the seas. it
could attain security without sup
porting an immense military estab-
lishment, And America today il
in a similar situation.
We do not need a huge army, we
do not need conscription. we do
not need any of the grandiose
plans for regimenting men, indus
try and money which have been
discussed Of late. Since We do not
need things, we can give ourselves
full security without infringing on
our political and economic liberties.
Above everything else, it is i'm
portant that Congress remember
that when it goes ahead with the
1earmament program.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-12-04
You're Telling Ne ---

The football season is closing
swiftly. but the fan who gets lone
some can put on his overcoat and
go stand in a shower bath, eating
a hot dog.
We won't believe the army is
mechanical until we have a little
talk with the boys who peel pota-
toes.
Now that zippers are being used
on tents in Africa, we suppose the
Arabs fold their tents and silently
ZIP away.
A Detroit man, 90, became the
father of twins twice in 20 months.
Better luck next time, old man.
Coach Bo McMillin of Indiana
suggests the football coach should
be quarterback and call all the
plays. Destroying a perfectly good
alibii
A glance at Europe'S leaders re-
veals that all men do not live by
bread alone, but a great many of
them by crust
Imperial Valley press., 1938-12-04


about? About the bayberry, colts
foot. and goldenrod. Here are two
specific things he told me. He said
that goldenrod was usually blamed
for hayfever, but that was not COR
rect. The plant that should get
the blame is ragweed. Ragweed
grows near the goldenrod: golden
rod is more conspicuous and so gets
the blame.
Let me tell you about j. Otis
Swift. All his life he had been faS-
cinateI by Nature, and studied
flowers and trees every minute pos
sible. He was a reporter on the
old New York World" but he was
mt a very good reporter. He reach
ed the age of so and hadn't done
anything worth while. Just drub-
bing along. Sort Of an office failure.
One day there was a murder in
New Jersey and he wrote that the
body was found under a "pinuS
strobus" tree. The city editor called
him in:
What kind of a tree is that"
Why. white pine"
Why didn't you say SOP" said
the city editor, and proceeded to
give him a bawling out. mo report
er who was any good would make
such a fool statement"
A bit later the paper decided to
put in Mature Department" and
looked around for a man to run it.
Somebody remembered the office
hack who had said, the body was
found under "pinus strobus," and
Otis j. Swift got the job.
Here was something he liked. His
hobby He had been studying it
all his life. He called his depart
ment, News Outside the Door,"
Since he loved this subject, he wrote
with power and feeling. People re-
sponded as they always do to sin
cere writing. Letters began coming
in. telephone calls.
The editor stared. Were people
really interested in knowing which
flower was the first to come up in
spring, and which briar kept a fox
from robbing birds nests? They
were. The mail began to heap up
on his desk
He published a notice in the
paper that the man who headed the
Nature Department would lead a
Nature walk Twelve people came.
Why, chat was wonderful The peo-
pie went away bubbling with en-
thuSiasm. Another notice was pub
lished. Two hundred people came
j. Otis Swift organized a walk
ing and nature study club and call
ed it the "Yosians." He made up
the name himself. when you pro-
nounce it accent the "si")
That was sixteen years ago. To-
day there are 10000 members.
j. Otis Swift waited till he was
SO for his chance, and then made
good in a tremendous way. Take a
walk with him, beg you if you
live near or visit New York City.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-12-04
COSTLY FIRES ARE
DUE TO CARELESSNESS
lHanfOrd Sentinell

lHanford SentlneD
Man-made brush and forest fires dur
ing the past two weeks have cost south
ern California millions of dollars, much
discomfort and some real suffering. Cau-
tious handling of matches, campfires and
cigaret stubs would have prevented them
all.
If every campfire builder had given
his fire proper attention and if every
smoker had eXtinguished his fag before
casting it aside there would have been no
such fires as have ravaged thousands of
acres of brush and forest lands and raz-
ed hundreds of homes. The blame rests
squarely on the shoulders of careless
individuals.
The problem of brush and forest fires
becomes more perpleXing as motoring
becomes more popular and mountain
resorts more attractive. Since there are
laws, more or less stringent ones, deal
ing with all factors of camp life, camp
fires smoking. etc, it is obvious that the
problem can not be solved by legislation
Perhaps more adequate enforcement
might help, but there is but one patrol
man, ranger or other official for a given
sector Of highway, mountain road or re-
sort there are generally hundreds of
motorists, campers and other transients.
Adequate enforcement is out of the ques-
tion under such conditions.
Obviously, then, the proper approach
to the problem of fires, like that to the
problem of traffic accidents, must be
educational. Impossible as it seems, the
public must be taught to protect its own
interests and the teaching must be thru
individuals to the masses, from extreme
youth to mature years. And part of that
teaching must be to instill in the mind
of every careful, law abiding citizen the
fact that he himself individually must be-
come part of the law enforcement per-
sonnel-an unpaid part but one who can
work through the paid personnel to save
the forests and human lives.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-12-04
1T IS NOT "4LL RIGHT"
(Street JOurnaI)


Speaking at a forum of the Southern
Conference for Human Welfare, Aubrey
Williams, assistant Works Progress Ad-
ministrator, is quoted as saying that a
fundamental reorientation of this coun-
trys industrial structure within the dem
ocratic form of government was needed,
in the course of which he was not sure
that the country could escape class war
fare, and that he was not sure that class
warfare was not 'all right"
Glass warfare and democracy, Ameri-
can style, are incompatible. The essence
of our democracy is in minority rights
Glass warfare and minority rights are
mutually contradictory. We can have
class warfare or we can have democracy,
but we cannot have both.
The sad fact is that within recent
years something very like old-world class
warfare has been domesticated in this
country for the first time in our history,
and it is not too much to say that it
constitutes today perhaps the greatest
single threat to our democracy. 1t is de-
pressing to learn that a government Off
cial is not sure that it is not call right"
Imperial Valley press., 1938-12-04
THE "NEWS" THEY GET
Oakland Tribune)

not permitted information as to what is
going on in the rest of the world, is
offered by the astonishing interpreta-
tions the Berliner Tageblatt has made of
our recent election.
The reasons President Roosevelt lost
strength, that paper says, is because he
condemned Fascism and NaZisml The
Berlin paper pictures America as coun-
try in which the maj ority supports the
views of Hitler and Mussolini and such
distortions are served the German people
as news"
Imperial Valley press., 1938-12-04
Farmers TO Fight
Closed Shop Plan

LODI, Cal, Dec. 3. UP)-The
Associated Farmers of California
will lay the groundwork for a ma
tionWide organization to resist "clos-
ed shop unionization of farms at
the state convention in Ventura
Dec SO, Col Walter Garrison, for
mer president of the Associated
Farmers, announced today.
Throughout the nation, Garri-
son said, our farmers are going II
carry on the fight against the spread
of Communism among agricultural
workers and we will combat all
other radicals who assail the well
fare of farmers
Imperial Valley press., 1938-12-04
TOday'S HOrOScOne

The person born on this date is
usually courageous, loving justice
and fond of fun. He (or she) may
be rather set in his religious views,
and if he adopt the church as a pro-
fession he is likely to be found high
up in the councils of the sect to
which he belongs. He must guard
against making mistakes of judg-
ment where friends are concerned,
and be careful not to estrange real
comrades under the mistaken i'm
preston that they are false
Imperial Valley press., 1938-12-04

Wednesdays general strike.
The government retaliated by re-
QUESTIONING all ships and discharg-
ing the striking seamen. Mobile
guards cleared the Normandie and
other liners of their crew except
for fire brigadeS.
LIE Havre police began rounding
up leoders of the maritime union
which voted the strike despite the
conciliatory gestures of Premier Ed
Guard Daladier to Wednesdays
strikers.
The sailing of the Normandie was
temporarily delayed at LIE Havre
pending a meeting of the crew. The
boat trains Of passengers were held
in Paris until a decision was reach
ed.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-12-04
Horoscope for Sunday

Shrewd and energetic are the folk
born on this day They sometimes
are lit too shrewd, verging on the
cunning. They are snowy, liking
the best Of eVerything-jewelry, the
very latest in clothes and equip
ment o. every kind. They are, how
ever, fond of animals and flowers.
Success comes to them in artistic
fields and also in such lines as mer-
chandizing and jewelry.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-12-04
Hints on Etiquette

At formal dinners the host. with
the wife of the principal guest, goes
first into the dining room, the
hostess last. At the end of the din
ner the positions are reversed, the
hostess going first from the table
with the guest of honor, the host
last.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-12-04
Words of Wisdom

Often and often to me, and in
stinctively, has an innocent pleasure
felt like a foretaste of infinite de-
light, an ante-past of heaven. Nor
can believe otherwise than that
pure happiness is of a purifying
effect; like the mama from heaven,
no doubt it is meant to invigorate
as well as to gratify.-Mountford.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-12-04

never forget it.
It'll be one of
your most inter-
eSting eXperien-
ces.
The man is J.
Otis Swift.
l t ook the
Dyckman Street
ferry from Man
haitian, got off
on the New Jer-
sey S i d e, and
walk south along
[ n G Palisades.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-12-04
GRANDMOTHER of
Centrans Dies

Mrs. John Peters, grandmother
of Mrs. S. Davidian and Ralph ia
cobs of Ell Centro, will be buried
in Fresno Tuesday.
She died Friday of heart failure.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jacobs and their two
sons, Stanley and Jay, will go to
Fresno to attend the funeral.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-12-04
GRAB BAG
One-Minute Test

l. Was the army or the navy first
to adopt aeronautical activities?
?. In what state is the Garden OF
the Gods located?
Imperial Valley press., 1938-12-04
divorces Given
In County Court

Extreme cruelty provided the
grounds upon which two interlocu-
tory divorce DEGREES were granted
in superior court Friday.
The DEGREES were granted MayeS
j. La Vine in her suit against Ed
mund Earle LaVine and Margaret
A. Callahan in her suit against
Francis Willard Callahan
Imperial Valley press., 1938-12-04
DALE
CARNEGIE
Author of How to Win
Friends and Influence
People

If YOU live near New York, I beg
you 10 take walk with man 81
years cd. who walks backward most
Of the time as he leads and enter
tains bis clientele. I promise Youm
Imperial Valley press., 1938-12-04
Barbs-

A Cleveland WPA worker told a
judge WPA workers were in the
habit Of getting drunk while they
were supposed to be at work. Stag
ger system, eh?
The old expression I'D give my
right eye :" is a tricky say
ing these days, the market for
corneas being what it is.
That knocking at Hitler's door
which he mistakes for opportunity
is really the sheriff with some
long overdue accounts.
-Four fellows arrested in Clevc-
land with 400 pair of loaded dice
may be expected to shoot their way
out of Jail
Sleeping with the window open
IS regaroed to be gooo for in
soinnia. So for that matter is
sleeping with the window shut.
-Four hundred years before the
Christian era tooth-sticks were
used to cle1n the teeth. The
sticks were made Of fresh twigs
from trees.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-12-04
Normandie Delayed as Mobile Guards
Dispossess French Strike Crews

PARIS, Dec. g. (UP)-The liner Normandie occu
pied by strong force of mobile guards today genera
maritime strike at lie Havre delayed its sailing for New
York The strike called to enforce demand that th
government annul all penalties against participants il
Imperial Valley press., 1938-12-04
thoughts for the Day

Seek good and not evil, that We may live: and so
the Lord the God Of hosts. shall be with you as We
have spoken.-Amos STA