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The Nome nugget., 1938-08-10
AN INJUSTICE TO PROSPECTORS

Ii is too early in the history of the Territory to register trap lines. Such a course would be a serious detriment to the already too few proSpectors in the Alas kan field.
 If such a law were put into ef- feet, it would mean that every likely fur district in the North would be interlaced with regis tered lines by more or less pro- fesSional trappers, men who would do nothing else. To de- populate the country of fur bear CTS, we can think of no better nor faster method.
 The propector turns to trapp- ing only in winter when it is inn possible to roam the valleys and mountains in the eternal quest for float, outcrops and grains of golden dust. The prospector, of ten ending up in the late fall in a remote spot and encouraged by golf signs, builds cabin and runs trap line from which. dur ing the winter months he hopes to catch sufficient fur to sell in the spring from which proceeds he buys another outfit for anoth- CT summer of prospecting. He's the real trailblazer in this vast Territory.
 But what will he daa when he finds the mineraGzed country he is wintering in has already been taken up by registered trap
The Nome nugget., 1938-08-10
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS

lines :?
 The licensed trap-liner will work his particular area for the last animal. Not so the prospec- tor. All he will take from the land is an amount large enough to see him thru the coming years field work.
 Aside from the conservation of game angle, it is far more impor- sant to the territorial treasury tha; every means should be exer- ciSed 10 keep prospectors in the field. Every one knows Alaska needs more prospectors. The proSpector creates new wealth in every branch of commercial life; a great source for taxable reve- nue.
 If there is any truth in the re- port making the circles that re- gistered trap lines are being con- templated in Alaska, the idea should be discarded, if for no other reason than because it is more essential to the welfare of the Territory to keep prospectors abroad in the land to keep stepp- ing up Alaska's annual $25, 5,OO0,- 900 gold production as against the annual fur revenue of one, two or $3,000, ,000.
 We should do everything to help the prospectors, not to place obstacles in their paths.
The Nome nugget., 1938-08-10
To The Voters Of The Second Division

Because of the many beneficial acts, the far seeing statesmanship and ndomtable courage of the Roose- welt Administration, the Democratic Party of Alaska reafrms it's faith in popular government and pledges the Administration it's continued and enthusiastic SUD- port. -.
 Firm in the realization that the Democratic Party dedicated to the principle of representative self gov- ernment and that its political creed makes it the true party of the people, we the undersigned Democratic candidates for Territorial ofce ask your support in the forthcoming general election September 18th
The Nome nugget., 1938-08-10

Invitation. Bid, and Acceptance. Treasury Dept, U.S.Coast Guard
 USC.G.Cutter Northland, ..' Nome. Alaska, August l, l93o'.
 INVITATION
 Sealed bids, in quadruplicate' subect to the conditions on form, will be received on this vessel until 2 o'clock p.m., August 3lst' 1888, and then publicly opened for the sale of the equipment de- scribed below:
 l. Surfboat No. 9l6, self-bailing, propelled by oars, formerly Tn use by the Coast Guard Station, Nome, Alaska. The boat may be inspected and information ob- tained by applying 10 Kurt L. Sprenger, Mo.MM.1c. u),U ,USCG., Nome, Alaska. The boat Will De sold where is, as is, and in the condition as of that date" with out warranty as to condition or adaptability to any use.
 Bids must be accompanied by the full amount of the bid in the form of cash, or certified check or money order payable to the Treasurer of the United States, which will be returned if bid is not accepted. Successful bidder must remove the boat within 10 days without expense to the Government.
 R. C. Sarrat, It. Comdr., ,USCG.
 Executive Officer, Northland.
The Nome nugget., 1938-08-10

The fellow who gets ahead is generally the fellow who helps others get ahead.
The Nome nugget., 1938-08-10

THE KEGOAYAH KOZGA Lending Library. is located at Polet's Branch Store. Book ren- tai ten cents a week.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-12-30
BUSINESS is GOOD
|IF WE MAKE 1T so

Roger Babson on another page of
this newspaper today makes his annual
prediction of business for the coming
year-a prediction that has been aston
ishingly correct for other years-and
| in doing so points the way to what most
experts agree will be the best business
year of many.
Total business by the end of 1889,
Babson believes, will be as good or bet
ter than at any year-end since 1929.
We are inclined to place faith in the
forecast for several reasons. One of
them is that Babson does not stand
alone in this prediction. Both govern
ment and private economists and statls-
something similar, in recent days.
The economists base their predictions
on the coldest, hardest statistics they
can find. They consider the human equa-
tion only as a business factor.
We should like to see it assume place
of greater Importance. When it does,
we believe, there will be less depression
and more good business.
One sure way to create depression
is to make everyone in the country be-
lieve there is going to be one. Money will
freeze up, credit will disappear, buying
will cease, and factories will close down.
Savings will grow scantier and unem-
ployment will grow larger.
By the same token, it seems one of
the best ways to create prosperity
should be to make everyone believe there
is going to be prosperity.
The idea is not a crackpot scheme
aimed at false prosperity or inflated
credit 1t is sound because it is based
on the certainty that people, believing
in prosperity, will spend money, start
the wheels of industry turning, loosen
up credit and, in general, actually create
prosperity.
Prosperity and depression are no more
natural than the clothing we wear. They
are things that go along with our COM
plicated system of civilization. As we
learn to solve the problems we have
foisted upon ourselves in the process of
becoming civilized, we shall at one and
the same time achieve greater civiliza-
tion and greater happiness and security.
Until a mass solution has been found,
however, it can do no harm for us, as
individuals, to think in terms of pros
perity rather than depression.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-12-30
WESTERN NATIONS AGREE
lRedlandS Daily Factsl

(RedlandS Daily FactS)
North and South American nations
have put their signatures TO pact de-
claring the solidarity of the western
hemisphere, outlining common princi-
pies, their unified opposition to foreign
aggression, and suggeting that there
shall be a general lowering of tariff bar
riers. AS the western hemisphere looks
on this today it seems a great achieve
ment, but the callous diplomat will tell
you that wars have been built upon
treaties, that paper promises have been
preteXt for conquest, and that promises
are more often misunderstood than res
pected. That is the sour note in all this
bright hope of America for the Ameri-
cans.
The most welcome treaty for Argen-
tina would be a tremendous order tor
beef, and for Brazil vast increase in
the consumption of coffee, for the Unit
ed States a flock of orders that would
set every factory wheel turning to make
machinery, automobiles, textiles, but
never-we hope-cannon and gunpoWder.
AS long as there is lively movement
of products between the two continents
there is less likely to be a movement OF
hostile armies and ships. The real enemy
after all will come in some other vehicle
than a battleship or army tank. He will
slip insidiously into our ranks, no mat
ter if we sail a thousand ships, unless
we are alert.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-12-30
legal Advertisement
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
No 0Qd1

In the Superior Court Of the
State of California, in and for the
County of Imperial.
In the matter of the estate oil
ARNAUD ARDANS, deceased.
Notice is hereby given by the
undersigned Administrator OF the
estate of Arnaud Ardans, deceased,
to the creditors Of, and all persons
having claims against the said de-
ceased, to present them with the
necessary vouchers within SIX
month after the first publication
Of this notice, to said Administrator
at the office of H. w Gardett
his attorney, 610 Rowan Bldg, Los
Angeles, County of Los Angeles
California, which said office the
undersigned selects as a place oil
business in all matters connected
with said estate, or to file them
with the necessary vouchers, within
six months after the first publica-
ticn of this notice, in the office ol
the clerk of the Superior Court ol
The State of California, in and fol
the County of Imperial.
Dated: May 5, 1888.
HERMAN ARDANS,
Administrator of the Estate OF
Arnaud Ardans, Deceased.
II. w. Gardett. 6l0 Rowan Bldg.
Los Angeles, Calf, Attorney fol
Administrator. D9-l6-Z3-3,
Imperial Valley press., 1938-12-30
COST OF GOVERNMENT
MUST STOP SOMEWHERE

The cost of government in California
increased by huge amount in 1888, and
is bound to increase again in 1889, statis-
tical and political leaders declared this
week.
The statements make the average man
wonder how much longer it will be be-
fore his entire weekly pay check is turn
ed over TO some governmental taxing
agency every week.
Ever since government was initiated
in California, its cost has increased. In
the founding years this was understand
able Yet it has become so much of a
habit that the politicians evidently have
come to take it for granted that year
is wasted unless some new cost is tackled
onto the peoples bill.
1t is true that mounting relief costs
will account for a great deal of the in
crease in 1889. Yet, if government were
a private business, economies would be
made elsewhere to offset these relief
increases.
The day is bound to come when busi-
ness methods are applied to government.
If that day doesn't come, there won't
be anything else but government. That
all right-if you are a Communist. We
aren't
Imperial Valley press., 1938-12-30
Famous Sayings

"Sampling' OF public opinion maze
by Fortune Magazine.
This survey indicates that the
American public today believes in
what is known as collective Secur-
ity" - Joint action by the demo-
craCies to restrain such aggressive
statesmen as Hitler and Mussolini.
II shows that Americans would
be willing to fight to prevent con-
quest of Canada, Mexico or the
Philippines, but that they are not
now willing to take up arms in the
defense of South America.
II shows that they disapprove
of the Munich settlement but feel
that it was justified as the sole
means of preserving peace; but it
shows that they also believe that a
general European war will come
before long anyhow, and that when
it does come the United States will
be drawn into it.
Assuming that the Fortune sur
vey is accurate-and it has an eX-
cellent record for accuracy TO date
American thinking has changed
in a way that is little short OF
astounding.
The nation is still isolationiSt-
but isolationist with a difference.
For one thing it apparently real
ICES that its own fate is tied in
with the fate of the rest of the
world. The dismemberment of
Czechoslovakia and the trend OF
world events since then seem TO
have set Americans thinking. For
mer surveys showed a great major
ity of Americans believing that
their country could stay out of any
war that might start in Europe
now they do not think SO.
But the changed attitude is not
simply one of pesSimiSm. PeSsimism
in itself can be as blind and un-
thinking as optimism. According to
this survey, the American people
are not at all resigned to the drift
toward war They are willing tt
do Whatever needs to be done te
StaVe war off-and they nave go'
to the point where they see inter
national cooperation as the beS
means of accomplishing that END
Contrast this with the attitude o
the postwar era. with the frantic
screaming that went up when Am
erican adherence to the Worlt
Court was proposed, with the ora
tory of our self-appointed watchdog
who take the stump whenever
President or a secretary Of stat'
glances beyond our own borders.
make those contrasts, and you cal
see what vast shift in public sen
timent has been taking place.
No more important job faces tn
leaders Of American politics an
American thought than TO checI
I'D on this shift, verify it or prov
it wrong, and prepare TO act ac
cOrdinolV,
Imperial Valley press., 1938-12-30
An Economist S
Viewpoint
By John L. Flynn

Almost everything has been said
about the amazing episode of Nc
Kesson and Robbins, but there re-
mains one important observation.
Fabulous, raScally as the whole
adventure seems as it takes form,
it is not one of the things we have
really to be greatly disturbed
about.
The McKesson & Robbins loot
ing was different wholly from all
of the great financial disasters OF
the last 10 years. 1t was quite an
old-fashioned crime.
In its essential features it was
just plain stealing. The criminals
merely looted the great drug COM
pany of its physical stocks-took
them out like any burglar and
carried them away.
About that kind of crime we do
not have to trouble so greatly.
The public is absolutely opposed
to it. The laws denouncing it are
plain and there is a district at
torney's office and a police force
which goes to work on it sooner
or later with inevitable vigor.
There will be demands for this
reform and that one, this amend
ment and that to the law. And
the laws will be slightly i'm
proved and the way of the burglar
the fellow who steals physical
assets or who actually rifles a safe
will be made a little harder
which is as it should be. in spite
of the fact that it is already quite
hard.
But when all is said and done
the McKesson & Robbins crime
amounted in the end to 10 or 1C
or 20 million dollars-yet to be
determined-but merely flea bite
What really is serious are those
far more intricate, more subtle
forms of stealing which are not
against the law, which are, indeed
more or less respectable and
which run the national loss into
perhaps billions of dollars eacf
year.
1t is all the difference between
the fellow who breaks into a bank
at night and makes off with the
cash and the insider who, by clever
legal but deadly devices, manages
to permit the banks assets Il
trickle slowly into his hands.
1t is still unlawful and messy
and rude TO go into a store, hole
up the owner at the point of a gun
and loot his cash register.
But there are ways of goint
into store, pointing a stock GER
tificate at the owner, and maxim!
him hand over the cash with 1
smile, but which deprives tin
owner of his cash as effectively
and essentially as criminally-
as if it We're done with a black
jack
Imperial Valley press., 1938-12-30
PAY DIRT
FOR FARMERS
(Tulare Advance-Register)


Prosperity is where you find it, and
California farmers are showing there
are more sensible ways than one of dig
ging into pay dirt.
Faced with a forbidding 100000 ton
bumper crop in grapes earlier this sea-
son, they have succeeded in turning that
potential harvest of "sour grapes" into
a much more palatable dish.
With the statesmanlike planning of
the prorate to put a floor under totter-
ing prices and withhold an overplus
from the market, planters have found
that unity of action behind sensible
program brings a dollars-and-cents re-
ward.
Now a giant super-crop has been
brought under control fresh grapes
have been brought to the nations mar
kets at reasonable prices, and in winer-
les there will be no increase in stocks
following the new crushings.
There have been, it is true, few bick-
erings and protests over the present pro-
gram. Probably no humanity devised
plan will ever satisfy all groups.
Nevertheless, the unflagging efforts
of agriculture to win itself surer foot
hold on security through the pro-rate,
through Loyalty supported marketing
cooperatives, and collaboration with dis
tributorS to increase income, cut dlstrl-
buting costs, and ensure longer selling
season for produce, all these are Win
ming new supporters daily.
They are proving themselves as essen
tial to farmers as the disc and harrow,
and just as worthy of care to keep them
in running order, digging into pay dirt.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-12-30
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT
S u M M o N >

NO. IooJJ
In the Superior Court of the State
of California, i'm and for the
County of Imperial.
IMPERIAL IRRIGATION
DISTRICT, Plaintiff
JAMES H. CARR, 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 H. CARR, A. N. EUL-
BERG, ELENORA EULBERG,
BANK OF AMERICA NATIONAL
TRUST AND SAVINGS ASSOCIA-
TON. A National Banking Asso-
citation, JOHN DOE, JANE DOE,
RICHARD ROE, JOHN DOE CON-
PANY, Corporation, RICHARD
ROE COMPANY, a Co-partnership
and JOHN DOE as Administrator
of the Estate of Richard Roe, De-
ceased, Defendants.
You Are Hereby Directed to Ap-
pear and answer the Complaint in
an action entitled as above, brought
against you in 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
plaint.
Given under my hand and the
seal of the Superior Court of the
County of Imperial, State of Cali
fornia, this 18th day of August
1888.
w. j. McCLELLAND,
(SFAL) County Clerk
BY CITHA LAMSON,
Deputy Clerk
| N. 18 25-D. 2 8 16 % 80. 6 13 20
Imperial Valley press., 1938-12-30

waiter listened with a face that
eXuded no more warmth of express
sion than the Northwest corner OF
If we had been trying to sell him
a book on the giant baby pandas,
he would have given us just about
the same reception that he gave
US when we We're attempting to
patronize his restaurant. His eX-
preston seemed to say, Why did
MT you order what you want in
the first place No smile; no gra-
ciouSnesS, no welcome. His cold,
indifferent attitude made us regret
We had changed our order, 1t even
affected our enjoyment CT the food
1t foreStalled any desire on our
part TO enter that restaurant again.
But it was a small matter, per-
haps you'll suggest Merely the
matter of a walters attitude. 1t
was indeed a small matter but I'd
be willing to wager that no buSl-
ness depending upon individual
sales ever reached successful pro
portions where the employees NAM
tanned an attitude similar to that
of this head-waiter, this man who
was supposed to be affable, 10 make
guests feel at home and want TO
return.
The proprietor of this restaur-
ant had paid an enormous rent for
a good location; he had furnished
it attractively and decorated it
with old English coaching prints
He mad bought the finest meats
and vegetables in the market and
hired French chefs to prepare them
The proprietor had done every
thing that money could do to make
his food and his restaurant at
tractive; but it all went largely Tor
naught because he was unable tC
find a headWaiter who had the
knack of making the customers
feel happy.
Then Mr.. Shimkin made a re.
mark that I wish you'd write OF
the front page of your notebook
and read daily: 1t Is so easy TO az
better than the other fellow doe
in business; because the other tel
low, as a rule, does SO little
Mr.. Shimkin has made a success
of the selling game; he is thor
oughly familiar with it from al
its angles, and I listened with in.
terest, in order that 1 might pass
his words on to you in the hopt
that you may benefit from them
1T is SO easy" he continued, tt
get people to accept orders and Il
work conscientiously and faithfully
eight hours a day; but it is thu
extra service, the extra enthusiasm
that makes a man stand out from
the crowd. Since SO few people
are willing to give this something
extra, the man who does give it
finds it comparatively easy to ge
ahead in business"
Imperial Valley press., 1938-12-30
One-Minute Test Answers
Barbs-- --

The Roosevelt grin is to flourish
and CLEAN, it would seem. FDR
gets a toothbrush and soap in his
Christmas stocking. according 10
Mrs Roosevelt.
A package left behind in a Ii
quor store by a customer was found
to contain seven sticks of dyna-
mite. Prohibitionists say it is a
fair exchange.
Mrs. Roosevelt would like to
have a few minutes to attend to
The smaller affairs of the nation
without the help of the smaller
affairs committee of 140,000000
people
Christmas gives new meaning to
so many things-like elbow room
in the ribs of the guy next to
you.
Chamberlain says he's still wait
ing on a "sign" from Hitler indi-
eating he wants peace in Europe.
Get that sign ON the dotted line,
Neville.
Insurgent General Franco has
refused a Christmas truce in Span
ish war for fear it would indicate
weakness Another general out
smarts himself-the refusal indi-
Gates just that.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-12-30
NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING
OF STOCKHOLDERS OF
EDGAR BROS. COMPANY

Notice is hereby given that pur-
suant to the provisions Of the by
laws, the regular annual meeting OF
the stockholders of the above
named company will be held at
the office OF the company in Fl
Centro, State of California, on
Tuesday, the 18th day of January,
1899. at the hour of 8 o'clock p. m.
of said day
At said meeting five directors will
be elected to serve for the ensuing
year and until their successors are
duly elected.
The annual business statements
of the office will be be received and
acted upon and such other business
as may properly come before the
stockholders meeting will be tran
s9cted.
Dated at Ell Centro, this 9th day
of December, 1893.
EDGAR BROS. COMPANY,
BY w. o. Hinderks, Sec'y.
Dee. 9-16-23-30 Jan.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-12-30
Bruce Catton Says
- Americas Paeifism Undergoes a Change

The solidest truth in American
politics is that Americans are col
lectively a nation of pacifistS. But
a change has been coming over the
face of the waters, of late. Ameri-
can pacifism is no longer blind and
emotional; it has stopped telling
itself that the two great oceans
are impossible barriers. and 1t S
doing some heavy thinking about
the price that may have TO be paid
for peace.
One of the most significant de-
velopments of the year is the latest
Imperial Valley press., 1938-12-30

weekend with Mrs. Preston's mother
and brother Lewis Winn and moth
er.
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Bacon and
son Ralph of Los Angeles is spend
ing the week with Mr.. and Mrs.
Gaylord Huddleston.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Cecil re-
ceived word of the serious illness
of Cecil's sister, Mrs. L. II. Nc
Kenery of Louisville, KY.
Mr.. and Mrs. Darrell Grogan had
as Sunday visitors Mr.. and Mrs.
William Brammer of Alamo
Mrs. Winn has been i'll with flu.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. H. Munion are
the parents of a daughter, Loretta
Fay, born Friday Dec. % in Call
eXico.
Mr.. and Mrs. Van Ingle sr., and
children spent Christmas at San
Jacinto with relatives.
Mr.. and Mrs. Russell Stewart had
Christmas dinner with Mrs. Stew
arts parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Hark-
iener.
Mr.. and Mrs. Routt and daughter
of Ell Cajon visited Mr.. and Mrs.
w. w. Clevenger from Friday to
Monday. Routt is Mrs. Clevenger's
father.
Mr.. and Mrs. Van r. Majors had
as guests Christmas beside their
family, Dave Jones, Buck Burke
and Bob Bell.
Mrs. A. A. Talbot recently re-
ceived word of the death of her
eldest sister in Sacramento. She
and another sister, Mrs. Lottie
Lawrence of Calexico, left at once
to attend the. funeral getting as
far as Los Angeles, where they
were forced back by the recent
rain. Her sister visited Mrs. Tai
bott here in Heber several times.
The last time was last Christmas.
Mrs. Lois Nice spent Monday
with her sister, Mrs. Iris Hall. The
Nice family visited the ST.. Nice
family in Ell Centro and returned
to their home in Oakland Wednes-
day.
The Christmas Pageant given by
the Choral Society last Friday at
the school house was enjoyed by a
large crowd as was the Commu-
nifty tree.