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Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-06


and all was we'll That is, for
while. The depression came along
and threw her into the street. She
had no job. and she had fallen into
the expensive habit of eating.
Did she sit Down and fold her
hands and say. There's no use
trying. There are no jobs to be
had" Indeed she did not. She
tramped the street, made contacts
and finally drew up a list OF her
prospects. There were %. She
went after them with vim and
vigor. One was a chance to do
publicity for a dairy, another to
boost a Broadway show. Every
single one of them encouraging!
And every single enc of them
washed out from under her! Was
she discouraged? OF course she
was. But she grittcd her teeth
and started in again. Then came
the twenty-fourth prospect, the
most humble and insignificant OF
all. 1t was to chatter over radio
station. She didn't think she could
talk to a microphone. But Mary
Margaret wasn't neglecting any op-
portunity.
They wanted her to do an imita-
ton of a humorous philosopher
a sort of Mrs. Dooley. 1t made
her sad to think of being humor-
Gus. But she wasn't going to pass
up any prospect.
She wrote her humorous phil
osophy, worked it out in Irish
dialect. rehearsed most carefully,
and went before the microphone
for her first broadcast.
1t was awful The manager said
he had listened to thousands of
programs, but this was the worst
he had ever heard
Mrs. Dooley Mcbride was as low
as a Cistern.
Finally she said, why can't 1
be myself? Let me talk like Mary
Margaret Mcbride of Paris, Mo,
instead of like Ms. Dcoley OF
Chicago"
After a little arguing the station
consented. She was herself and
nobody else. Immediately the let
ters began pouring in to Martha
Deane." the name she had chosen.
AS I write this, she is on two
rival radio chains and has more
time On the air than any other
woman in the worldl One program,
fifteen minutes long, the other
forty-five An hour a day, five
days a week-and all this as a
result of her tWenty-fourth job
Last year the newspapers pub
lished what her income was. 1t
was $4,000
Not bad for a Paris MO- girl.
en-?
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Photographs

Sixteen u. S. senator's and So
congressman who died in office
from 1907 to 1877 were buried be-
meath identical monuments near
Anacostia river, Washington, ID. c.
The ponderous sperm whale can
leap out Of water. disporting in the
manner Of the playful porpoise.
Approximately 100000 passen-
gers travel by train each day in
and out OF New York City
There are more than $4,000, 900
radio receiving sets in the United
States.
The fuel bill of U. S. railroads
for 1897 was more than 94000,-
900.
The attempt to enforce an excise
law passed in 1871 by the U. S.
congress resulted in the Pennsyl-
vania Whiskey rebellion. Domestic
distillers, rfuSing to pay the tax,
tarred and feathered tax collectors.
Fourteen pounds of opium was
found concealed in IA hollow crick-
ct bats recently shipped from CAL
cUtta TO Rangoon.
A man could be fined for enter
ing church with spurs on, ac-
cording TO old English uaw
The average value of passenger
automobiles now on highways Of
the United States is approximately
$3.50
Berlins new university city, sit
u9ted near the Olympic stadium,
will be named for Adolf Hitler.
Licensed fishermen in tire United
States number more than 100000.
The Greek adopted the Phone
press vowel sounds.
Eton, England's most exclusive
boys school, requires students to
wear formal dress at all times, ex-
cept when engaging in sports.
A Philadelphia scientist has sue
ceeded in extracting electricity
from ordinary lemons.
Between 1871 and 1874 more
than a million head of buffalo
we're slain each year on western
plains of the United States.
Cucumbers. which appear quite
solid. actually are 95 per cent wa
ter
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-06
KNEE DEEP
IN JUNE

(Tulare Advance-RegiSter)
Tell yuh what like tn best,
Long about knee-deep in June
Bout tn time Strawberries
MeltS on the vineS-Some afternoon
| like to jest git out and rest
An not work at nothin' else.
RILEY
It's approaching that time of year
when boys the world over are looking
eagerly forward to the close of school.
to care-free days when they can shoulder
fishing poles, forget about chores, and
saunter. whistling, up some mountain
trail in search of high adventure.
What glorious privilege, to be boy
in California Here Gods out-of-doorS
is flooded with grateful sunshine, kissed
with cool breezes and redolent with the
perfumes of million fragrant blooms.
Parents who are wise in the ways of
children understand boys annual
longing for the wide open spaces, for
the woods. the hills and the mountain
streams Fortunately, they also realize
the imperative need of iudicious super
vision of Juvenile activities and particu-
larly, at summer camps On the subject
Arthur Rogers, internationally known
youth authority, and president of the
Montezuma School for Boys, rightly
says:
"A boy naturally prefers to stand on
his own feet, tie his own shoe laces and
build his own fires. These things develop
resourcefulness. Unquestionably the op
portunity to see, to know and to do,
should be afforded him-but under wise
supervision
Not many of us have enjoyed the ad-
vantage of close association with groups
of boys, as has DR.. Rogers, who year af-
ter year supervises a summer camp for
boys high in the mountains, where his
knowledge and understanding of boys
psychology long ago made him lone of
the gang But at the very least we can
see to it that our boys, wherever they
go for summer vacation, are under COM
petent supervision.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-06
4 FUTURE FOR ERRAND BOYS
Christian Science Monitorl


The town of Cardiff in Wales is at
tempting to make the job of errand boy
something more than a cul-de-sac; and
the Juvenile Employment Committee
there is submitting to the National Coun-
Gil of the Chamber of Trade its scheme,
whereby a pool Of recommended boys,
who are approaching the age Of dismissal
would be drawn upon automatically to
fill vacancies in higher-rade work. 1t is
time that something of this sort was
done; for the errand boy everywhere
appears to have less chance of career
than neophytes in other professions and
trades.
By contrast, the post of office boy is,
traditionally, almost as good a start for
the business man as the proverbial half
a-crown in his pocket; and to nave
cleaned the windows, and swept
the floor,
is to have laid the foundations of emf
nence. The cabin boy may aspire to
being captain, the boOtboy need not.
of necessity, have his heart in his boots,
and the call boy may we'll turn out
man of parts; but to run on errands is,
at present, to run oneself to standstill.
One reason for this is that the errand
boy, unlike these young workers has
little opportunity of learning the trade
to which he is an auxiliary; but his job
is, intrinsically, no less valuable, and
demands, perhaps, even more trust
worthiness than theirs, and deserves
equally, to be a stepping stone to better
things.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-06
NOTICE OF TIME AND PLACE
APPOINTED FOR PROVING
WILL AND HEARING APPLI-
CATION FOR LETTERS TESLA
MENTARY


In The Superior Court of the State
of California, i'm and for the
County of Imperial
In the Matter of the Estate OF
PETER j. STORMS,
Deceased.
Notice is hereby given that
petition for probate of the will Of
Peter j. Storms, deceased, and fol
the issuance to Fred Mastick anc
George Campbell of letters testa-
mentary, has been filed in this court
and that Friday the 18th day of May
1893, at two o'clock PM, of said
day, at the courtroom of Depart
ment two of said court, at the
Court House In the City of Ell Cen
tro, County of Imperial, State of
California, has been set for the
hearing OF said petition, when and
where any person interested may
appear and contest the same, and
show cause, if any they have, why
said petition should not be granted.
Fred Mastick and Geo. L. Camp
bell executors named in the will
of decedent
DATED: April 25th, 1888.
W. j. McCLELLAND,
County Clerk.
by CTTTTA IAMSON.
Deputy Clerk.
A. 26-M, 6 incl,
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S u NJ NJ d N 5
No. 17750


In the Superior Court of The State
of California, in and for the
County of Imperial.
IMPERIAL IRRIGATION
DISTRICT, Plaintiff
j. NJ. STEMMLER ct al.
Defendants
Harry w. Horton and Geo. r.
Kirk, Attorneys for Plaintiff.
The People of The State of Cali
fGrnia Send Greetings to:
j. M STEMMLER, ROSARIO
RUSSEK, A. II. PARKER, TITLE
GUARANTEE AND TRUST COM
PANY, a Corporation, Trustee, CE
GIL j. GARDNER, p. H. MARLAY,
JOHN DOE, JANE DOE, RICHARD
ROE, JOHN ROE 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 else
where.
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 9Th day of July, 1887.
w. j. McCLELLAND,
(SEAL) County Clerk
by G.. o. KENYON.
Deputy Clerk.
a. % 29-M 9 u 20 27--J. 3 10 II "a
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taxes advanced March 30,
1885, in the sum of $50.73,
Balance 1882 general taxes adj
Nanned Anril Is la2h In IhG

1885, in the sum of S50.73,
Balance 1892 general taxes adj
vanced April Is, 1895, in the
sum Of $28672; and
WHEREAS, In accordance with
the provisions OF said note and
Deed of Trust, and by reason Of
such default, the owner an holder
of said note and obligations eXer-
cise'1 the option given therein and
did declare all sums secured there
by to be Immediately due and pay
able. and did execute and deliver
to the Trustee, a written declara-
ton of default and demand for sale,
and thereafter, in accordance with
the provisions of Section 1924 OF
the Civil Code, did record a notice
of default and breach in the con
ditions of said Deed of Trust which
said notice was recorded May 2.
1885, in Book 402 page 154 of Off
cial Records of Imperial County;
and
WHEREAS, Said Deed of Trust
provides that after three months
shall have elapsed following such
recordation of said notice the Trus-
tee, without demand, shall sell said
property as therein provided
NOW THEREFORE, Notice is
hereby given that by virtue of the
authority vested under said Decd
Of Trust. said Security Title Insur-
ance and Guarantee Company will
sell at public auction TO the high
est bidder for cash in lawful money
of the United States, on Saturday,
May IA, 1888, at the hour of 11:00
O'Clock AM, at the main entrance
to the Imperial County Court House,
in the City of Ell Centro, County CT
Imperial, State Of California, the
interest conveyed to said Trustee
by said Deed of Trust in and to the
property therein described, situate
in the County of Imperial, State
of California, described as follows:
All Of the South half (Sh)
OF Tract One Hundred Fifty
seven 15D, Township Six
teen Q6) south, Range
Thirteen G3i East, SB.M,
as per Map Of the re-survey
approved and filed in the
United States Land Office
at Los Angeles, California,
containing in all eighty 900
acres, more or less
or SO much thereof as shall b.
necessary to pay all sums due anti
unpaid or to become due, secured
by said Deed of Trust, subject, how
ever, to any and all prior liens and
encumbranceS. -~-
DATED April 81, 1888.
SECURITY TITLE INSURANCE
AND GUARANTEE COMPANY
BY WILLIS H. CAREY,
It's Assistant Secretary.
CORPORATE SEAL)
A. % pm, Q,
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NOTICE OF TRUSTEES SALE
Mn S2066

WHEREAS. Daisy M. Dearborn, a
single woman, by deed of Trust
dated April "a, 1923, and recorded
April 30, 1923, in Book 20T, page
1893 of Deeds, Records Of Imperial
County, California, did grant and
convey that certain real property
hereinafter described to M. E.
Singleton, as Trustee, to secure,
among other things one promissory
note in the aggregate sum of
$480000 with interest thereon at
the rate of eight per cent per an
mum, payable semi-annually, in
favor of Missouri State Life Insur-
ance Company. also to secure any
other sums of money which might
become due and payable under the
terms of said Deed of Trust; and
WHEREAS said Trust Deed was
assigned to the General American
Life Insurance Company, cor
poration, by Assignment dated
September 8, 1893, and recorded De-
cember 2, 1888, in Book $40, page
"a of Official Records; and
WHEREAS, Security Title Insur-
ance and Guarantee Company, a
corporation, has been appointed as
Trustee under said Deed of Trust
in place of M. E. Singleton, de-
ceased by Order of the Superior
Court of the State of California,
in and for the County of Imperial,
Case No. 1903, dated March 81,
1893, and filed for record March
30, 1888, in the office of the Coun-
ty Recorder of Imperial County;
and
WHEREAS, Default was made in
the payments due upon said note
and obligation, in that the follow
ing items were not paid when due,
and still remain due, owing and
unpaid;
Balance of principal installment
due August l, 1881, in the sum
of $77,50,
Principal installment due Octo-
Der /, 1881, in the sum of
$4,000,
Principal inStallment due March
|, 1882, in the sum of $4,000,
Principal installment due Au-
gust l. 1882, in the sum of
$4,000,
Principal installment due jan
uary l, 1894, in the sum of
S350000,
1888 Imperial Irrigation District
taxes (balance) advanced on
June 18, 1894, in the sum OF
$13474,
First half 1884 general taxes
advanced November IS, 1884,
in the sum of $5073,
First instaIlment 1884 Imperial
Irrigation District taxes adj
vanced December II, 1884, in
the sum of $85.03
Second installment 1894 general
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-06
News Behind
the News
This Reorganization
ReuiUing the Dead E.

NGIONk--QlilcaS. llull1~A
Gus ell-informed persons in Con-
gress and the administration are
whispering through their new straw
hats. the reorganization bill is likely
to be brought back to the Hcus2
floor for another vote.
Supporters Of the measure keep
saying that the bill would pass
if it were brought up today The
special House committee on reor-
ganization to which the bill was
recommittsd is as strong for 1t as
ever. Administration stratesists, al
though they may deny it, nave
been assuring each ether that the
measure is far from dead.
Any plans which may definitely
exist for reporting out the bill, pos
sibly in modified form, are secret.
Conceivahly it might be rushed onto
the floor in a surprise move. But
if it actually is presented again at
this session. the chances are beI-
ter tnan even that ii won't be until
after the. House diSposes OF the
spending-lcnding program and the
wage-hour bill
The bill lest April 3 by a vote
of 1876 to 204 A switch OF llVc
votes would have carried it. Pro-
Roosevelt constituents have written
many letters beratins members
who voted to recommit. Six Wis
cCnsin Progressive congressman VINO
voted against the administration
have been especially excoriated in
this way. 1t has been hotly argued
whether the bill was defeated more
by the onslaught of propaganda
against it or by administration
clumsinesS in handling it. Other
arguments are being presented to
prove that the bill couldn't lose If
again offered.
On April 9, writing TO Majority
Leader Sam Rayburn to thank him
for his fight for the bill, Roosevelt
said the measure is intended to
simplify and improve the public
service and that the question pre-
sented lis" solely one Of policy.
If this present-tense attitude to-
ward the bill had not persisted,
Roosevelt probably by new would
have appointed someone to the
comptroller -generalship. lcng ago
left vacant by resignation of John
R. McCarl. The White House be-
lieyes that the group surrounding
Acting Comptroller General Rich
ard N. Elliott, former Republican
congressman, was one of the strong
est forces in the INSTRUMENTATION
lobby.
Although the bill would have
abolished the comptroller generals
office. the fact has gone unmen-
toned that Roosevelt can point
New Dealer to this l5-year term
if he so desires and thus end McCarl
policies which he considers OBJ
Structiye."
UnderSecretary of the Interior
Charlie West has been quietly pro-
noting himself for the job Con-
gresham Lindsay C. Warren Of
North Carolina has been men
toned And of course if you hap
pen to hear Of either of them-or
Of someone else-being appointed
to the post, it will indicate that
the administration has given up
hope for the reorganization bill.
Now that the tax bill compro-
mise has been made with its
skinny face-saving concession to
the President-who do you sup
pose is going around at this late
date defending the undistributed
profits tax and the capital gains
tax? Strangely enough that con-
servative Jim Farley, who has been
warning congressman against any
moro reform legislation.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-06
Well III!
TelIYou..
says
Bob Burns

Imagine the first person who
evos' greeted another one, with
How are you?" actually asked
the question, because he wanted to
know, but it's gotten so now we
Jest ask il through force of habit
when half tho time we don't care.
A lady came into my uncle's
drug store one 6ay and she said
three mustard plasters, bottle Of
Il want four boxes OF aspirin,
liniment, some quininci pills and
six bottles of chill and fever
tonic"
My uncle wrapped en- up and
handed the bundle To the lady and
say THANK you. sister, l hope
tho folks at your home are all
we'll
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-06

During the talk
this story came
out
Her name is
M a ry Mcbride
and she was bern
in Paris, Missouri.
She wanted TO
get ahead in the
world. so S h e
turned her back
en Paris Mis-
souri) and hied
away to Ne W
York expecting to
set the Hudson
River ON fire,
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-06

news for all the battle weary dads
OF the land.
No ona has ever taken the plain,
ordinary. humpe citizen of this
country aside and put him under
the microscope to find out just eN-
actly what it is that he is fighting
for. If the job is ever done, the
investigators will undoubtedly dis
cover that the most compelling
motive he owns is Che desire to
lcok like a somebody in the eyes
Of his son.
That isn't the easiest thing to
do. because the ordinary man has
a pretty clear conception of his
own unWorthineSs. Even Il he
happens to be a boss man, sitting
behind a big desk and rejoicing i'll
a gaudy title and fat pay-check,
he is all too conscious of the fact
that he is only cog in the busi-
ness wheel after all, and that he
could be replaced without too
much trouble And if he is cne of
the hired hands, as he usually Is,
hardly a day passes without re-
minding him Of his insignifcance.
But at home it is little diff
fcrent There someone actually
looks up to him. relies on his wis
dom and his knowledge of life,
trusts that he can do the impoS-
sible, and creates q private title Of
nobility for him.
Which makes all the difference
in the world.
Life isn't easy for most people.
Il is an eternal struggle in which
the chances Of victory are never
very bright, and it gives every
man a terrible, tragic lead of dis
appointment and disillusion to
carry.
Unless a man can draw strength
from some outside source, he is
apt to fail. And that source of
strength, in most cases, IS nothing
else than the love and trust in the
heart of a youngster at home.
Which brings us back to the
straw vote taken by Optimist In
ternational. Times may be hard
but junior still sees Dad as a WIN
ner And because there is, after
all. a scale Of values which tram
scends the worlds Workaday scale,
it is probable that ultimately jul
nior is quite correct.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-06
Hints on Etiquette

Men in business should dress
we'll but lnconspicuously, with Il
regard for workmanship and ma
terial rather than style.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-06
DALE
CARNEGIE
Author of How to Win
Friends and Influence
People Hf|

Would you like to hear how a
girl from Missouri lost out on
twenty-three jobs she had tried to
get? I met her the other day, and
we fell to swapping Missouri yarns.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-06
Grab BAG
OnCrM Minute Test

l. Who dominates generals for
The U. S. army?
.. Between what bodies of water
does Delaware lie?
3. What railroads run into
Grand Central terminal, New
VorlyO
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-06
Bridges Omitted

(Haverhill (MaS) GazetteJ
The congressional committee to
investigate the IVA has been COM
pleted and the foremost critic of
this vast New Deal experiment,
Senator Bridges, of New Hampshire,
was omitted from the personnel.
The avoWed reason for emitting
Bridges was his hostility to the
IVA. The New Deal argument was
that a hostile critic could not be
a fair investigator. 1t was not a
sensible argument because Bridges
as a member of the committee
would rot have been a judge but
one of a group of fact-finderS. We
know of no better person to get
all the facts than one who hates
and distrustS the thing about which
facts are sought. The argument,
furthermore, was advanced in dis
regard of congressional precedent,
which is to put on investigating
committees those congressman that
take the lead in demanding inves-
tigation.
lli ~ lllilJtll tlAttl vi Lllt blllla1"
sion of Bridges from the committee
is 10 give the public the idea that
The New Deal dared not have him
among the Investigators. This idea,
in turn, suggests the idea that the
New Deal knows something is
wrong with the IVA and does not
want the evil uncovered.
Turn-AbOut Note: A Partridge
in Connecticut shot into window,
landed on bed, and scared up a
hunter.
The Minnesota Indians who have
been fighting the removal of their
files and records started a little
late. Children at play appropriated
the Indian-file years ago.
A man who was suffering from
amnesia i'm Richmond, Va, recOv-
G"cd to find that he had been Civ
ing away hundred dollar bills, and
now he's probably wishing he had
h $ amncsia back AGAIN.
Approximately 27000,000 babies
are born throughout the world each
year.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-06
One-Minutc Test Answers

/. The president, with confirma
ton by the senate.
2. Delaware ana Chesapeake
bays.
3. New York Central and New
York. New Haven and Hartford.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-06
Today'S horoscope

Persons whose birthday occurs
today may be Of pugnacious ma
ture. Those who carry a chip on
their shoulder often get into trou-
BILE.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-06
thoughts for the Day

But they refused to hearken, and pulled away the
shoulder and stopped their ears, that they should
not hear-zechariah I'll.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-06
Words of Wisdom

Only actions give life strength;
only moderation gives it charm
Richter.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-06
Barbs --

A man who was hunting gold in
California has just turned up
some fossils. A fossil is exactly
what most gold-diggers go out
hunting for.
The Florida farmer who used
monoxide gas to eliminate boil
weevils would be doing the city
folks great favor if he could
figure a way to eliminate mon
oxide gas.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-06
You re Telling Ne -
nN IIrIIlIAM DIr,E
DI VTLLTIIIN NJ Il
NOTED ASTRONOMER

lIlc ulllNGISc 10 llOJ thpollQlllB, do
is generally believed by other star
gazers. Good heavens, don't tell
Us that infinity is also having a
recession!
Police in western city are seek
ing the ideal warning in verse for
traffic signs. What's wrong with:
Night tight-light! Re d!-Sped-
dead!"?
Tootsie the Typist, after read
ing news stories about the wages
ard-hours bill, says what has
stumped her is SO much mention
OF the Mum family-you know,
Minnie and Make.
Some girls have a way with men
and others Just have a weigh.
"A Mans Home Is His Castle
that's still true though it was
written way back when a house
was completely surrounded by a
moat instead of mortgages.
European women are reported
slow in buying gas masks because
they look so hideouS. There's .
new problem for Would-be-War
makers-to invent gas mask
which adds subtle charm to the
Wearer.
The surest sign that it's May
are the sports page interviews with
eight or more big league baseball
managers who talk about plans
for next season.