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Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-23
THE KIND OF SKEPTICISM
THE WORLD NEEDS TODAY

President Robert Gordon Sproul of the
University of California gave graduates
the best advice in the world when he told
them TO employ intellectual skepticism'
to combat propaganda. His words were
we'll chosen when he told the youngsters
they We're going out into a world in
which all their energies should be ex-
panded in preserving democracy.
The only reason radical beliefs of any
sort-Communism, Fascism or any other
isn-have taken root in many lands is
because the people of those lands were
not capable of employing the right kind
of skepticism. Dr. Sproul calls it "intel-
lectual skepticism." We prefer to call
it intelligent skepticism"
In this country and in every other
country in the world today there are
forces at work playing on the skepticism
of the average man. They do not want
him to use intelligent skepticism They
want him to be skeptical of the things
they are opposed to. Skeptical, for in
stance, of the courts, the law, the gov
ernment. Then like shot out of the
blue, they advance their own hair-brained
scheme, and trust TO their own oratory
that the average man will not think to
be skeptical of that, too. And it is the
one thing above all others. he should
be skeptical of.
Intelligent skepticism is nothing more
nor less than an intelligent, common
sense appraisal of the matter under con-
sideration. To reduce it to its lowest
common denominator, it is the thing that
makes us doubt that water will run up
hill. And, queerly enough, it is the thing
all too few people employ
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-23
WHEN GENTLEMEN STOP
BEING GENTLEMEN

In his column in this newspaper the
other day ID. l.. Zinn took occasion to
administer just rebuke to road hogs"
who, travelling on city boulevard, speed
up from half a block away to beat an
other driver across when the other
driver got there first but had to make
boulevard stop.
We have all experienced the unpleas-
antness of such an occurrence-and a
lot of us have been guilty Of the road hog
role. 1t is one of the manifestations of
the inability of the American public to
be ladies and gentlemen when behind
the wheels of motor cars.
The man who would not for an instant
think of showing another out of line
while waiting to buy theater ticket
thinks nothing whatever of displacing
another motorist when he is behind the
wheel of his car. Yet the maximum pen
atty for the first offense would be
black eye; the penalty for the second
might be death.
The woman who would apologize pro-
fusely if she stepped on d strangers
toe on the street goes merrily on her way
after running another driver into the
ditch.
A lot Of plans have been advanced to
curb the accident toll in this country.
As yet, none has been broached that
seems better than the very simple one
represented by the admonition.
''Be courteous.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-23
Bruce Cation Says
- 1t Looked Bad in 1857, Too

storm clouds of 1857 dissipated
and came out into world wherein
a man could be fairly satisfied
with the present and decently
hopeful about the future.
The interesting thing about 1t,
of course, is the fact that you
would need to change only half a
dozen words or SO in order to
make that old Harper's Weekly
screed perfectly timely for use to-
day.
Once again we live amid grave
and deep apprehension One
again the future has seemed in
calculable". Once again we suffer
from commercial prostration and
panic. The French political caul-
dron is seething and bubbling
again, Russia is still a dark cloud.
the British empire is still in q
tight place-and SO on and so on,
sentence by sentence.
But somehow the world did live
through 1857 and the dire events
which lay on 1857s horizon, and
be came a better and happier
place.
Is one being a fatuous optimist
to suggest that We shall ultimately
be able to say the same thing OF
1888 and its troubles?
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-23
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT
S u M NJ o N S
Aro rOnnE

SU M MON
NO. 1905
In the Superior Court of the state
of California i'm and for the
County of Imperial
INVESTMENT SECURITIES
CORPORATION, a Corporation,
Plaintiff
VS..
ALMA HAVEKOST, formerly
ALMA HILBERS, ct al,
Defendants.
HERBERT C. KELLY, SOP Southern
Title Bldg, San Diego, California,
Attorney for Plaintiff.
The People of The State Of Cali
fornia Send Greetings to:
ALMA HAVEKOST, formerly
Alma Hilbess, GEORGE H. HILL
BERS. HARVEY HILBERS, MAR
TIN HILBERS, MYRA HILBERS,
OTTO HILBERS individually and
also as Executor of the last will and
testament of Anna Hilbers, deceased,
MRS. FRANK LISTEN, MRS.
CHRISTOPHER MEYER, Will
LIAM MOELLER, l.. C. RICE, MRS.
LAURA WIEBALK, and JOHN
DOES NUMBERS ONE TO FIVE,
Inclusive, Defendants.
You Are Hereby Director to Ap-
pear and answer the Complaint in
an action entitled as above, brought
against you in the Superior Court
of the County of Imperial, State OF
California, within ten days after the
service on you of this Summons-if
served within this county; or with
in 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, OF
plaintiff will apply to the Court fol
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 10th day Of January,
1898.
w. j. McCLELLAND,
(SEAL) County Clerk.
BY G.. o. KENYON,
Deputy Clerk.
A. 18 25-M. 2 0 10 % 30-J. 6 13.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-23

The City Council of the City of
Ell Centro do ordain as follows:
SECTION I: WHEREAS the own
er of the property hereinafter de-
scribed has regularly filed with the
City Clerk his petition for a condi-
tional exception to the application
of said Zoning Ordinance, and upon
the presentation of said petition to
the City Council, a time and place
of hearing said petition was by
order duly fixed and notice of such
hearing was ordered, and thereafter,
and at the time and place SO fixed
and noticed, hearing was regu-
| larly had upon said petition, and
thereupon, the City Council grant,
ed said petition and ordered an
amendment of said zoning Ordi-
nance, all in accordance with the
provisions of said zoning Ordinance.
NOW, THEREFORE, Ordinance
No. 327, entitled "zoning Ordi-
nance, is hereby amended as fol-
lows:
There shall be and is hereby add
ed thereto and in Article vi a new
section numbered Six-f, Conditional
Exception No. six, which shall
read as follows:
The application of the provisions
of Article VI, Section Six hereof
shall be subject to a conditional
exception as follows, to-wit: Build
ing, structures and improvements
may be erected, constructed, estab-
lished. altered or enlarged in that
part of Zone one hereinafter de-
scribed and such premises so de-
scribed may be used in said Zone
one for the purpose of Service Sta
ton. Said part of said Zone One is
hereby described as follows: Lots
9 & 10, Blk. l, Eastside Subdivision
can unofficial sub-289 Main (east)
SECTION II: This ordinance shall
be published once in the Imperial
Valley Press, and win become effec-
tive thirty days from and after its
passage.
HERBERT w. F'AWCETT,
Mayor of the City of Ell Centro
ATTEST:
C. G.. Mousseau, City Clerk.
STATE OF CALIFORNIA }
COUNTY OF IMPERIAL } SIS
CITY OF Ell CENTRIC
l, c. G.. Mousseau, City Clerk OF
the City of Ell Centre do hereby
certify that the foregoing is a true
and correct copy OF ordinance of
the City of Ell Centre and that the
same was duly passed and adopted
on the 18th day Of May, 1888, by
the following vote:
AYES: Moore, Sones, Eyer,
Fawcett
NOES: None
ABSENT: Scriven
WITNESS my name and official
seal of the City of FL Centro this
10Th day of May, 1898.
c. G.. MOUSSEAU,
| tSEAL) City Clerk
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-23

of this boy who wanted to work
at something which had gone about
as far as it ever could, anyway!
Electricity is something you
get when you rub a cats fur,
they said.
One day street car with a span
of horses passed Frank. the
driver larTuped the horses and the
car rolled slowly on. The boy was
struck by a most absurd idea. He
could invent a machine winch
would pull that street car! Whef
he told his idea. the people smil-
ed kindly The boy meant well. He
kept right on with his foolish idea
putting into it every hour, and
every penny. possible.
The moment he had looked for
ward to all the years arrived when
he was thirty He had invented q
car which didn't need horses, nor
a cable. But he did need money
to finance it.
The richest man in New York
was the financier. Jay Gould. II
only he could meet him. Finally
he wangeld a letter of introduc
ton and went to see this wizard
of Wall Street. The light in the
young mans eyes appealed to Jay
Gould. He felt the power OF his
personality.
Il want to see your contraptior
with my own eyes" Jay Goulo
told Frank.
Gould was so busy that he hao
to set a Sunday for seeing the
"cDntraption'. Sprague took Jay
Gould to a flat-topped car which
he had rugged up. There were nc
sides, no seats. But no matter
this was the greatest moment OF
his lifel
Sprague turned switch, the cal
shot forward. Jay Gould, caught
unaware, snatched at the air
staggered to the edge of the carr
and pitched off on his shoulder.
He got up, busted himself off
mad as hops. I'll have nothing tt
do with it." he Stormed ano
marched away.
NeVerIIlSltSS, rIdllh ll'u Si4
enough to plug away until he per-
fected his device, got a backer
and built the first commercial
electric street-car line in the Worlc
in Richmond, Virginia. 1t was ar
instantaneous success. In two
years there were eco cities in the
United States with electric cal
lines.
Mr. Sprague died in 1884 He
lies buried in Arlington Cemetery
across the Potomac from wash
ington. DC, where the United
States government buries its sol
diers and some of its great men.
Mr.. Sprague made himself ar
outstanding success because he de-
termined as a young man on wha1
he wanted to do, and kept relent-
lessly at it.
Boys, decide what you wish tt
do. then bend every effort towart
that end. If you do, earnestly
conscientiously, then, sooner OF
later, some measure of success viii
be yours.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-23
You re Telling Ne -
BY WILLIAM RIFT

IN TWO MORE months many q
job-seeking June college graduate
will begin wondering why he ever
thought trying to pass an eXlml-
nation was tough stuff.
Visitors to the New York Worlds
fair will be offered a chance to
lump with a parachute from a
high tower. For a small Zee, 1t
seems. they will be able to enjoy
all the thrills of being a bankrupt
Wall Street plunger.
The ancient home of Isaak Wal
ton, most famous of fishermen,
burns To the ground in England
You shold have seen the size OF
the flames that got away from the
firemen.
The Chicago man who admitted
writing 10000 bad checks III a year
certainly did his bit to help con
sumo the oversupply of rubber.
Western poultry farmer says he
cannot estimate his loss from
thefts by hen stealers. 1t seems
he forgot to count his chickens
before they were snatched.
A democracy is country winch
has no royal family but in which
every college campus has its queen
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-23
News Behind
the News
Boss Frank Hague :.
r. r, on the SPOT :.

WASHINGTON, - A dlScoilcerG
ingly huge flood of protests against
Boss Frank Hague of Jersey CITY
has been reaching the White
House.
Letters and kilograms began to
pour in after Norman Thomas,
Socialist leader. was elected from
Jersey City when he tried to make
a speech there. No one on the re
ceiving end supposed people
would make too much rumpus.
But it would take much mightier
shout to make the administration
act against Hague.
President Roosevelt can hardly
butt into Jersey City's affairs just
because May or Hague denies the
right of free speech there. But he
could move to oust Hague from
his post as vice chairman of the
Democratic National committee
and he has been asked to do that.
Neither Roosevelt nor National
Chairman Jim Farley. however, is
willing to sever relations with a
Democratic machine boss who con-
trols a state as populous as New
Jersey. Meanwhile, such Repubh'
can leaders as former Governor
Landon of Kansas and Governor
Aiken of New York have publicly
attacked Hague and his strong
arm tactics.
Although conservative Supreme
Court justices have no love Tor
Justice Hugo L. Black, it's the IL
berals who now dominate the
Court and the split among this
group is perhaps the most inter-
csting, definite fact behind the
scenes in the current hubbub over
charges that other justices were
taking cracks at Black.
Justice Harlan F. Stone has de
MED he ever told anyone that
Black was incompetent or lacking
in craftsmanship. But Stones
friends know that he and other
liberal justices believe Black
wants to move altogether too fast
in tearing down a structure OF
Court rulings and precedents with
which most liberals don't agree.
Stone and the more cautious lib
reals want to proceed step by step
without making the Court turn
spectacular flip-flops. Black be-
lieves in prompt, vigorous attack
on what he considers q century OF
more of constitutional misinter-
probation. Thus his recent spec
tacular dissent denouncing the So
year-old Court ruling that cor
poration was a person
The dispute between Stone and
Black, largely over tactics, seems
to be most of the real fire be
meath recent clouds of smoke.
1--WE taken an oath to uphold
the Constitution, not to be guild
ed by political exigencies,' said
Black recently when a friend told
him of criticisms of his dssents
within the Court.
The editor of weekly news
paper in Iowa recently wrote in a
humorous column that it was ru-
mored a WPA worker had died OF
heart disease and that officials
had had to examine "a workers tC
see which of them it was. Curious
ly enough, a WPA worker did die
of heart failure that very day ano
a delegation of hundred or more
WPA employees marched to see the
editor. who was out at the time
but subsequently apologized.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-23
CAR: ASSET OR LIABILITY?

A judge in North Adams, Mass, has
ordered a young WPA worker "either
to sell or give away his automobile
The young mans wife testified that her
husband spent most of his S12 weekly
earnings on the car. There have been
other cases where unemployment relief
has been refused to persons on the
ground they possessed a car. In some
instances this has seemed both harsh
and short-sighted, since a means of
transportation nowadays is often the
means of getting job. But it is difficult
to generaliZe on this point.
The support of an automobile is no
slight responsibility. Many a woman
whose husbands income was well above
the WPA level has ruefuliy given up
new dress or hat because the family char
lot needed tires, brake Innings or valve
grinding. 1t would never do for the courts
to be called upon to decide whether all
the families in the United States that
have automobiles should have them or
whether families that don't have them
should acquire them Such task would
call for too many SOomOns.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-23
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT
s u M M o N S
Mn 1Q10r

NO. 1917
In the Superior Court of the State
of California, in and for the
County of Imperial
IMPERIAL IRRIGATION
DISTRICT, Plaintiff
L. c. TURNER, ct al,
Defendapts.
Harry w. Horton and Geo. r..
Kirk, Attorneys for Plaintiff.
The People of The State of Cali
fornia Send Greetings to:
l.. C. TURNER, HARRIET j.
TURNER. EMMA T. BOSTROM,
GEORGE w. BOSTROM, JOHN
DOE, JANE DOE, RICHARD ROE,
JOHN DOE COMPANY, a Corpora
ton, JOHN DOE as Administrator
of the Estate of RICHARD ROE,
Deceased, and RICHARD ROE
COMPANY, a Co-partnership, De-
PENDANTS.
You Are Hereby Directed to Ap-
pear and answer the Complaint In
an action entitled as above brought
against you in the Superior Court
of the County Of Imperial, State Of
California, within 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 7th day of April, 1888
w. j. McCLELLAND,
tSEAL) County Clerk
BY CITHA LAMSON,
Deputy Clerk.
M. 2 8 l6 % 30-J. 6 13 20 27-J. q.
YOU haven't read ALL the news
Until You've Read ALL the Adsl
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-23
Well III
Tell
! Says
Bob Burns

The reason il takes so long TO
try case in court is not on ae-
count of the long speeehes the
lawyers make, but because 1t taxes
so much time to explain what the
lawyers are talkin' about.
One time grandpa Snazzy was
called as a witness and the law
yer says, "Now. Mr.. Snazzy, ana
YOU or did you not, on the date IN
ouestion or at any time previously
or subsequently, say or even init
mate to the defendant or anyone
else. whether friend or mere ac-
ouaintance or in fact stranger.
that the statement imputed to you,
whether just or unjust and denied
by the plaintiff was matter OF
no moment or otherwise. Answer
did you or did you nOt?"
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-23


In the Superior Court Of the State
of California, in and for the
County Of Imperial
IMPERIAL IRRIGATION
DISTRICT, Plaintiff
RUSSELL A. NORTON, ct al,
Defendants
Harry w. Horton and Geo. r.
Kirk, Attorneys for Plaintiff.
The People of The State Of Cali
fOrnia Send Greetings to:
RUSSELL A. NORTON, LUCILLE
A. NORTON, LUCILLE E. NORTON,
JOHN DOE, JANE DOE, RICHARD
ROE, JOHN DOE COMPANY, a
Corporation, and RICHARD ROE
COMPANY, a Co-partnership, De-
PENDANTS.
You Are Hereby Directed to APP
pear and answer the Complaint IN
an action entitled as above brought
against you in the Superior Court
of the County of Imperial, State OF
California, within 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 30th day of June, 1887.
w. j. McCLELLAND.
(SEAL) County Clerk
BY c.. o. KENYON,
Deputy Clerk.
M. 2 9 16 % 30. 6 13 20 27-J. 4.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-23
BEHIND THE TIMES

William Allen White declares that the
complacent middle class must take up
the job of providing employment for the
100000 idle if it is to retain the reins
of government. If Mr. White looked at
the middle class mans tax bill, he would
know the great middle class is already
following his advice.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-23
Famous Sayings

1t is pretty cold comfort when
you are feeling blue, to be told
that other people have felt blue
before and have got over it. But
if you can be shown that these
other people felt blue in exactly
the same way you do, had the
same reasons you have for think
ing they would never feel any bet
ter, and yet somehow did win thru
to sunny optimism once more
well, maybe that would help a
little.
The publishing house of Harper
and Brothers the other day dug
up an editorial from Harper's
Weekly, printed on Oct. 10, 1887;
and for one reason and another
the thing makes especially inter-
esting reading right now.
1T is gloomy moment in his
tory" lamented the editor in 1857
Not for many years-not in the
lifetime of most men who read
this-has there been so much
grave and deep apprehension
llCNtl lids lllC luVtlC oSSAiiS' ~
incalculable as at this time.
"In our own country there is
universal commercial prostration
and panic, and thousands of our
poorest fellow citizens are turned
out against the approaching Win
ter without employment and with
out the prospect OF it.
I'm France the political cauldror
seethes and bubbles with uncer-
tainty; Russia hangs as usual, like
cloud, dark and silent upon the
horizon of Europe; while all the
energies, resources and influences
Of the British Empire are sorelJ
tried, and are yet to be tried more
sorely, in coping with the vast ant
deadly disturbed relations ir
Chine"
The editor went on at consider
able length in this vein, and hi:
conclusion was that times were
parlous and that there was little
hope in this world but if he liveo
1pOo aponob ba occIlra6ly saw tbf
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-23

United States
{ h a t tau g h t
electricity!
T his boys
name was Frank
j. Sprague.
Finally Frank
discovered a man
who was making
experiments in
this new tangled
thing. and he be-
gan dy ing
with him. Peo-
pie laughed at
the earnestness
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-23
Barbs -

Because his wife's nagging made
him a menace in traffic a Miami
motorist filed suit for divorce. The
migrate should have been tickled
she let him drive his car once in
a while.
Ralph Waldo Emerson, noted
American man of letters, entered
Harvard university at IA.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-23
IT'S NOT LABOR
THAT IS ATTACKED
San Rafael independently


Supporters of Harry Bridges among
the radical groups in the longshoremen
and warehousemenis unions are attempt
ing to throw a smoke screen about the
fight being made to deport Bridges, the
unnaturaliZed Australian as an undeSir-
able alien. They would becloud the real
issue with claims that the anti-Bridges
moves are open attacks on organized
labor
Nothing is farther from the truth and
the great rank and file of laboring men
in their numerous organized groups
whether CIO or AFL, whom we doubt
not hold little brief for Bridges and the
relative few, albeit poWerwielding agi-
tators who are his supporters, should
be among the first to disabuse the minds
of those who might be misled with such
assertions.
There are none in this country, except
the equally relative few radical anti
unionists but who cOncede that the work
ing man has Just as much right and in
defense of his own welfare should, or
ganiZe for mutual benefits and protec-
ton, as the manufacturer or the employ
er. There is no quarrel at any time with
sound thinking, sober acting organized
labor and it is matter of record that
whichever NGll-SONtIlltQ S1OupS VI COll-
scientious workers seek Improvement in
working conditions or when they demand
a higher wage scale to which they are
justly entitled, the adjustments are made
peaceably, speedily, and wholly salts
factorily to all concerned.
Harry Bridges and men of his stamp
have been thorn in the side of organiz-
ed labor from the very day he landed in
the United States, nor will there ever be
lasting peace until labor purges its ranks
of the few well-paid leaders" who make
themselves valuable and perpetuate their
jobs and salaries, by keeping employer
employe relations in a state of perpetual
turmoil. When there are unsettled is
sues, unadiudicated disputes, then the
leaders" have something to do. When
all is quiet on the labor front, when the
men are all working steadily, there is
nothing for such leaders to do and in
short time the rank and file will tire of
paying salaries to those who are not
working"
But don't let anyone tell you that the
widespread agitation to get Harry Brid
ges and those of his ilk out of the way
is a drive against organized labor. There
are too many good union men in the
American Legion and other organiza-
tions seeking to deport not Bridges alone
but all alien agitators to allow such
declaration to be taken seriously.