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The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1938-01-28
Henderson Gives
Swing Definition

WHIT - AaW Nik hHalt
That Is the question often asked
Fletcher Henderson. king Of
swing whose famous recordings,
radio and dance orchestra comes
to the Trianon Thursday for a
limited engagement.
"Swing' has never been defined
to anyones satisfaction Fletcher
Henderson recently declared fol-
lowing an NBc network broadcast
from the Grand Terrace, Chicago
ut is produced by a group Of
musicians who, given a musical
theme, improvise around the mel
ody and interpret the tune with
rhythmic variations and trick in
donations, as they soulfully feel
It,"
Henderson declared that swing
music is the only field of music
where the soloist is given free rein
to play a melody as he sees fit
If the syncopated patterns move
the listeners to rhythmic feelings
then it swings he says.
Nightly Fletcher Henderson and
his orchestra thrilled all America
with their distinctive brand OF
"swing" from Ed Fox's famed
Grand Terrace on Chicago's
southside. Probably the best eX-
ample of Fletcher's Interpretation
of Swing" is his own original
radio theme song, christopher
Cnlnl,nh lls y
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1938-01-28

Lewis Ford Post No. 2S9 VIEW.
and their Ladies Auxiliary enter
tanned John r. Tanner Camp Span
ish War Veterans with a dinner on
characterization Day Jan. 20 at
the home of Mrs Anna Butler.
Forty people participated in the
ceremonies.
The home of Mrs. Anna Butler
was the scene Of another enjoyable
affair Friday evening when the
Lone Star Art Club installed and
entertained the following officers
Mrs. Cordelia Wicker. president;
Mrs. Martha Taylor. vice presi-
dent: Mrs Anna Butler. secretary;
Mrs. Emma Hancock. asst. Seere-
tary: Mrs. Ora K. Brooks, treas
urer and Mrs. J. N. Drake, chap
lain. Mrs. Virgil Christian, past
president, officiated at the install
latien. The affair also honored the
birthday anniversary of the presi-
dent. Mrs. Wicker.
Dir. and Mrs. j. ;. Peoples were
hosts Saturday evening to the
members of the II and w Bridge
Club.
The Ladies' Auxiliary of the
y. NJ. c. A. met last Thursday
at the home of Mrs. Leonard Clark
and made arrangements to enter
tam the young people with a val
entine party at the Y.MC,A. on
Eaah ID
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1938-01-28
Variety in Sports

Bg Al Smith
As seen in Mark Hellingers
BEST Bets OF the Week" in the
Seattle =. ].
Keep your eyes on u. 9. L. A.
There is a young colored lad nam
ed Kenny Washington on the
squad, and he Is liable to carry
the UCLA up to heights. Gas
numbered in California;.
Two weeks ago IL was rumored
that Kenny Washington and
Woodrow Strobe would transfer
from U.C.L.A. to NC. This news
was alleged to have been received
from Walter Gordon assistant
coach at u. c., and the only Negro
coach at other than a aggregated
school, This week Kenny came for
ward and denied the Bear Bruin
transfer. He stated he was entirely
satisfied at U.CL.A. and there
was very little chance of transfer.
From Woodrow STROBE, neither de-
NAL or affirmation was directly
forthcoming.
Henry Armstrong, worlds feath-
or weight champion, and pound
for pound the greatest fighter in
any division, has started a sue
cessful invasion of lightweight
class. He scored two round
knockout of Kayo Brown, making
it 80 knockouts in 81 fights.
1888 should be a banner year
for Negro Track athletics. Many
new names are becoming promi-
nent on the sport pages of the ma
TONS papers, Two Amateurs
likely to be heard from are Mel
vim Walker q Junior at Marquette,
and Al Thoeadgill of Temple. Wal
ker is co-holder of the worlds high
jump record.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1938-01-28
NEW CLUB FORMED

The new vogue that has boen
created by people ell over the coun-
try writing through Lonesome
Hearts" columns 0 publications
has resulted La the formation Of tho
National b<sshdship Club.
This new club has headquarters
at2la2 Seventh Avenue, New York
City, and It's purpose y TO help
lonesome people enlarge thar circle
Of friends. "
II Ii q strictly confidential club
through which only club members
are introduced. Membership 10 this
new club viii bring you new frienda
and thrilling experience. Any
one regardless Of age may write
for free information.
NATIONAL
FRIENDSHIP CLUB
2l32 SEVENTH AVENUE
NEW YORK CITY
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Imperial Valley press., 1938-10-26
iTINERANT PEDDLERS
DO CITY NO GOOD

Ell Centre police this week warned
that the city may now expect its annual
influx of itinerant peddlers, selling ev-
erything from combs to flea powder
from door to door.
With the cooperation of residents, this
community pest can easily be overcome.
The city has an occupational ordi-
nance fixing license charges for out-of-
town statesmen. Itinerant peddlers come
under this heading. Most of them never
take out a license, and so are subject to
the penalty provisions of the ordinance.
Next time door-to-door salesman
calls at your house trying to sell you
something you probably don't need and
don't want, either find out if he has a
license, or call the police department
and let the police find out.
Itinerant peddlers do nobody but them
selves any good. They take money out
of the city and, nine times out of ten,
the things they leave in exchange are
practically worthless.
Practically every article a house-to-
house peddler can sell is to be had in
the stores of Ell Centre merchants-and
most of the time the brand the mer-
chant sells is far superior to that the
peddler is attempting to get rid of.
Usually the price is the same or lower.
Added to the monetary loss the ped
dlers cause to the city is the annoyance
they cause the housewives. Many of
them are downright insulting, and others
waste valuable time. They are, on the
whole, decidedly unwelcome in any city.
Ell Centre can get rid of them if every
one will report the first indication of
their activities to police.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-10-26
JAPAN WINS HANKOW =
so WHAT?

Japan is we'll on her way to total con-
quest of sleepy China. Total military
conquest for the time being, that is. In
the end, Japan must lose.
japanese troops can overrun every
foot of Chinese soil; Japanese rulers can
impose their will upon the Chinese peo-
ple' Japan can extract the last ounce OF
mineral and natural wealth from China;
but in the end China will win.
China is too vast to be conquered.
Submitting to invasion, passively ac-
knowledging the military superiority of
another race, the Chinese need only sit
back in the placdity of ancestral knowl-
edge and, eventually, the conquerors
will become Chinese.
1t may take generations, even centur-
les, but free intermiXture of Chinese and
japanese races, almost inevitable in the
light of the Japanese military conquest,
will bring about intermarriage and final
ly will wipe out the Japanese race. The
Chinese race, only slightly changed by
the mixture. will remain.
What the Japanese conquest may mean
to the rest of the world, however, is an
other story.
Awakened from ner century long
sleep, taught progressive modern meth
DDS, turned into military channels, the
new China will be a formidable power
in world councils. Hers will be the great
est manpower in the world. Coupled
with modern methods, there is little this
manpower could not accomplish.
China, united and modernized, may
swallow Japan-but in the process China
itself will assume a different, more dan
gerous character to the rest of the world.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-10-26
Well I'll
TeIlYou..
says
Bob Burns

Il YOU went into big office
lookin' for a hen-pecked man, your
first choice would be the little dried
up, meek lOokin' boOkkeeper. YOU'D
never think of piciSin the big boss
of the organization.
l happen to know one OF them big
bosses who's a tyrant in his office.
Everybody shuddcrs when he speaks
and he has it thoro e~hly under
stood that his word is final.
happened to be in his office che
time when his wife dropped in. He
sat at his desk, pale and silent,
while Sc raked him over the Goals
and laid the law down TO him and
after she'd gone, said, We'll, you
didn't have the final word in that
argument" He said, "Oh. yes I
did-didnt you hear me say, Yes,
Dear?'"
Imperial Valley press., 1938-10-26
COTTON HARVEST
PRESENTS HARD PROBLEM
(ViSalia TimeS-Delta)

(NiSalia Times-Delta)
The cotton harvest this year presents
a hard problem. In spite of all efforts
of the government to curtail production
by buying off acreage with cash bonuses.
there is still too much cotton. and as a
result the farmer is faced with loss
for this years labor and investment.
As a reflection of this condition, cotton
pickerS are being asked to pick cotton
at a price per hundred pounds which
they claim is not sufficient to earn them
a decent living The farmer cannot pay
more and earn living, and the picker
cannot work for the wage offered and
make one either. So an impasSe is reach
ed and things are in an uproar.
OF course all these things are due to
world conditions and a government eff
fort to run agriculture as you would a
factory. No one yet has ever worked
out a method of regulating world supply
and demand. 1t is hard enough to do in
a single manufacturing industry. We
are not foolish enough to suggest sOlu-
tion-all we know is that recently Tulare
county growers of cotton, deciduous
fruits, citrus fruits, etc, are always
fighting low prices and glutted mar
ket. We also know that the country has
had many periods when this was not true.
Domestic experiments with regulatory
laws do not seem to be getting us any
where. We never hear about tariffs any
more but we do about reciprocal trade
agreements. There used to be great poll
teal wars over tariff and free trade. But
most of the time the country was pros
porous. Now no one seems to be satisfied,
labor least of all. There have been more
strikes in the last couple of years than
in a decade of years before.
Naturally it is hard for the cotton
picker to understand or sympathize with
the situation of the farmer. The farmer
can understand and sympathize with the
situation of the picker, but he cannot do
anything about it. He cannot pay out
in wages what he has not got, or cannot
expect to get out of the present cotton
market. And so we have the prospect
of a cotton strike, with no one getting
anything. It's tough situation anyway
you look at it.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-10-26
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT
n o T I c +

n o 7 c +
The Imperial Irrigation District
pill sell to the best bidder on No
1ember 8. 1888, the following de-
;cribed property:
West 40 acres of Tract GA,
Township IA South, Range Is
East. S. B. 3. and M; and
Southwest 40 acres OF North
east 16O acres of Tract 64
Township IA South Range 10
East, S. B. E. and NJ. CTitle
GuaranteeO
East one-half of Northwest
Quarter of Northeast Quarter,
Section 81, Township u South,
Range IA East, S. B. B. and M.
title GuaranteeO
Part of South one-half of
Northwest Quarter, Section IA,
Township II South. Range IA
East, S. B. B. and M, dat: Beg.
at NV cor of SWh of NWh;
thence E 5l4 feet; thence S 733
feet; thence SWly to a point
in w line; thence n 8693 feet
to p.o.b. title Guaranteed)
The sale Of this property is being
held by the Imperial Irrigation Dis
trict, under Section 3897d of the
Political Code Of the State of Cali
fornia, which permits one taxing
agency to purchase from another
when said property has gone to
deed for non-payment of taxation
due.
Sealed bids should be presented
to this Board ON or before Novem-
Der 8. 1898, at ten o'clock AM.
This sale will be made to clear
delinquent State, County and I'M
perial Irrigation District taxation
and assessments. Title to said lands
will be such as the District now
holds or may acquire.
There shall accompany all bids
the minimum sum of $4,000 to
cover expense Of advertising, etc,
which shall be in addition to the
amount of the offer. The Board
reserves the right to reject any
and all bids.
w. w. GOODSON, Secretary
Imperial Irrigation District
o. 26-N. l, 4
Imperial Valley press., 1938-10-26

little daughter had party in Hol-
lywood. John Shippey was invited.
Ii was his first big party and he
had looked forward to it for days.
Lee piloted the boy to the party.
but did not discover until he was
about to deliver him at the door
that the lad was wearing his old
shoes. and that one of them had a
sole that was tapping open and
shut like The mouth of n fish out
OF water.
Les suggested going home. but
John insisted that it didn't matter.
So Lee gave in, though when he
left the lad among the group OF
Carefully dressed children, he felt
sorry for him, He would probably
be taunted in the cruel ways that
innocent little children practice.
Sure enough, when lee returned,
John was surrounded by group of
little boys and girls emitting peals
of laughter. Lee blamed himself
FOR letting the boy stay.
But, to Lees astonishment, the
children were not laughing AT
John. but WITH him. John was
the lion of the hour, the hit of the
show, the most popular child there.
lie had kept his shoe out of sight
for some time Then he was called
to the middle of the floor in
game. He hesitated; he was called
again Reluctantly dragging his
disgraced foot out from under him,
he hoped into the limelight.
Laughs went up a smart-alecky
little boy made a derisive remark.
It was then that John rose tO the
occasion and established prece-
dent for himself that I hope he
fellows all his life. He turned ridi-
cule into applause. He looked at
the humiliating shoe proudly and
Tapped the sole. The children
laughed. The mart-alecky BOY ut
tered a taunt. John flapped the
ste u5i4ll fIS 4IdppCu II DciSh-
wards ana forwards and sideways.
He hsld his foot up as he flapped,
and lie held it down. He did tricks
With l.. He hoped along the
floor making that sole go plop-
plop with a rhythmic sense of mo-
ton that could not but attract ad-
niiration.
The children were fascinated.
Ioan could do smething that no
other child at the party could!
Soon two other little boys were dis
covered diligently trying to loosen
the scies OF their shoes.
When the time came for John
to leave, the other children sur
rounded him. They followed him to
the door and waved to him and
called loud "goodbyes." John turned
and waved and went plopping hap
PLY and contentedly down the
street.
Can you handle a similar situa-
ton as cleVerly as John did? 1t
may stand you in good stead some
,'.yr
Imperial Valley press., 1938-10-26
You're Telling Ne -

Harvard university begins re-
search with a view to finding Oh
what forces produce a normal younf
man. Offhand we'd say a diplom;
and unemployment.
Oklahoma is developing a breet
of midget COWS. Maybe the day vii
come after all when bossy can 81,
cp those condensed milk cans.
You'll know prosperity has re-
turned when that old item begins
reappearing in the newspapers:
Mr.. SO and SO" has resigned to ac-
cept a more lucrative position"
California has grown three lem
ons as large as pumpkins. Yeah,
says Florida, but they're still lem
Oils.
There are 112 hidden taxes in q
pair of shoes. No wonder we're on
cur uppers.
Some of the best football plays
are called 48 hours late-and many
of the games best kickers sit around
Il luncheon table.
The gals had better watch their
trumps, now that Dame Fashion
dictates pointed shoes for men.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-10-26

least realized that the kind of gov
ernment Germany chose to have
was Germany's own business. Dis
trusting Namsm profoundly, they
felt that they needn't worry 50
long as it stayed in Europe.
But here we have Nazism in our
cwn front yard; Nazi agents pro-
noting suDversive movements on
our own soil. tampering with our
military forces and acting with all
the left-handed finesse of 1916.
Could anything be better calculated
TO destroy that postwar American
sympathy or to persuade Americans
that Hitler's Germany is once more
& potential enemy?
The monumental stupidity which
did Germany so much damage in
1916 seems to have taken hold once
again.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-10-26
BROADER SOCIAL SECURITY
LAW PLANNED TO HEAD
CRACKPOT PENSIONS
ord Sentinel J

The Social Security advisory council
will meet late this week to draft plans
for extension and revision of the federal
old age insurance system, according to
United Press advices.
The recommendations it will make to
congress, it was understood, will pro-
pose no important change in the widely
assailed financing provisions Of the So
cial security act, despite the fact that
the council was created to study payroll
taxes and the vast full reserve fund
The councils proposed amendments
were expected to parallel recommended
tiOns President Roosevelt will make to
congress in an effort TO counteract pOiti-
cally potent and 'crack pot" pension
schemes.
The way is clear for prompt congress
siOnal action. Chairman DaughtOn, D.,
N. c., of the house ways and means COM
mittee has placed social security revi-
sion ahead Of revenue legislation.
While speculation grows regarding the
possibility that broadened federal in
surance program might require larger
payroll taxes than the law now provides,
the United States Chamber of Commerce
has recommended that congress eliminate
the 1910 increase in such taxes.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-10-26
Photographs

Milk companies require our bot
ties for every one delivered; the
one left on your doorstep. another
awaiting delivery; a third that is
being washed and sterilized, and a
fourth in reserve against loss or
breakage.
Alligators and crocodiles really
are different. The alligator has a
bluntcr snout and a broader, short
er head than the crocodile. The
alligator has not so many webs on
the toes as a crocodile, the jagged
fringe on the hind legs of the croc-
odile are absent on the alligator.
There is also a slight difference in
the teeth of The two creatures.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-10-26
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT
s U NJ NJ o n s

SUM MONS
No. I8467
In the Superior Court of the State
CT California, in and for the
County of Imperial
IMPERIAL IRRIGATION
DISTRICT, Plaintlft
JAMES HARRISON MARSTON,
ct al. Defendants.
Harry w. Horton and Geo. r.
Kirk. Attorneys for Plaintiff.
The People of the State of Cali
fornia Send Greetings to:
JAMES HARRISON MARSTON.
MABEL. C. MARSTON, his wife,
CONSOLIDATED TITLE INSUR-
ANCE COMPANY, a Corporation,
as Trustee, and CONSOLIDATED
TITLE INSURANCE COMPANY, a
Corporation, JAMES HAVLIK,
MARY HAVLIK, his wife, HOW
ARD w. BARBOUR, and JESSIE
BARBOUR, his wife, JOHN DOE.
JANE DOE, RICHARD ROE, JOHN
DOE COMPANY, a Corporation,
RICHARD ROE COMPANY, Co
partnership, and JOHN DOE as
Administrator of the Estate OF
Richard Roe, Deceased, Defendants.
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
ii 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 18th day of October,
1888.
w. j. McCLELLAND,
(SEAL) County Clerk
BY CITHA LAMSON,
Deputy Clerk.
o. 26-N 2 8 16 % 3O-D. Z IA 81 20.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-10-26
Barbs -.

While they have Evelyn John st.
Loe Strachey on Ellis Island is a
good time to ask him what he ever
did TO earn all that name.
The Hollywood movie director
who said all ChicagoanS walk as
If they are lodging something may
have to do some lodging on his next
walk in Chicago.
Sounds from Jersalem indicate
the Grand Mufti is getting tufti
Dunking your doughnut has been
formally approved by the experts on
social customs. The next campaign
will be TO gain approval for wiring
ing grapefruit into a spoon.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-10-26
TOday'S HOroscOpe

Persons born on this day are sub
ject TO moods of deep depression
and corresponding clation. They are
easily irritated but they are never
angry for long and their natures
are loving and helpful Homes,
mates and children mean a great
deal 10 them. Their natures are
puzzling even to themselves. and
they usually succeed best in one
Of the professions.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-10-26
EIGHT YEARS AGO
Oct. 26. 1880

Holtville O, FL Centro so.
FL Centro high school football
team today routed Holtville high
school in a game that looked more
like a track meet than a football
game. Price Hammer and Wynne
did the majority Of ball carrying
and scoring. Tackettt, Fisher and
Gonzales also played spectacular
ball for the winners. Woolridge was
outstanding for Holtville.
A map to show the location OF
every citrus tree in the valley was
exhibited at the office of Desert
Citrus exchange today.