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Imperial Valley press., 1938-12-07
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT
GER TIFICATE OF BUSINESS
FICTITIOUS NAME

THE UNDERSIGNED does here
by certify that he is conducting a
grain and milling business at the
southwest corner of Seventh and
Railroad Tracks, in the City of
Imperial, County of Imperial, State
Of California, under the fictitious
firm name of DESERT GRAIN 81
MILLING COMPANY, and that
said firm is composed Of the follow
ing person. whose name and ad-
dress IS as follows, to wit:
PAUL GREENING,
100 Pioneer Blvd,
NorWalk, California.
WITNESS my hand this 21st day
Of November, 1893.
PAUL GREENING.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-12-07
You re Telling Ne -

TODAY'S SHORT HORT
STORY: Subdeb, deb, debt, deben-
turey debacle.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-12-07
Thoughts for the Day

For the Father himself loyeth YOU because We have
loved me, and have believed that 7 came out from
God.-John 1927.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-12-07
Famous Sayings
GRAB BAG
One Minute Test

/. Where is the worlds largest
camel market
.. Name the capital of West Vir-
ginia?
3. What is the first name of
Mayor LaGuardia of New York
City?
Imperial Valley press., 1938-12-07

STATE OF CALIFORNIA, }
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES SIS.
On this 21st day Of November,
in the year nineteen hundred and
thirty EIGHT, before me, A. o. Siver-
son, a Notary Public in and for
said County, residing therein, duly
commissioned and sworn, personally
appeared Paul Greening, known to
me to be the person whose name is
subscribed to the within instrument
and acknowledged to me that he
executed the same.
Witness my hand and official
seal.
A o. SIVERSON,
SEAL Notary Public in and for
said County and State
Ny Commission Expires Jan. 20,
1879
n % BOD. z IA
Imperial Valley press., 1938-12-07
TOdaY'S Horoscope

Persons born on this day have
more than the usual amount of
intelligence. and insight so keen
that it almost is prophetic. They
may. in fact, be fine pSychics or
clairvoyants, as they like anything
that is mysterious. They are
faithful, honest and sincere.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-12-07

One minute Test Answers
/. AT Imbehbeh, near Cairo,
Egypt.
q Charleston.
3. Fiorello.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-10-06
Federal Reserve Banks Turn Thumbs
Down on $50 Pension Warrants:
Could Not Trade For Money

SAN FRANCISCO Oct g. (UP) Federal reserve
banks in California would not accept the '$30-every
Thursday if the proposed pension plan
approved by at the November general election c. E.
Earhart cashier of the Francisco federal
Imperial Valley press., 1938-10-06
Business Fires Cost Most. But Most
Lives Lost in Fires at Home,
Chief Points Out, Asks Help

Particular emphasis during Fire Prevention Week
Oct. to 15w be placed upon eliminating fire hazard
in the home Fire Chief Corn Reed declared Thursday
Although high property damage comes from fires il
industrial business houses the greatest loss of f
Imperial Valley press., 1938-10-06
Nev-CaI Linemen
Eliminate Peril
Of Storm Breaks

Linemen Thursday started $40
alterations on the Nev-Cal Electric
power lines feeding Imperial Val
ley, expected to virtually eliminate
danger of interruptions fro n
storms.
Lishtning-proof insulators will be
installed all along the 52-mile Rim
con line which carries power from
the company's turbine at Boulder
dam. w. T. Johnson, district super
intendent, declared. Rebuilding the
line Will start Is miles west of I'M
perial. Most Of the work will lie
done at night, under floodlighi5
run by portable generators. White
the Rincon line is shut off between
10 p. m. and a. m. power will be
served the valley. over the COM
pany's second line from the Siphon
Drop plant III eastern Imperial
county.
Most of the workers will live in
the field during the work.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-10-06
Wallace Defends
Deal Farm Plans

WASHINGTON, Oct. 6. CUP)-~
Secretary of Agriculture Wallace
charged today that Representative
Shell, r., N. Y. presented only
one side of the picture" in an at
tack on the Administrations Farm
Program.
Smells attack tried to fool peo-
pie" Wallace said, into believcing
that imports are continuing at the
same rate as in 1897. The facts are
that imports Of corn and wheat
have practically disappeared since
the 1887 harvest. and there have
been great gains in exports of
wheat and corn, and also of pork, a
product of corn
Meanwhile agriculture depart
ment committee prepared to formu-
late detailed methods Of increasing
domestic consumption of cotton.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-10-06
Perkins DEGREES
Minimum Wage

WASHINGTON, Oct. 6. up
Secretary of Labor Perkins today
fired a minimum wage of 40 cents
an hour or sic per week for en-
ployes of government suppliers of
wool carpets and rugs.
The wage determination, made
under provisions of the Walsh
Healey act on recommendation OF
the Public Contracts Board, applies
TO $1,000 workers.
The Labor Department also made
public a recommendation by the
Public Contract Board that mini
mum wages ranging from 37l2 cents
an hour to 62l4 cents an hour be
paid 26,495 workers by manufactur-
ers who supply tie government
with labor
Imperial Valley press., 1938-10-06
Chinese Put New
Foreign Airplane
Fleet in Service

SHANGHAI, Oct. 8. (UP)-The
Chinese government ordered new
fleet OF foreign made airplanes in
to action today as the japanese
reported new advances in their
thlee sided push on Hankow.
The planes were sent to the
fronts northeast. southeast and
south of the provisional capital
where the Japanese, despite staunch
Chinese resistance. were gaining
ground.
The latest Japanese reports
claimed victories along the south
side OF the Yangtse river near Pan
paishan, and further to the south
al Loki. where Generalissimo Chi
ang Kai-Shek opened his final at
tack on Hankow in the Nationalist
campaign of 1927 against the Com
mUnist administration.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-10-06

Odllh SSlU lOooS.
I'VE couldn't accept the war
rants as cash reserve because they
aren't money and their hackers
don't pretend they are money,
Earhart said.
we can accept nothing except
lawful money. These warrants
could not even be exchanged for
lawful money. Earhart said.
Earhart said the federal reserve
banks had not issued an official
statement of policy regarding the
warrants, such as the California
bankers association did.
ANY statement which will cover
all banks in California would come
frem the state superintendent of
banks and the comptroller of cur
rency in Washington.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-10-06
Heating Discussed
For Fire HanHere

Estimates for heating the FL Con-
tro fire hall were discussed We'd
nesday night by the city council.
recision on installation was put Of:
until the next meeting, Tuesday.
Fire Commissioner Harry Sones
and Chief Corn Reed pointed out
that hack OF heating in the hall
causes undue wear on fire appar-
atus because Of the rapid starting
CT cold motors. Both oil and gas
systems were considered.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-10-06
Archer Puts Away
$3.50 Equipment

GLENDALE, Cal. Oct. 6. (UP)-
y goth century William Tell rue
fully put away his DOW and arrows
today after the archery equipment
lad cost him $3.50 in police court.
The archer was Sam Robinson,
sporting goods dealer, who was ar
rested for driving an automobile
while intoxicated and for shooting
out street lights with his bow and
arrows.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-10-06
Mail Sack Theft
Report unfounded

Failure to pick up two mai
sacks, scheduled to go from E.
Centro to Calexico, brought a mis-
taken report Wednesday night that
someone had been tampering with
Uncle Sani's letters.
First report that the pouches
were missing came when the regu-
lar truck arrived at the border
Wednesday afternoon, H. F. Hays
of the Southern Pacific freight
depot reported TO police, who
checked with Postmaster Frank
Richmond in FL Centre. Richmond
reported the sacks mad missed the
truck and been brought back to the
postoffbce.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-10-06
Professor Boasts
Two-Fish Catch

GREENCASTLE, Ind, Oct. s.
(UP)-Prof Louis H. Dirks, De-
pauw university, told this one to-
day: He was fishing when he
noticed a commotion in the water.
He rowed to the.spot. found a three
pound bass with two pound bass
stuck in its throat. He snatcllcG
the large one up with his hand,
added both to his string
Imperial Valley press., 1938-10-06
ance
dIICt.
Valley Day Slated
At San DIEGO Fair

Sunday, Oct 16, will be Imperial
Valley day at the San Diego county
fair this year.
Imperial Valley residents plan a
caravan to visit the fair that day.
Fair officials declare they are pre-
pared to publieize the event
Imperial Valley press., 1938-10-06

results from bIaZeS IN homes, ChleI
Reed said. Therefore, it is import
ant to every Ell Centran to cooper
ate in fire prevention.
I'VE can and do put out the
fires Chief Reed pointed out. "In
that respect We do not need assist
ance But the fire department can't
hope to prevent every blaze, unless
every householder gives his help
Posters, pamphlets and speeches
in El Centro schools will be part
of Fire Prevention Week obserV-
Imperial Valley press., 1938-10-06
S50-r OUND MULE DEER
KILLED BY HUNTER

ALTURAS. Cal, Oct. 6. up
Gene Ash, a garage mechanic at
Cedarvllle, laid claim today to hav-
ing shot the biggest mule deer ever
killed in this area He returned
from the Warner mountains with
$50 pound buck.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-10-06
JaiIer's Daughter
Serving 80 Days
For Escape Help

LEXINGTON, N. c., Oct. 6. CUP)
Lula Belle Kimel husky jaller $
daughter who freed two prisoners
because she feared the one she loved
would die in the states gas cham
ber, was sentenced last night to oo
days in jail f
Lula Belle did not testify as she
was tried on two charges-of help
ing James Goodwin. the good-look-
inc prisoner who turned her heart
with promises to be good boy aid
Bill Wilson, q, Godwin's compan-
ion in crime.
She was sentenced to 60 days for
helping 19-year-old Goodwin escape
and was placed under probation for
aiding Wilson.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-10-06
Sam Ellis Sues
To Collect Claim

Sam Ellis Wednesday filed suit
against F. S. Lack for $1,676 he
alleged is owed him under terms of
an agreement signed April 3, 1896.
The plaintiff agreed with Lack,
George and Charles Ellis to settle
a $32 900 claim against Charles Ell
lis for $6,500, he alleged in his COM
plant. They paid hIm $1,000 but
failed to pay the remainder, he
said
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-09-29
Floy d Explains
AAA Quotas For
Tobacco. This Yr.

A brief outline of how tobacco
quotas were determined for this
year has been issued by E. Y. Floyd,
AAA executive officer at State Col
lege, for growers who have been
asking how the quotas we're calcu-
lated.
Among the things taken into con-
sideration, he said, were the mark
etings from each tobacco farm dur
ing the past three years, the acreage
diveslted from tobacco under the
AAA and agricultural conservation
programs, the total crop land on
the farm, the acreage planted to to-
bacco this year, the number of fam
lilies on the farm, and the number
and size of curing barns.
The farms normal yield per acre,
based on the past three years, was
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-09-29
WEST JEFFERSON
SCH DOL N E w S

The w. P. A. inspector from North
Wilkesboro visited the West Jeffer-
son school Tuesday for the purpose
of inspecting the lunch room. They
were we'll pleased with the way it
is being operated and praised the
management. Mrs. Baker, county
supervisor, also stated this week
that she is well pleased with the w.
J. lunch room.
Several new basketball suits were
ordered this week for the boys bas-
ketball team. New sweat suits were
also purchased for the boys team.
An exchange in teachers in the
district took place Monday when
Prof. ]. o. Goodman of the West JEFF
ferson school was transferred to Bald
Mountain and Miss leila Jones came
to West Jefferson.
The ninth grade class regrets the
loss of one of its most popular men,
bers this week when Miss Betty
Davis left for Linville, N. c., where
she will live. Betty is the daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. J. A. W. Davis. Mr..
Davis, who is United States En-
gineer was transferred to Linville
to work on the Scenic highway
there.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-09-29

privies will be furnished free by the
WPA and all the individual citizen
has to do is to furnish material. Mr..
Ashwortl1 said 81
According to the state law, every
one living within 800 yards Of an
other resident is required to have a
sanitary privy if there are no toilet
facilities in the home. The santa
rian said this law will be enforced.
He also announced that the con-
crete bottoms and seat boxes, the
size of which will be A by A feet,
will be poured here at the Parker
Tie Company.
The project will enable the people
Of Ashe county to get sanitary pri-
vieS at low cost and it will mean
great savings because the concrete
slabs will last long time, he stated.
This is the county's second privy
project and it will last for one year.
Similar projects for Allegheny and
Watauga counties have not been ap-
proved as yet.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-09-29
Miss Copenhaver
And ]. T. TransOu
Married Sept. IL

A wedding of interest to many
people in Ashe county was solem-
nized in Seven Mile Ford, Va, on
Saturday, Sept. II, when Miss Clara
Copenhaver, daughter of Edwin
Henry Copenhaver, became the
bride of Joseph Todd Transou, son
of Mr.. and Mrs. w. M. Transou, of
Greensboro and Ashe county. The
ceremony was performed in. the
Presbyterian Church by the Rev,
Mr.. Weikle, who used the ring cere-
mony of the Methodist church.
The bride wore princess dress
with short train made of white satin
and a fingertip veil of illusion. Her
sister, as maid of honor, wore roy
al blue velvet and the two brides
maids wore mauve taffeta dresses
with very full skirts.
Mrs. Joseph Moye, of Greenville,
the former Miss Elizabeth Transou
was dame of honor and wore grape
taffeta dress made with full shirred
skirt and short puff sleeves.
Mr.. Transou is well known in this
section. His parents, Mr.. and Mrs
w. M. Transou, have lived at their
home at Transou in this county dur
ing the summer for many years and
now spend practically all the year
there. He is a nephew of Misses
Jennie and Eula Todd, of Jefferson
and Boone, who attended the we'd
ding.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-09-29
Railroad Brotherhoods Vote
To Strike II Their Pay Is Cut
$3.50, 900 Workers To Quit Satur-
day. Roosevelt Expected
To Intervene.

Chicago, Sept. ga nationwide
railroad strike was voted today by
organized workers-but timely in
PREVENTION by President Roosevelt
was expected to avert walkout af-
fecting approximately $4,000 en-
ployees until December ! at least.
All 10 brotherhoods reported their
members had voted Overwhelmingly
in favor of strike.
Chiefs of Is brotherhoods grouped
in the Railway executives Associa-
ton and having a membership of
some 100000 were authorized to call
strike at p. M on September 80.
The Independent Brotherhood of
Railroad Trainmen ordered it's
members to quit their jobs at 1901
a. m. on October /.
George M. Harrison, chairman of
the Association, announced the en-
ployees would walk out at the time
fixed unless, in the meantime, the
carriers withdraw their notice of a
Is per cent wage cut.
The railroads have notified the
workers that the pay reduction,
calculated to total $3.50, 100000 a
year, would 60 into effect at 1901
a. m. October next Saturday.
The strike was called in protest.
However, President Roosevelt,
concerned by prospects of rail
tie-up in the United States while
European nations were engaged in
warlike maneuvers, has already
made known that he would delay
paralyzing Walkout.
He told reporters last Tuesday
he would appoint a commission to
study the rail pay controversy. He
is authorized to take such action
whenever interstate commerce is
imperilled.
Under the railway labor act, the
commission will have 80 days to
complete its investigation and the
carriers and the unions will have
80 days thereafter to consider its
recommendations. During that CO.
day period neither side can disturb
the status quo of their relations.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-09-29
PARTY FOR BETTY
DAVIS GIVEN FRIDAY

Miss Betty Davis, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. J. A. w. Davis, who will
leave in a few days for her new
home at Linville, was honored at a
surprise party at the Gambill home
last Friday night.
The party was given by two mem
bers of Betty's class, Misses Melba
GambiIl and Miss Nina Bell Barr.
A, large number of young people at
tended the party and spent the even
ing playing various games. Delicious
refreshments consisting of sand
witches and hot chocolate were
served to the guests at the con-
clusion of the games.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-09-29

also used in the calculations, and
adjustments were made for abnor-
NAL yields due to insects, disease,
drought, and other conditions over
which the farmers had no control.
Since the normal marketing for a
farm was figured on a basis that
included 1885 yields, the highest on
record, and also included the acre
age diverted under the AAA, the
quotas for 1888 were calculated at
less than the normal marketing fig
ure.
Provision was made that farm
with three-year average of 5000
pounds or less would not be cut, and
no farm producing more than this
amount on an average for the 1885
81 period would be cut below g.
200 pounds.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-09-29
Ashe County Gets
Big Privy Project
WPA Project Sponsored BY
State Board Of Health. Will
Build Private PriVieS.

A $1O,8OOOO WPA privy project,
sponsored by the State Board of
Health, has been awarded to Ashe
county c. D. Ashworth, local sani-
tartan of the district health depart
ment, announced this week.
The project is set up to provide
jobs for rs workers and every one
in the county who wishes to take
advantage of this opportunity to
have a modern, sanitary privy built
on his premise can do so by getting
in touch with Mr.. Ashworth at the
health department office in the
courthouse.
Lobar for the construction of the
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-09-29
ADDITIONAL CONTRIBUTORS
TO THE ASHE HEALTH DEPT.

Rev. R. G. Stafford this week an
nounced list of several contribut-
ors to the Ashe county health de-
partment that had not been previ-
ously published. The group consist
ed of the WPA group of workers at
Little Helton, of which D. F. Porter
is foreman. Contributions: MIR.
Porter, $500, Ed Mcclure, SOC; Robe
Paisley, SOC and John Paisley, SOC;
and the following gave Csc; Calvin
Blevins, John Barker, Ed Blevins,
Charlie Barker, Blair Thompson,
Lester DeBoard, Carol FISHERMAN,
Glen Mcclure.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-09-29
SOCIALS

and former owner Of Negro noun
tain in Ashe county, was here last
Friday on a visit. Mr.. Fries was
the first man to conceive the idea
of developing Negro mountain and
Mr.. H. c. Tucker took him to the
top of this towering peak.
Mrs. Pearl Wyrick this week won
second place in 30-day new bust
ness campaign. The prize was
$500 in cash.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-09-29
6 PER CENT FOR DOCTOR

Medical services for the farm
family represent about 6 percent of
the cost of all goods and services
required for farm family living, the
u. S. Bureau of Agricultural Eco
Monies found in recent survey.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-12-05
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POOR GRANDPA!

1t may be that your Grandad never
saw movie, an aeroplane, or listened to a
RADIO or owned a modern automobile. But
there is one thing on Grandad's side, he
never had to wait in barber-shop until a
girl got her neck shaved, he probably
never went in swimming with lady, he
didn't smoke mentholated cigarettes, have
his finger-nails manicured or his toe-nails
doctored. We doubt if he drank near-beer
and he didn't divorce Grandma; he I'M
doubtedly did not shoot filling-station
bandit, didn't sleep in broadcloth pajamas
ard was satisfied with heated game of
checkers as an active sport. But some
how, Grandad lived to ripe old age and
never knew what he was missing. He never
got behind with his work on account OF
golf and he was always up to scratch when
it came to paying his bills. And there are
a good many of the offsprings of Grandad
who could profit by his example.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-12-05
HUMAN BEINGS AND DOCS

The other day, in Northeastern
State, nine-year old boy was fatally in
jured by a train, while trying to get his
pet dog off the tracks.
few days later, in Southeastern
State, an old man was saved from drown
ing by his pet dog, which caught him by
the collar and swan towards the shore.
Such incidents emphasize the attach
ment that exists between human being and
dogs. 1t is hard to explain it to person
who does not like animals.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-12-05
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ODD COINCIDENCE
FOR NE. CONFERENCE

Rev. Joe Tolle, pastor of
the First Methodist Church.
where The Miami District M.
E. conference will be held
December IL and Is. last
year buried Mrs. John
Richardson. who was bap-
tized by the first Methodist
preacher assigned TO Key
West in 1914. Rev. Simon
Peter Richardson. TO link the
old with the new by a Pc
culiar coincidence of identical
names.
II was Richardson. who on
his journey from New Or
leans TO Savannah petitioned
funds along the way TO build
the church before the pres
emf one. The present church
was built around the old
church in 1877. then most of
the old church taken out. The
annex was constructed in
1891.
When Richardson purchas-
ed the lumber for the older
church. he was advised
strongly against insuring il
for the sea voyage down, as
the hurricane season was
over. and there was not much
danger. He persisted in in
surfing it. and the lumber
was lost when the ship was
wrecked on the reef. With
the insurance money he
bought another shipment of
lumber.