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The Nome nugget., 1938-07-15
NOTICE TO CREDITORS

In the Probate Court in and for the Port Clarence Precinct, Sec ond Division, Territory of Alaska.
 In the Matter of the Estate of
 H. J. CHRISTENSEN,
 Deceased.
 NOTICE is hereby given that by order of the Probate Court in and for the Port Clarence Pre- clnct, Alaska, the undersigned has been appointed Executor of the estate of H. J. CHRISTEN- SEN. deceased. All persons hay ing claims against said estate shall present them with proper vouchers attached, within six months from the date of this mo- tice, to the undersigned Executor. Such claims shall be presented to the Executor at Teller, Alaska, in care of Chas. L. Levan, United States Commissioner, or they may be presented at the office of Leroy M. Sullivan, Nome, Alaska. Dated at Teller, Alaska, this 1st day of July, 1888.
 THOMAS J. CHRISTENSEN,
 Executor. Leroy M. Sullivan, Nome, Attorney for Executor.
 Publish July l, 8, l5, 22, 1888.
The Nome nugget., 1938-07-15

Notes An sailings subject ts change without noee)
 Jes Haxnishs Agen1
The Nome nugget., 1938-07-15
STEPPING UP ALASKAN MAILS

H. Superintendent ever to visit Al aska, is now touring Interior Al aska, studying the problem of inn proved services. Easing at Fair banks for the time he IS flying over a vast area and covering a number of the major rail and highway routes.
 That his coming is appreciated by AlaskanS is putting it mildly. The meager highway and other land facilities and the advent ot the modern airplane in this most air-minded portion of Am erica makes it urgent that the mails take largely if not entirely to the air after leaving the main distribution points of the terri. tory.
 That MT. Lawrence is here to investigate ways and means of establishing better routings, in conformity with modern transpor tation facilities, speaks a volume.
 It is not to be forgotten that the postoffice department has been lending sympathetic ear to AL aska in more ways than one of late. The establishment of the first regularly instituted airmail service in Alaska-over the Fair banks WhitehorSe- Juneau route in May is one evidence. Its in- auguration brought here John L. Lamien, director of International Postal Service-the man who bears responsibilities of the com plicated set up of exchange of mails between the United States and all other countries by ocean, rail and all other means, includ- ing airlineS.
 Harnee Branch, second assist ant postmaster general, who vis- .sed here in 1885, is at Washing ton, where he has kept close gil and done much 70 speed the
 improvement of the Alaska mail sarvice. Delegate A. J. Dimond and Governor John w. Troy, also rave bsen alert in the same re- .o2et.
 Earl l. March, chef U. S. Rail way Mail Clerk, for this district, recently assigned to the field, has
 infested live interest in the eFort to improve the airmail outings and otherwise modern - the mail service for this re- 8 on.
 With al thesa official agencies, and other friends in Washington aad Alaska, the people of the territory may take heart in the hope that Alaska will be accord cd more liberal mail appropria- t31s. The pending program to Ink up the Northland airmail sa"Eice with reW routes between Sz2 tie and Juneau and connec- tons to numerous other points in
The Nome nugget., 1938-07-15

Dr. Your husband must be absolutely quiet. Here is a sleeping draught."
 Mrs. Whifietree: When do l give it to hIn?"
 Doc: You don't. Take it yourself"
The Nome nugget., 1938-07-15
NOTICE

Don't forget to leave your name and address for the Nugget to be sent to you via airplane at your mining camps, from now on.
The Nome nugget., 1938-07-15

Don't Fo-get-the Nugget circu-
 lates your political ads in the outlying section without extra cost
The Nome nugget., 1938-07-15

THE KEGOAYAH KOZGA Lending Library. is located at POlet's Branch Store. Book rem tai ten cents a week.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-09-07
GOOD HUNTING FOR
IMPERIAL VALLEY

"No Hunting" signs are posted on
more Imperial Valley fields this year
during dove season than ever before,
game wardens report. The answer is
that too many hunters" are in the field
and too few "sportsmen"
According to Webster, sportsman is
one who practices the sports of the
field, especially hunting and fishing =.
who has recourse to nothing illegitimate
=. good loser and graceful winner
A hunter is merely one who hunts.
Few farmers, if any, would object to
having a courteous sportsman shoot over
their fields, one who first asked permis-
sion, then watched carefully not to en-
danger livestock or to shoot near the
farmhouse. The farmer, however, who
objects to ruthless hunters cannonading
without permission within few yards
of his home has our complete sympathy.
Aside from the utter discourtesy and dis
regard for others rights, this type of
hunter endangers the lives of the farmer,
his wife and children and his livestock.
The farmer has no alternative except
to post his land, and in all too many
cases even then has to watch to see that
his signs are not blandly disregarded.
When hunters show more sportsman
ship and courtesy "No Hunting" signs
will vanish.
"Sportsmen" from coast cities are wei
come in Imperial Valley for the dove
season, or at any other time; but plain
hunters are noti
Imperial Valley press., 1938-09-07
IMPERIAL VALLEYS
REAL NEW YEAR

Throughout the business and social
life of Imperial Valley, from remotest
farm to busiest Main street, September
brings a quickening of life an anticipa-
ton of achievement and an expectation
of progress. The dull months of the sum-
mer-not so dull now as they used to be
are over, and the tempo of life quick
ems as new energy pours through the
veins of Imperial Valley commerce.
The evenings are brisker the days are
cooler, the streets of the valleys cities
are more crowded. On the farms there
Is the hustle of men preparing the way
for new crops, laying new plans for the
seasons that are ahead. In the homes
and among the clubs there is a renewal
of friendships, Fastening of social pro-
grams, a new interest in community af-
fairs.
1t is the beginning of new year in
Imperial Valley.
For customs sake this valley of ours
and its residents toot whistles and blow
horns as January 1st dawns every year,
but in the business of living there is no
time more like the new year than Sep
tember. For us it is the beginning of
another period in life, sharply marked
off from that just passed 1t is time
to take stock and lay plans; it is the
month when we lay down the founda-
tions of success for the days and weeks
to come.
The business man who is wise will
recognize September for what it is-the
time for good start into a good year.
Children will be crowding classrooms in
a few days, women will meet again in
their clubs and homes, tradesmen will
greet one another on the street with
smiles. Everywhere there is the feeling
that a new era is begun. Now, today. is
the time for each of us to buckle again
into the harness that may have gone
slack for few weeks Now is the time
to work together that our valley may
have glorious year.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-09-07
WHAT $50 PENSION
WOULD LEAD TO

kOfoNllle Mercury-heglStef)
The S30-Every-T Thursday plan is so
obviously impossible of success that we
cannot have confidence in an intelligent
man like Sheridan Downey who makes
it a paramount issue in his campaign for
L. S. senator.
In the first place, from the Downey
viewpoint, it had nothing to do with the
issues faced by candidate for u. S.
senator, for it is purely state issue for
which a L. S. senator can do nothing.
Thus, it must be that Downey, in espous-
ing it, was merely seeking a popular issue
to get votes, without any regard for what
he could give in exchange for those votes.
That is the attitude and tactics of a dem
agogue rather than of man worthy of
taking a seat in the most exalted legis-
lative body in the world
Downey has taken up one issue after
another that he hoped would be popular
enough to further his ambitions. 1t was
EPIC, then Townsend, then S30-Every-
Thursday. Finally he hit upon good
one.
As for the plan itself, some say it
may be best to enact it and let its back
ers and the state as whole learn once
and for all that there is no short cut to
Utopia, as the President put it.
No state that does not have the power
to coin legal tender can make such plan
work Alberta, Canada. learned that to
its sorrow, but its sorrow would be mild
as to ours after such an experiment, for
Alberta tried it on very limited scale,
whereas we plan to take the grand leap.
The reason it will not work is that
banks cannot legally accept the warrants
to be issued by the state, labor will not
accept them, and stores dare not accept
them. Thus, they will be left in the hands
of the recipients, only to be passed on
at increasingly large discounts, and soon
to become but scraps of paper, except
when someone wishes to pay taxes, when
they are worth their face value to the
extent of half the taxes to be paid
Only the merest fraction could be dis
posed of in that way, and yet enough
to bankrupt cities, counties and the state,
since not one of them could continue to
live on but half its present tax income
The plan would not work, but it could
not hardly be removed from the constitu-
ton in less than 6 months time for a
special session of the legislature would
be required to call a special election for
its repeal, and it would take time then
before the election could be held. Also,
it would be a month or two before the
full horror of the plan would dawn upon
a sufficient number to make repeal GER
tain.
So it is imperative that we defeat the
plan in November, or the consequences
will be terrific. If we can learn from
the experience of Alberta, we'll and good
but if we must learn by our own exper-
ience, woe be unto us.
In the flighty south the vote for the
plan will be immense as Downey has
demonstrated. Our vote should be cor
respondingly heavy against it.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-09-07

Picture to yourself, now, the way
YOU would feel, as an ardent and
patriotic German, after you had
lived OH that kind of diet for
week or so. You would be
straining at the leash, probably.
Before long you would be in a
frame of mind to support any war
like action your government might
choose to indulge in, and in the
end you would probably hail war
itself as a noble act of liberation
and blow against a shameful
tyranny.
Behind the scenes, of course, are
wirepuliers who want the whole
German nation to feel precisely
that way. The Nazf press campaign
is simply means of making sure
that Hitler will have solid support
for any belligerent course he may
take. And since no one can present
the other side of the question
since no paper in ali Germany can
hint that these reports from Czech
oslovakia are overdrawn-the press
campaign is bound to succeed.
And that means that the German
people have been placed at the
mercy of their own emotions. They
can be played upon by their own
government, and they have no u
fense-because every avenue tfN
which their emotions can be reach
ed, every inlet for news and propa-
ganda, is in the hands of the gov
ernment.
It is that sort of thing which a
free press prevents. Propaganda
does exist, of course, even where
the press is free, and false reports
do circulate; but there is always a
counter-Weight on the other side.
The citizen has a chance to use his
own judgment.
What is happening in Germany
right now is perhaps the most pow
erful of all possible arguments for
free, uncontrolled press.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-09-07
Well I'll
7 ell You..;
says
Bob Burns

read the other day where the
work on these government jobs is
rot carried on as efficiently as pri-
vate enterprises. 1 believe the mend
work Jest as hard and diligently
on a government job as any other
if they had the right kind Of a
foreman.
My uncle was foreman of orr
of them government jobs once and
when the superintendent complain
ed that he had heard about some
of the men coming in after the
whistle was blown, my uncle says,
"Oh, I'll fix that all right"
Two weeks later, when the super
intendent sent fer my uncle and
asked him if he had managed to
get all the men on the job before
the whistles blew, my uncle says,
Yes, / fixed that up fine" He says,
The last man i'm blows the whistle
now.'
Imperial Valley press., 1938-09-07

novel was THE Bride of San Luis
Rey'', the best play is now on Broad
way-"Our Town.
How did one man happen to
garner both these honors? I tried
to find out and I'll tell you as best
can.
1t was not by Whooping 1t up at
the night clubs. No, it was the re-
suit of studying the classics Be-
fore he tried to write his first novel,
he studied the great novels of the
world. Not only studied them, but
taught them. He taught four years
at the LaWrenceville School, in New
Jersey, and six years at the Uniyer-
sity of Chicago. "All the good
things are in the classics" Thorn
ton Wilder says.
The third act of Our Town"
deals with life, death and the here
after. 1t stirs and moves hard
boiled Broadway. 1t is alive and
throbbing with theme that con-
Germs every one of us. 1t is as new
and vital as your next breath. Mr..
Wilder told me he got the idea and
the philosophy for it from Dante's
Inferno, written 600 years ago.
When he writes for Broadway,
he goes as far away from that fam
Gus thoroughfare as possible. He
wrote Our Town" in Zurich, Switz-
erland. Yet it deals with life in
New Hampshire. He says when he
goes far from place. he remem-
bers only the significant things
about 1t. He has just written a play
called, "The Merchant of Yonkers. y
Do you think he wrote it in Yon-
kers? No. He wrote it in Tucson,
Arizonai
Since ne knows SO much about
novels, I asked him what are the
four greatest novels ever written.
In his opinion they are:
Don QuiXote" by Ceryantes.
War and Peace" by Tolstoi.
"Chartreuse of Parma" by Stend-
hal.
Tom Jones" by Fielding.
Il am ashamed to admit it. but
had never heard of "Chartreuse
of Parma" until Thornton Wilder
mentioned it,
Then he gave me the names of
what he considers the four great
est novels since 1900: Ulysses" by
James Joyce. Any book by Proust.
Making of Americans" by Cert
rude Steih "Buddenbrooks" by
Thomas Mann.
The impression I brought from
our interview is that most of us
pay entirely too much attention to
present day trivialities. The way to
grow in mental riches is to get
away from the cheap and flimsy.
Spend half an hour a day with the
finest minds that have ever lived.
You can get them at any book
store, Don't delay. Do 1t today.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-09-07
MURAL UNION LABELS
(Nogales Herald)

(Nogales HeraId)
A number of famous mural painters
given commissions to execute for the
New York Worlds Fair have been mott
fled by the United Scenic Artists, an A.
F. of L. labor union, that they have taken
out union cards. 1t is understood that
the building trades unions will back the
ultimatum
How many artistic advantages Leon
ardo, Michael-Angelo, Raphael and COM
pany lacked in their crude day,
Imperial Valley press., 1938-09-07
NOTICE OF TRUSTEES SALE
No, TS-2175

On Wednesday, the 14th day of
September, 1898, at II am. SECUR-
ITY-FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF
LOS ANGELES, as Trustee under
and pursuant to Deed of or Trans
fer in Trust executed by Samuel M.
Alexander, single man, dated
July 2, 1923 recorded July II, 1923,
in Book l, Page 164, of Official
Records in the office of the Re-
corder of Imperial County, Cali
fornia,
And securing, among other obli-
cations, note for 100000 dated
July 2, 1923 in favor of Thorne-
Hill Investment Company, -
poration, and assigned to The StaN
Life Insurance Company, will sell
at public auction to highest bidder
for cash (PAYABLE IN LAWFUL
MONEY OF UNITED STATES
AT TIME OF SALE, at the Main
entrance to the Imperial County
Court House, in the City of Ell
Centre, County of Imperial, State
of California, all right, title, and
interest conveyed to and now held
by it under said Deed or Transfer
in the property situate in the said
County and State, described as
The North Half of Tract Sew
enty-one CID, in Township Fiji
teen Q5), South, Range Four
teen Q4 East, of the San Ber-
i,a
ty of Imperial, State of Califor-
mia, according to the resurvey
thereof authorized by Act of
Congress July 1st, 1902, map
on file in the United States
Land Office.
Said sale will be made, but with
out covenant or warranty, express
or implied, regarding title, possess
sion, or encumbrances, to pay the
entire principal sum of said note,
to-wit, 100000, with interest from
July l, 1888, at the rate of 6h per
cent per annum, less $27.47 re-
celVed on account; advances, if any,
under the terms of said Deed or
transfer; fees, charges and ex-
penses of the Trustee and of trusts
created by said Deed or Transfer.
The beneficiary under said Deed
or Transfer, by reason of breach
or default in the obligations Sc
cured thereby heretofore executed
and delivered to undersigned a
written Declaration of Default and
Demand for Sale and written no.
tice of default and of election to
cause the undersigned to sell saA
property to satisfy said obligatiofW
and thereafter, on May ID, 1898, the
undersigned caused said noCice of
default and of election to be re-
corded in Book 493, Page 1913, of
Official Records in said recorders
office.
Dated August 10, 1893.
SECURITY FIRST Ma
TIONAL BANK OF LOS
ANGELES,
as said Trustee.
BY j. VEENHUYzEN,
Vice President.
BY A. NJ. HADLEY,
Asst Trust Officer.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-09-07
News Behind
the News
Question Ahead
Labor Plan Valid? i.

WASHINGTON. = One trouble
some question the U. S. Supreme
Court probably will dispose of when
it reconvenes this fall is this: Has
the pending child labor amend
ment to the Constitution been in
validated by old age?
The amendment was submitted
18 years ago, and has not yet been
ratified by enough states to make
it effective. The argument has
been made that ratificationS made
so long ago are no longer valid
and that the whole procedure
should be ruled out and a new
approach made. At the request OF
certain Kansas legislators who were
on the losing end when Kansas
ratified the amendment last year,
the court has agreed to hear argu-
ments on the question in October.
Then partisans and opponents CT.
the lon3-sought child labor amend
lucIlG Will dG lCdog h-lOW "llSl Z
they stand. Which is more than
either side knows definitely at
present.
The Department of Justice keeps
getting remarkable suggestions.
The best way to prevent peniten-
tiary escapes, st. Louis man
writes, would be to make every
cell floor a weighing scale. The
weight of the prisoner would reg
lister in the warden's office and
every time prisoner skipped his
cell, the recorded weight would
drop to zero and a bell would ring.
The National Association of Ru-
raj Letter Carriers has been in con-
vention here and a great time the
carriers had. Telling each other
about The coolest day last winter
and how they got the mail through
regardless, worrying about how
their substitutes were doing back
home, listening to speeches, and
collecting autographs from Walter
Johnson and other celebrities.
Most of the boys and girls shook
the hand of Postmaster General
Jim Farley after he addressed the
convention. One New York state
deliverer couldn't talk about any
thing afterward except how jim
remembered his name and asked
him around to the corner drug
store for an ice cream soda.
One of Washington's most spec
tacular speakeasy proprietors OF
the prohibition era is down south
in the business of getting NUM-
tions TO Spain. Latin American
gun-runaing was his racket before
the country went dry.
After the speakeasies closed, this
man confided one of his secrets OF
success. He used to arrange with
many embassy attaches to deliver
bottles of liquors to him il ex-
change for credit on the house
books. Then the attaches brought
their girls around and drank up
the credit in martini cocktails at
65 cents apiece. The cocktails cost
the boss about 3 cents eacn.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-09-07
TGday's Horoscope

Persons born on this date are
valuable members of society. They
have great capacity for enjoy
ment Of the blessings of life and
great capacity for drawing them
their way.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-09-07
Hints on Etiquette

When a man and woman enter
theater, the man goes first, if
he has the tickets; when they reach
their places, however, he steps
aside and the woman enters first.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-09-07
Photographs

The word linen means ".aadc of
lin. The word "lin" means flax
in old English, and originate in
the Latin word "linur1".
The name Blanche means white"
or fair.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-09-07

His name is
Thornton Wilder
His unsurpassed
a c C o mplishment
is the winning of
the Pulitzer prize
once for having
written the best
novel of the year
and once for hav-
ing written the
best play of the
rynaa TIo o-+
Imperial Valley press., 1938-09-07
GRAB BAG
One Minute Test

l. Who wrote the poem, Trees?
2. For what is the Rue de la
PaiX, in Paris, famous?
3. To what island was Napo-
leon first banished?
Imperial Valley press., 1938-09-07
DALE
CARNEGIE

At the Century Club, in New
York. the other day. 1 spent two
fascinating hours with man who
has done something no other man
has
Imperial Valley press., 1938-09-07

Investigation of WPA rolls in
Cleveland followed the charge that
many undeserving persons were en-
ployed. Instead of the shovel, 1t
seems some people were depending
on the chisel.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-09-07

The Dies committee investigating
American activities may not rid
the world of Reds, but we'll have
to admit the committee did a mar
velous publicity job for Shirley
Temple
Imperial Valley press., 1938-09-07

The report that new carpet is
to be laid in the White House
stirs the fellow at the next desk
to ask if the old one was Worn out
by congressman who had been call
ed on it.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-09-07

A writer points to increasing salev
of golf balls as an indication of
improved business. If you are one
of those who lose five balls during
a Sunday round, maybe you are not
SO sure.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-09-07
You're Telling Ne --

A British doctor has developed
what he calls the perfect boy by
a diet which begins with slice OF
pineapple for breakfast. We would
give the rest of his daily menu,
but any one who has waded through
a stack of flapjacks on crisp fall
morning knows that we have gone
far enough.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-09-07
e-Minute Test Answers

l. Joyce Kilmer.
2. For the shops of its noted
dressmakers, jewelers. and perfum-
ers.
3. Elba.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-09-07
Barbs --..

Plans for making moving pic
ture in the stratosphere have
been announced. The air, of
course, will be pretty rarefied up
there, but the plot will probably
be of the regulation thinness.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-09-07

Insanity is now being treated in
England by the application of a
malarial mosquito. That's handy
thing to have around when the
garden variety drives you crazy.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-09-07
Words of Wisdom

Let him that thinketh he stand
eth take heed lest he fall Cor
iathians.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-09-07

The Louisville girl who pitchN
$40 innings in a day knows how
an American league hurler feels
after going the route against the
Yankees.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-09-07
Thoughts for the Day

Seek good and not evil that ye may live: and 50 the
Lord the God of hosts shall be with you, as ye have
spoken.-Amos 5:l4.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-09-07

BUY OR SELL. Twice as Well.
ONE "ATARTMNiNT FOE RENT"
Want Ad Is worth 100 Signs
Imperial Valley press., 1938-09-07

A Geneva, N. Y, farmer has de-
veloped an apple which tastes like
cucumber. Now If he just could
do something to make spinach taste
like ice cream.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-09-07

The trouble with WPA projects,
to our way of thinking, is the diff
ficulty one might have leaning on
a needle.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-09-07

A fire truck caught fire at Col
umbia Heights, MINI. I suppose
in that town the BARRIERS talk to
themselves.