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Nogales international., 1938-08-13

on disease. The belief expressed in the Washington
convention that the public health is too vital
public concern to be left to private initiative.
With that most people will agree
very charming woman who is without opposition
1T the Democratic primaries is Mrs. Lula R. Lari-
more, county school superintendent. She is good
Democrat and good official.
You will have better opinion of bill collectors if
you pay your debts promptly.
Don't forget You do a lot of good if you don't
care who gets the credit.
Nogales international., 1938-08-13
NEW TARGET RANGE

Following several months alb
sence from the city, George w.
Bender of the U. S. Coast Guard
is back in NogaleS to open classes
in pistol shooting. A target range
is being constructed in the rear of
the former White-Parks Funeral
Home on Morley avenue.
Nogales international., 1938-08-13

Paul Arend declaring he gets
his physical exercise at home
with pick and shovel.
Nogales international., 1938-08-13

Justice OF The Peace E. L. Rich
mond Of Patagonia in Nogales hat
less. Apparently never wears one
Nogales international., 1938-08-13
John Newberry Medal

The John Newberry medal is to
children's literature what the Pulit-
zer prize is to adult literature 1t
Is awarded for the most distin-
guished juvenile book written by
q citizen or resident of the United
States anc published during the
preceding year.
Nogales international., 1938-08-13
THE MAIN DRAG

At the Rotary class in physical
education-Tom Robinson and jim
my Manson in bathing Suits-Phil
Herold and Grover Marsteller dane
ing around on one foot-R. H. Bib
olet panting-A. j. Mitchell weigh
ing in-Phil Herold declaring it
reminded him of his Spanish-Amer-
ican war days Gene Richards and
Theron Richardson reducing-J. B.
Page running-CharleS Bracker and
Dan Folts reading paper-Rus-
sell Meeker, Ed Alvarez and Bob
Alvarez bending over-Chuck Fain
almost standing on his head =
Charley Mccarthy" Smith laugh
ing-Al Saxon playing leap frog.
Following comments on the wealth
er:: Warm nights have added to the
difficulty of keeping pleasant dis
position-not enough rain-cattle-
men facing a hard fall and winter
unless water holes fill up-lack of
heavy rains-some good light show
ers this summer but not enough -
range in some parts of the country
green for awhile now beginning to
turn brown.
Paul Arend declaring he gets
his physical exercise at home
with pick and shovel.
Justice OF The Peace E. L. Rich
mond Of Patagonia in Nogales hat
less. Apparently never wears one.
NOgalian looking for Writ
Bowman on his farm north of
town opening three gates before
finding him on horseback.
Illuminated gold fish pond at A.
]. Abbott'S.
A. j. Mitchell getting ready for
the opening of school.
Vic Wager, Jr., sprinkling.
Graver MarStelIer trimming
trees.
Charley Tovrea roofing at soft
ball game following serious illness.
Homer Tully razzing Bob Fain,
catcher on Cheshire Softball team.
Seventeen Democratic candi-
didateS for precinct committee
men, Siyteen to be elected,
therefore, someone is going to
be disappointed.
Anna B. Ackley and Bill Chen
oweth boosting Jim Kerby for gov
ernor.
Bill Simonton, efficient clerk of
the board of supervisors, hard at
work on set of books.
Harry Conner's Betty talking to
George Januels Oscar.
Nogales international., 1938-08-13
And How!

Deer are SO tame in Ontario,
Canada, hunters won't have the
heart to shoot them Maybe so,
but we have an idea they'll have
guns to do the shooting with.
Nogales international., 1938-08-13
Quite A Backing In Job

Governor Stanford sees Petrified
forest park" 'Twasn't' in As min
ute zone either.
Nogales international., 1938-08-13
The Results Are The Same

Jackie Coogan makes pledge he
will never drink" We know kid
who made the same pledge-he got
around that by soaking his bread
in it,
Nogales international., 1938-08-13

These Were No Bargains
Fourteen ginuea pigs. inoculated
Imperial Valley press., 1938-02-27
News Behind the News
= Shadows in Washington

WASHINGTON-The likelihood that an anti
New Dealer will capture the governorship III
Roosevelt's home state of New York, usually
considered the second most important political
job in the nation is casting shadow in wash
ington.
No one processes to be able to see very clearly
into the future up there. But II Is Slgnltlcant
that Assistant Attorney General rtosert H. Jack
son. RooseveltS candidate for the governorsmp
who is about to become solicitor general of the
United States. is making no active effort for the
Democratic nomination.
Politicians here are increasingly inclined to
believe that Gov Herbert Lehman will seek re-
nomination. This may sound queer to those
who remember how Roosevelt had to beg him
publicly to get on the ticket in 1886 but Lehman
yearns to be U. S. senator
Efforts to persuade Senator Bob Wagner to
run for governor and let Lehman have the
senatorial nomination having failed. it now
appears Lehman prefers to stay in Albany so
as to be in a position to run against Senator
Copeland in 1910.
Lehman broke formally with Roosevelt dur
ing the Court fight. but insiders know that this
merely publcized a previous rift. With the pos
sible exceptions of Jackson and Jim Farley
either of whom would need full and whole
hearted support from Roosevelt, Lehman would
be the only New York Democrat who would
have chance of beating raCket-busting District
Attorney Tom Dewey should the latter accept
the Republican nomination. Dewey has said
that he isn't interested. but he is very likely
to be drafted by his party as its white hope
Attorney General John Bennett is seeking the
Democratic nomination and has so much support
among county chairmen and other politicians that
he is likely to be nominated by the Democratic
convention if neither Lehman Farley step
in. Few believe. however that Bennett could
beat Dewey.
Farley himself would like to be candidate
it seems. but the bitterness between old line
Tammanyites. the American Labor Party and
his own Democratic group in New York discour-
ages him as much as it cOnfuSes the whole
picture.
Jackson the only ro-ROoSevet New Dealer
the gubernatorial horizon, is receptive but
not eager He is speaking to the Young Demo-
Gratis in New York City on the oath, but has
proposals from New Workers who
sought to organize JacSSon-for- Governor clubs.
Well pleased with the important post of solicitor
general, he will have to be pushed by Roosevelt
before he rolls up his seeys and actively enters
the messy New York fight
The Senate's fbuster the anti-lynchng
bill cost more than 100000, if one accepts the
apparently reasonable estimate OF $4,000 day
made by the National Association for the Ad-
vancement of Coored People.
It's just plain argument whether failure to
pass other legislation in this period represented
further cost or an actual saving to the country.
Many filibusterers sat content in the thought
that they also filibustering against other
legislative schemes.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-02-27
MORE ABOUT CENTRAL
PUBLICITY BUREAU

What could a central county publici-
ty bureau do that the existing agencies
do not do?" asked an FL Centre man
Friday a few hours after the appearance
of an editorial in these columns advo-
eating organization of such central
bureau to coordinate functions now per-
formed by the chambers of commerce
separately. the county board of trade
the county fair and other agencies.
A complete answer would take far
more room than is available here.
Suppose the county supervisors should
allot funds annually to maintain such an
office, the chambers of commerce should
contribute to its support, and it should
be Incorporated in the already efficient
organization which arranges the county
fair each year. 1t would not become
minor part of the county fair organiza-
tion-it would broaden that organiza-
ton immensely.
Parenthetically, may we say that the
county fair organization is suggested
as the group to be chosen because it
already has all the physical facilities
that would be needed; it has the offices,
the equipment and the experience. All
if needs is the staff
With such an arrangement employ
ment of an experienced man would be
possible. He should be a man who knows
his way around in newspaper and maga-
zine offices, who knows the needs of ra
dio entertainers, who knows what pic
lures editors will use and what stories
they are glad to get. And he should be
able to furnish these things. He should
be able to write a special article about
Imperial county for a magazine, or
special story for a newspaper. He should
have the confidence of editors and others
who control the media through which
Imperial county wants to tell its story
to the world.
Such men are available - but this
county cannot hire one of them if it
continues to scatter the money it spends
for municipal publicity. There are
enough funds available for the purpose,
but they will have to be spent more wise
ly before the most benefit is derived
from their expenditure.
There is wealth of material in I'M
perial county for every sort of maga-
zine and newspaper article. Every news
paperman who has ever worked here
has realized that. But the working news
paper men do not have time to collect
and make use of it. As a consequence,
Imperial county has suffered.
1t is within the hands of our official
and civic organizations to correct this
situation.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-02-27
Other Editors Say
PURPOSE OF LEARNING
Riverside Press


Helen Keller, most famous of the worlds blind
people seems to see with surprising cearneSs
what is going in the world as we'll as what
it needs. In a letter to a college publication
not long since, she wrote:
Let us remember to include among our
standards the highest truth-that human welfare
is the only ultimate goal, the sole justification
for the immense enthusiasm and the great sacri-
fces laid upon the altar Of learning. Civilization
expands colapses as we foster Or neglect the
central idea-to multiply the blessings and
lessen the calamties of mankind
The momentous need to which all our pres
ent problems point is to gather all PHILOSOPHERS,
ethics and knowledge into Science Of Man.
Is not this the highest sclIoarthip, which
shall bring peace, sanity and healing to fear
driven. beWildered World2'
Dr. Alexis Carrel VINO wrote the great book
Man, the Unknown would agree with Miss
Keller about this. SO would Alexander Pope
the eighteenth century poet. He declared you'll
remember, The proper study Of mankind is man"
and we must agree that is trIe. What human
knowledge is for, is mainly it seems to us, to
make human life more worth living II would
be a wonderful thing if all the boys and girls
going to college could start with this idea and
stay with it.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-02-27
THIS ORIENTAL LOTTERY
OF Ell CENTRO'S

There is no doubt that Assembly
Speaker William Mosely Jones investi
eating committee has done a. lot of good
in southern California, but as far as
Ell Centro, at least, is concerned, the
assembly speaker did his committee
lot of harm when he named this city as
one in which a vicious oriental lottery
racket is operating.
Ell Centre may not be entirely a closed
town as far as gambling is concerned
there's horse racing board that Oper
ates under state license and there are
undoubtedly cartl games operated at
various places in the city. But if there
is any lottery racket operated in Ell Cen
tro, it has been as quiet as dead mouse,
Nobody we know has heard of it.
Maybe the speaker meant some other
town
Imperial Valley press., 1938-02-27

The joint congressional COM
mittee which made junket TO
Hawaii last summer surely must
have known before leaving the U.
S. mainland that the recommenda-
ton it just made to the Senate
and House was foregone conclu-
sion.
The committee advised that a
proposal to admit Hawaii to the
Union as the 49th state be deferred
pending further study, and men
toned two reaSons--"present dls-
turbed condition of interhationa!
affairs" and a possible plebiscite.
The committee could have OBJ
tanned the information which led
to that recommendation by read
ing a few disturbing headlines
in the daily newspapers and by
five minutes study in the Congress
sional Library.
Hawaii was annexed by the
United States in 1898 on Hawaii's
own request, after four years OF
the republic which followed the de-
posing of Queen .Liliuokalam. In
1904 the islands were constituted as
territory and a government set
up which consists of Senate and
a House, elected; and a governor
and secretary appointed by the
President of the United States.
These facts are contained in one
paragraph of the Statesman's
Yearbook. An adjacent paragraph
gives some figurdes.
The estimated population OF
Hawaii in 1885 was 384437, includ-
ING.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-02-27
Bruce Cation Says
Takinu Hawaii Into the Union

HawaiianS, 21,7l0.
Part Hawaiians, 35.978.
Japanese, 1892.
The remainder are miscellaneous
thousands of Americans, Chinese
and Filipinos, a smaller number of
Puerto Ricans, Spanish, Russians,
Koreans, British and Germans.
There are more Americans than
Chinese, many more Japanese
than both Americans and Hawai-
ianS.
BY annexing Hawaii into
state, the government would pre-
sumably be adopting as American
citizens the mixed races OF the
islands. Each one would have con-
stitutionally free access into the
48 other states of the Union.
In 1882 the voters of Hawaii
numbered 71,168, of which 2l,836
were Hawaiians or part HaWaiians.
1888 Americans and the remand
era majority of ,744-divided
among other races.
The leaves at least two pretty
doubtful aspects to the annexation
idea, even disregarding the 1000
miles between Hawaii and the
other states.
Does the United States want
that heterogeneous racial mixture
with full statehood privileges?
And with that voting mixture,
would the citizens of Hawaii favor
annexation if the matter came to
a plebiScite. anyway?
Imperial Valley press., 1938-02-27
DISTRICT
REPORT
CONTINUED
pANY OFFER
POWER COMPANY OFFEH
Cont
(23rd InStallment

The corporation will agree that in
case of default on its part the dis
trict shall have an option within
one year following such default to
purchase all properties of the cor
poration located in Imperial Valley
used and useful in the service OF
electrical energy to the valley, at
its fair or full cash value thereof
as may be determined at the time
by the California Railroad Com
mission, without allowance for Sc
verance damage
Presumably the 5-mill price set
forth in this offer would have been
applicable to all of the sales of
power by Southern Sierras Power
company in Imperial county and
Coachella Valley, including amounts
sold for resale in Mexico and
Arizona. The growth of such sales
is shown in Table 4. The balance
of the hydroelectric energy which
could be developed on All American
canal would presumably have been
taken by the company for general
distribution on other parts OF its
system. If this offer were accepted
and a contract were entered into
embodying these features, the dis
trict would receive an average OF
about 100000 gross revenue dur
ing the next fifteen years. From
this amount there would have to
be deducted operating expenses of
the hydroelectric plants and fixed
charges. These would approximate
about 100000 per year, leaving
roughly 100000 as the net annual
revenue available for construction
repayments to the United States.
Table 4
Gross Sales of Power by South
ern SierraS Power Company in
Imperial County and Coachella
Valleys.
Amounts To Nearest Million Kill
Imperial Valley press., 1938-02-27

NOTE-ta) Inclusive OF about 1.5
million kilowatt hours sold by Dis
trict in Brawley
The district, however, did not
elect to accept this offer submit
ted by the power company; on the
contrary, it has proceeded with def
mite steps to construct its own
distributing system for the delivery
of electric energy in competition
with the company. Presumably, the
district officials we're guided in
that decision by the feeling that
eventual profits from the operation
of a publicly owned power system
would offset any temporary advan-
tage TO be gained by acceptance
Of the power company offer.
The contract between the district
and Public Works Administration
involved acceptance of the offer
of the United States. This specifi-
cally stated:
Il. Subject to the Terms and
Conditions CPWA Form No. 210,
July l, 1886, as amended to date
which are made part hereof, the
United States of America hereby
offers to aid in financing the con-
struction of hydro electric gener-
ating plant (now designated by the
Bureau of Reclamation Of the De-
partment of the Interior as All
American canal Power Plant No. a.,
additions and improvements to an
existing diesel transmission and
distribution system, including ne
cessary equipment and the acquis-
ition of necessary land and rights
of-way therefor (herein called the
Project" - the Project, together
with all present and future facili-
ties of the Imperial Irrigation dis
trict for the generation, transmits
sion and distribution of electric
energy.
(To BE Continuedl
Imperial Valley press., 1938-02-27

cooked hat" The cap suggests
talk out of the side of the mouth
and that classic of underworld vul-
gate: What do you hear from the
mob?" CapS-ps-S-St, like that
went the way of the walking stick.
There should be a revival.
1t takes a Gay go film or play
to show us how devastat atingly ridi-
culous styles look after roll of
years. My wife can make folk for
dinner almost laugh themselves sick
by showing a cabinet photo of mine
picturing my costume of peg-top
trousers, dinky coat hitting above
the hips, bulldog toed tan oxfords
and a gates-ajar collar topping
red puff tie. But it was about the
hottest caprice in our crotch Of
the creek when it first loome1 over
the ridges.
But the most amusing style con-
traption of yesteryear was the steel
spring do-hickey that was slipped
under the coat collars to keep them
just so. Freddie Cromley came home
from Marietta College with one and
Harry Franks Sons, local clothiers
had a run on them until the white
edging for vests was introduced by
city chap from Indianapolis who
came there to organize a street rail-
way concern. Then the raglan. The
ultimate syllable in hanky- -panky
was the light in cravanette rain
coat with raglan sleeve. 1t was
none other than AL Jolson who
introduced it to our young bloods
the year he appeared there as an
end man with AL G.. Fields. Or
maybe it was with Neil O'Brien or
LasseS White.
There was no civili1ing influence
Of the movies and radios in those
days and we got the drift of the
latest sartorial capers from the tour
ing theatrical companies or the
drummers who registered from New
York at the Park Central.
Out of lengthy past of indulg-
ing in and watching from side lines
changing styles for men only one
strikes me worth preserving. That
is the stock. Neatly adjusted, al
most anyone can look smart wear
ing one. 1t has no concern for
years. William Faversham in his
70's looks as spruce in one as young
Noel CoWard-both of whom are
pronounced exponents. Also Moth
ing so eXpertly satisfies masculine
craving for color without giving ap-
pearance of gaudiness. Oh, yes, it
is also peachy for hiding the soilcd
shirt.
Last of the little cigar smokers
seem to be Gelett Burgess and
Roscoe Peacock, the sage of North
Cohocton. AT lunch the other day
Burgess offered Peacock a slim ci-
garillo-the kind he keeps in a
pocket in his socks. Peacock gazed
in complete beWilderment. He
knew of no else who smoked thin
ones. He sends to Tampa for his
and Burgess gets his right around
the corner. Solemnly they shook
hands. The beginning Of one of
Websters beautiful friendships.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-02-27
Well III
TeIIYou..
says
Bob Burns

When people visit place for
the first time, they're naturally
little bit nervous. That's the
reason the local officials who
come i'm contact with them should
be kind and patient. That's why
my Uncle Fud was such a good
conductor on a train down home.
One time a young married cou-
rle was ridin' on his train and
when Uncle Fud asked for the
tickets, the groom was so nerv-
GUS he handed my uncle his mar
riage license instead of his ticket.
Uncle Fud looked at it and
says "Well, young fella, you got
a ticket here for a long, weary
journey but it amt on this line.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-02-27

like the ladies'
hats recently. The
decades revealed
queer millinery,
but never has the
art gone on such
a cock-eyed binge.
Anything goesl
In one block we
turn to see some
thing that sug-
gests a steplad'der
reaching for the
moon and diScov-
er it is Lillian
Gish W G arin 6
Imperial Valley press., 1938-02-27
The Grab Bag
One-Minute TEST

/. Who is new chairman of the
u. S. maritime commission?
2. What city has been called the
Gibraltar of America?
3. Name the most famous boule-
ward of Berlin.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-02-27
UOrOscOpe for Sunday

Persons whose birthday occurs
tomorrow may have deep philoso-
phical interests. They are guided by
thought rather than by emotion.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-02-27
One Minute Test Answers

/. Rear Admiral Emory Scott
Land has been designated by Pres
dent Roosevelt TO succeed Joseph
p. Kennedy, now U. S. ambassador
to Great Britain.
2. Quebec
3. UnteE den Linden.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-02-27

something by Suzy A little further
along we may bump into lovely
Lynn Fontanne with a misplaced
pen-Wiper dangling over left eye.
We laugh. no, no, at fashions
modern furbeloWs. Yet I wonder
if any feminine head-dress is more
Cutrageously hilarious than the old
fashioned sun-bonnet, which we
have sentimentalized in song, story
and poem until it seems almost
pretty thing.
Seeing a face inside a sunbonnet
was like peeking into tunnel. Yet
Sunbonnet Sues swinging on the
garden gate are a part Of our SEN
timental lore. Today they are
bit funny, but not half as comical
as the hats seen about The Colony
at lunch time will be 20 years from
now.
The change in mourning millin-
cry too, is worth a photographic
tWirl. Yesterday, for instance, I
came upon young woman recently
bereaved. Her husbands passing
ended a happy romance. Yet there
was, sensibly enough, nothing in her
dress and manner suggesting sor-
row One could not help but recall
the good widows Of other days. The
ght-fitting black bonnet with
mourning veil to heels, cumbersome,
macabre, depressing. Often the only
relief the rest of their lives was a
touch of white edging to collars and
cuffs after 20 years or so of epitom-
izing grief.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-02-27

Ishbel Mac Donald, "a, daughter
of a former British prime minis
ter, says counting is serious busi-
ness. She speaks as woman of 81.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-02-27
TOday's HorOscope

An inquisitive' mind is possessed
by many persons whose birthday
occurs today. They are known for
their empirical reasoning.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-02-27
Barbs go

Farm Security Administration. q,
working on low-cost steel housing,
might popularize their product
with the slogan, "A steel at $4,000.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-02-27
New York Day by Day

NEW YORK, Feb. 26-Nothing
ever startled most of us into those
goofily questioning gazes, such as
distinguish ZaSu Pitts and Ed Wynn,
Imperial Valley press., 1938-02-27
Hints ON Etiuuett0

Well bred children keep their
seats as much as possible during
train Journeys.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-02-27

That reminds me that outside
Joe Laurie, Jr., one never sees a
cap save on the golf course or ship
board. Or perhaps Damon Runyon
at the races. The gangster films
knocked them into what might be
called, paradoXically enough,
Imperial Valley press., 1938-02-27

Hat pins are back i'm style. Per-
haps some women find them nee
cssary to drive home a point.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-02-27
Thoughts for the Day $3.50

Every man according as he purpoSeth IN his heart
so let him give not erudgingly or of necessity. Tor
God loveth a cheerful giyen-II Corinthians %
Imperial Valley press., 1938-02-27

Germany, ont to capture the
Spanish film market, is making
"The Barber of Seville, apparent
ly believing there's so little eM-
citement in Spain these days it's
a coed time for a hair-raising
movie.