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Imperial Valley press., 1938-11-15
WE NEED AN EVEN KEEL
IN THE UNITED STATES

One extreme leads TO another and, III
national life. one extreme Is very apt
10 lead sooner or later To is opposite
We shall be fortunate in the United
States as long a> we can avoid either left
wing or right-Wing extremes, because
the minute We give way 10 one. we are
flirting with the other
Russia and Germany are the outstand-
ing examples.
Years ago Russia was more strictly
ruled by the Gar than was any other
country by lis emperor. Ultimate power
rested in the hands Of the nobility. Il
was as extreme as il could we'll have been.
Then came the red revolution.
Now Russia. under Soviet regime. has
gone TO the other eXtreme-aS far as
political theory goes. As far as the re-
suit goes. il has changed little. 1t Is
still under an absolute dictatorship.
In Germany it was bit different. That
is, the extremes changed faster. They
remained extremes. however.
First there were the kaisers. Then
came the World War, and defeat for Ger
many. What came after that? A lot of
people have forgotten. Hitler? No, he
came later
A red revolution swept Germany dur
ing the last days of the World War. It
carried that nation TO another extreme.
Then Hitler came upon the scene, and
the situation changed again, abruptly. 1t
went to still another extreme. There il
has stayed to this day.
History can teach Us this. If there
is another World War-and most inter
national observers think there will be
one sooner or later-there is only one
type Of nation which will survive in any
thing like its original form. That type
is represented by the democracies which
go to neither extreme, but maintain an
even belance in political theory.
If there were a war today, for instance,
and Germany lost, Hitler's government
would topple. If Italy lost, MussOlini's
government would topple. If Russia lost,
Stain would be lost. The same is true
all down the line. There is the probabil-
ity too, that not even defeat would be
necessary to change the government of
the totalitarian states. War alone might
be enough.
In view Of these circumstances, it is
readily apparent that America today
needs one thing more than anything else
"a stability reflected in conservative
liberalism. without radicalism on the one
side or reactionaTy policies on the other
Above all, we need an even keel for our
ship of state
Imperial Valley press., 1938-11-15
LEWIS VOICES THEORY
BASED ON FALLACY

John [. Lewis, chairman Of the Com-
mittee for Industrial Organization, de-
clared in opening the CIO convention at
Pittsburgh this week that the day is COM
ing when those in high places who
criticize CIO today will rush to CIO for
protection of their rights and privileges.
In that declaration lies the fallacy
upon which CIO is founded, and upon
which it operates.
The theory, as implied by Lewis at
Pittsburgh, and as practiced by CIO in
its numerous labor disputes, is that the
majority must rule, must protect the
majority, and must decree what are the
rights and privileges Of others engaged
in similar work
Under the American system, which has
survived almost everything else and will
survive the CIO, the majority rules.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-11-15
DEMOCRACY
At WORK

tChristian Science Monitor)
Before the tOtalitarianS thought Of IT,.
democracies developed one-party govern
ment. Over The long range the United
States has been ruled by one party-the
mugWump party. This IS the party of
The independents who move back and
forth from one Of the major political
groups to the other. swinging elections
and in final analysis dominating nation
al policy. 1t holds the balance Of power.
Today il numbers between lO.000000 and
100000 voters. and the national and
state election campaigns lust closed have
illustrated its dominance
Reports from every section OF the coun-
try declare that Democrats have been
more conservative and Republicans more
progreSSiVe-they both been after the
independent. middle of the road vote.
The mugWumpS commonSenSe and indie
pendence are decisive. They pull back
from eXtremism the great mass of both
parties. They prevent doctrinaireS and
logicianS from dividing the nation into
two irrecOnciliable groups. This dom-
nant mugWump minority provides the
body which enables the two wings to live
together. 1t permits the whole to turn
right or left as necessity demands 1t
endDleS the OulS 10 yet Ill ana Tie Ills
to get out without revolution. It is he
safety valve enabling the nation to be
ruled by talk instead of tanks, persuasion
instead of powder.
1t is the despair Of logical minds. 1t
blurS issues and prevents clear-cut deci-
sions. 1t spoilS divisions on class or eco
nomic lines. 1t permits progress only on
a zigzag course, never letting a zig or a
gag 90 very far. It's method is muddling
through. 1t is not logical. But it is politi-
cal-it is democracy'S tested instrument
for reconciling divergent views and inter-
ests. This kind of one-party rule makes
the tWo-party system succeed. This de
ciSive minority makes majority rule toler-
ant and tOlerable.
The secret Of course is that every real
democrat belongs in some measure to
this mugwump party. Every man who
believes in self-gOvernment, practices to
some extent the moderation and self
restraint which permits maj critics to rule
without arrogance or tyranny and minor
tiles to wait without subservience or deS-
peration. Every genuine lover of liberty
is willing to grant liberty to those with
whom he disagrees. Every real democrat
is in some degree Independent and toler-
ant Those are the qualities which make
democracy work. J
Imperial Valley press., 1938-11-15
PROGRESS REQUIRES
NAN POWER

alameda Times-StaT)
There are now reported to be no less
than 1877 ,56S filling stations in this coun-
try employing 383,623 persons. This has
been a development since the first station
was erected in 1907 This is another case
Of where part Of the slack in industry
has been taken up despite the displace-
ment of men because of machinery.
Had it not been for the development of
the automobile industry, directly employ
ing hundreds Of thousands Of men, there
would have been no call for any filling
stations, nor would the thousands Of
miles of paved highways been construct
ed, employing vast numbers of men, in
Guiding the traffic officers.
No, machinery does not work harm
except in case Of those who only adapt
themselves 10 do one thing and refuse to
acquire the ability to fit themselves for
another line
In the final analysis unemployment is
being continued largely by the crippling
Of industry and the leyying Of taxes
which deprives industry of funds with
which to operate or expand. Theories are
fine but so often they have holes in them
that make them unWorkable in actual
practice
Imperial Valley press., 1938-11-15
Well / Il
TeIIYou..
says
Bob Burns

I've always heard that the only
way TO find out what a woman
really looks like is to see her at
six O'Clock in the mornin'. 1 al
ways understood that a woman was
at her worst then becouse she
hadn't had chance TO put on any
cosmetics.
The other night / kindo got in
bad with an actress agent when
he pointed her out and began ravin'
about how beautiful she was. He
Gays That's one girl that don't
have Ia use cosmetics to make
herself beautiful
said well, would you be willin'
to have her photographed at six
Cclock in the morning." and he
said "No, that's usually her bed
time and she's pretty tired them
Imperial Valley press., 1938-11-15
Famous Sayings
Bruce Cation Says
football Has Something to Answer Tor Here

Although endless columns have
been written about the real and
imaginary evils of "overemphasis'
in college football, it took this
queer, tragic case of the Dartmouth
College halfback to present the
problem in its true light.
In this case, as you may recall,
an intensely religious young stu
dent found it hard to square his
career as a football star with his
conscience. He dropped out OF
football. returned TO it when a fuss
was raised, then tried to end his
dilemma by leaving college alto
gether and taking refuge with mem
berS of a religious cult. This act
simply focused national publicity
upon him, and made it all the
harder for him to get the peace
and quiet he seemed TO be needing.
And his case is significant be-
cause ii is not one that reflects
diScredit on the college authorities
Dartmouth is one of our most re-
spected colleges. It's record in re-
card to "overemphasis' is certainly
no worse than that of other schools
in its class: on the whole, it is
probably a good deal better. This
lad was no bewildered young husky
sent to college for the sake of his
athletic talents; he was a sincere
intelligent student who became a
member of the team simply because
he enjoyed the game.
But somewhere along the line
something worked a profound IN
Justice on this young man. Hon
estly beWildered and confused he
found his role as college student a
great deal more complicated than
it ought to have been. When he
decided that football was not the
game cor him, he was unable 10
give it up simply and without a
fuss. as would have been the case
if he had decided say, to cut out
bridge or poker.
Now the point of it all is that
the resulting hullabaloo-Which can
so easily have very bad effect on
the boys whole life-wasn't any
body's fault. There isn't any villain
in the piece. This lad simply got
caught in the machinery of inter-
collegiate football and it did things
to him.
And that is where football as ar
institution has something to answer
for. As a game, it is a fine sport
collegiate rivalries are wholesome
and stimulating; the game can wei
be a valuable feature of college life
But when the institution Of foot
ball takes a bewildered boy, lifts
Imperial Valley press., 1938-11-15
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT
NOTICE TO ASSESSMENT
(TAX) PAYERS
IMPERIAL IRRIGATION
DISTRICT ASSESSMENT
FOR 1929 NOW DUE

OFFICE OF ASSESSOR AND
COLLECTOR OF IMPERIAL IR-
RIGATION DISTRICT.
November / 1888.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN
that l have received the assessment
books for the year 1888 and that
the assessment for that year is now
due and payable The Directors Of
the Imperial Irrigation District have
determined by resolution that the
said assessment shall be payable
in two installments.
Pursuant to law and the said res
olution the said assessment levied
within the said District is due and
payable on the first day of Novem-
Der, 1888. The first installment
thereof Cone-half Of said assess
ment) will become delinquent at
six (6:00 o'clock PM, on the last
Monday in December, 1893, and un-
less paid prior to that time, ten
Q0fD per cent will be added there
to. The second installment of said
assessment eJne remaining one-haf
of the entire assessment will be-
come delinquent at six C6:0OO o'clock
PM. on the last Monday in June,
1899, and unless paid prior to that
time, five C5%D per cent Will be
added thereto.
Said assessment will be received
at the office of the Assessor and
Collector of the said Imperial Irri-
cation District located at 143 South
Sixth Street Masonic Temple
Building) in the City Of Ell Centre
County of Imperial, State of Cali
fornia, every day from the date
of this notice holidays excepted
during legal business hours.
w. A. McFADDEN,
Assessor and Collector.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-11-15

MIN hieE up into the headlines and
compels him to solve his most per-
sonal problems there i'll sight OF the
multitude well, then, there is some
thing radically wrong.
1t isn't fair to put young men
under that kind Of pressure. A lad
who gees to college to prepare him
self for iife deserves a better breaN.
When game disrupts his whole
period OF preparation. the game
has something to answer for.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-11-15
News Behind
the News
The NetUsiest ShOUS =.
Wage-HOm Parieys :.

WASHINGTON. - Pdess confer
ences with Wage-Hour Administra-
tor Elmer F. Andrews may not be
as exciting as General Johnson S
conferences in early NRA days.
Yet they draw equally large crowds
and have been the best, neWSleSG
shows in town during period
when nearly all other administra-
ton big shots were up to their
cars in election worries and actiT-
tiles.
The Andrews office on corner
of the Labor Departments Fifth
floor is large, sunny and bare, ex-
cept for a large fiat-tOp desk, three
or four chairs, a large utility table
and a long brick-broWn leather
diVan. The desk bears lit
lie but a telephone and small
central pile of correspondence.
There are no pictures on walls
nor any stuffed Blue Eagles
Andrews sits in a corner Of the
divan. hunchcd forward. with ell
bows on his knees. Usually he IS
left-flanked by two or three news
paperWomen on the divan while
others stand up. The admin
istrated matches his big brown
eyes-his most prominent feature
with brown suit. necktie. shoes
and socks His hair is coal black
and corners Of his mouth turn
down in a way which would give
him a most lugubrious aspect were
il not lor a constant twinkle of the
eyes which often eases into a grin
He is paler and thinner
after two months here; his neck
doesn't fill his shirt-collar now and
dark circles are under his eyes.
His answers to questions are pa
tlent, direct ana usually given with
friendly no nonsense. now. fel-
lows air. although occasionally he
allows himself a Wisecrack. His
sarcasm is mid.
How did you find New York ."
someone asks.
i didn't see many people ON tha
streets out of a job because of the
25-cent minimum" he replies.
Which is a fair example of his
quiet, far from hilarious humor.
When the pecan Smelling industry
closed down in San Antonia with
assertions that it couldn't pay the
25-cent minimum. Andrews learned
the facts and decided to publici2a
them as widely as possible Cor
respondents were called to q press
conference and given specially
mimeographed abstracts from .
hearing before the Texas Industrial
Commission last February at whica
five clergymen testified CT meager
wages and diSgraceful conditions in
the industry.
Andrews TUNED thc press con-
ference over to Chairman Everett
/. Lconey of the Texas Industrial
Commission, who reported that the
average San Antonio pecan worker
earned about $3.50 a week or five
cents an hour, that Archbishop
Drossaerts had SAID pre- -emancipa-
tion Negro slaves were "a thousand
times better off than these poor
defenseleas people and that other
Informed witnesses had described
their conditions as worst oil suy
IN the United States
Imperial Valley press., 1938-11-15
TOday'S Horoscope

Those born on this date have a
sCod deal of self-control and can
take tit" being abuse and m-
wanted advice. They don't like such
things, however, and sooner or
later will get back" at their tor
mentors. They have affectionate
natures, many friends, like to COM
mand, but also like occasionally to
have others do the bossing-to take
the blame in case of failude quite
a common failing of those born un-
der the influence of Scorpio.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-11-15
You re Telling Ne -...'

A recently noted increase in the
importation of pots must be re-
garded as a hopeful sign. Some oi
the folks probably have acquired
The chickens Mr.. Hoover was talk
ing about.
That new book OF Anne Morrow
Lmdber2h's IS titled Listen, the
Wind" II ought to be a hoWling
success.
A woman tells OF receiving a di-
yorce IN Russia for a dime. Is that
country trying to make things at
tractiva TO the motion picture in
duStry?
Imperial Valley press., 1938-11-15

lights OF France.
But Carl Grow
who has lived on
the China coast
for a quarter of a
century and has
written a fascin-
ating book about
China called 400
Million Custom =
ers. told me
that every un-
prejudiced cpl
Imperial Valley press., 1938-11-15
GRAB BAG
One-MinutC Test

l. In what way does Philippine
mahogany differ from other kinds?
.. What is Vicksburg, Miss, ia
NOUS for?
3. What is the junction OF an au
tomobile battery?
Imperial Valley press., 1938-11-15
One Minute TEST Answers

l. Philippine mahogany is not
real mahogany. It comes from the
tanguile. red and white lauan and
other trees not related to the ma
hogany tree.
2. For a Civil War siege.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-11-15
DALE
CARNEGIE:

What nation ea,s the most de-
icious food? After sampIing tie
dishes Of every nation in Europe
and a lew in Asia, I would cast
NJ VOC Tor The slstrOnOmic de-
Imperial Valley press., 1938-11-15

A politician has mad a it'll aav
during the late summer season -
feeding straw polls to his night
mare.
An international cynic finds lii
tie to worry about in the slammng
OF the Open Door The iooi l.
gone and the walls iorn down. IL
g9Nc
Imperial Valley press., 1938-11-15
NOTICE OF TIME AND PLACE
APPOINTED FOR PROVING
WILL AND HEARING APPLI-
CATION FOR LETTERS TESLA
MENTARY.

MENTARY.
No. 1886
In the Superior Court of the State
of California, in and for the
County Of Imperial
In the Matter of the Estate of
JAMES r. McNEECE.
Deceased.
Notice is hereby given that a
petition for probate Of the will OF
JAMES r. McNEECE, deceased, and
for the issuance to JOHN b. Nc
NEECE of letters teStamentary, has
been filed in this court, and that
Friday the 25th day of November,
1888, at 200 O'Clock PM, CT said
day, at the courtroom Dept. No. 2
of said court. at the Court House
in the City of FL Centre, County
of Imperial, State of California,
has been set for the hearing of said
petition, when and where any per-
son interested may appear and con-
test the same, and show cause, if
any they have, why said petition
should not be granted.
DATED: November 10, 1888.
w. j. McCLELLANp,
County Clerk.
BY CITHA LAMSON,
Deputy Clerk.
Clarence B. Smith, Attorney for
Petitioner
N. 1923 incl
Imperial Valley press., 1938-11-15
Words of Wisdom

The Two great movers OF the
human mind are the desire of good,
and the fear of eVil.-JohnSOn.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-11-15
Hints on Etinuettc

Dinner guests should arrive ten
or fifteen minutes before the time
set for the meal.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-11-15
Barbs -.-..

An actor in Hollywood Who COM
planned he never had part which
he could get his teeth into has
been cast as an Indian. Now he's
biting the dust.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-11-15

When I 'ook at the stars and
realize that the light from some
Il lL-sa suns. travelling a. 10000
mi.te sacond takes d million
yeaia 10 reach my eyes. I realize
boz 'las and Insignificant this
eartu j.. and now microscopic and
cHaursCrHt arc my own little
troubles ! VIII pass on soon, but
fLr sea- srr.c,Iua for ii thousand
mics ~ aI directions around the
ship aud .hn .tals and spiral neb-
MIA sWuUiu, through inimitable
PAGES aDG. The, will continue
Tor thou-aud Of millions OF wears.
marvel taa. anY man looking up
"a The stars ran have m eXagger-
led opinion ol his own impOrtanc
Imperial Valley press., 1938-11-15

eure who n q lived II emma
for a Iona period awards the palms
II Chinese foods. MI Grow IS ardent
in his praise Of sWeet-and-sour
pork. Pekin2 duck and Canton
chicken cooked in vegetable mar
loW
A wealthy Chinese VINO had lived
in many lands told Carl Crow tnat
;he ideal combination Ior q gen
Geman would Ee this: to be an
American citizen with Japanes@
wife and Chinese food. Being an
American citizen would insure lib
city and opportunity. a japanese
wife would provide the most dc
voted and accomplishing of COM
panions. ana Chinese food would
mean the most tasty morsels known
- the Daiato Of the genus homo.
I asked Carl Grow how he liked
sharks fins soup and bidd's nest
soup. anu ancient Eggs. He con-
1Gsscd that he had tried them al.
AS for birds nest SOUP and
.aarks fms soup and birds nest
about Ike parsnips neither good
nor bad. As for the ancient Eggs
which We aer 50 much about, Mi
Crow declares they are rarely more
taan a month old and have been
lioklCd and tasta something like
an unusual Cneeso. He declares
that anyone vino can cultivate a
taste for Limburger cheese wouldn t
find Chinese picked EGGS hard 60
ing
The ona Chinese dish that is eat
an in all large European and Am
orican ciIce. but is never eaten
IN China is chop sucr.
Chop sucy il unknown maeard
e. ana mwanted in China. The
ONLY dis il resembles is a hash
eaten b. bclgaI5 in Canton. No
respectable Chinese would dream
II eating begsars hash
Heras d strange thing about
tie food habits of the Chinese;
they don't use butter; they abso-
.3tely abhCr caeasc.
Tho GOOD food in China is a
luxury for the rich Tnev are
!l.erdlly hundreds Of millions of
Chinese Who are dad to get most
any kind ol food that will sustain
Lie.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-11-15

4 VdgrdHI III GUUTEId IIfo dUJUdI"
" done something about the cotton
surplus. When arrested recently he
was wearing six shirts.
An Australian hunter is reported
to have shot d young woman under
the mistaken impression she was a
kangaroo. This seems to be a new
threat to iitterbugs
Imperial Valley press., 1938-11-15

bRilGlNG
ALI THE NEWS
TO IMPERIAL.
VALLEY
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-04-21
Notice OF Sale OF
Land For Taxes

], H. M. Miller, Ex-Sheriff Of Ashe
County, under and by virtue of
power vested in me under Section
8027(a) of the North Carolina Code
of 1885, and under Chapter ISL,
Section /, of the Public Laws Of
1881, l will sell to the highest bid
der for cash at the Court House
door at one o'clock P. NJ, on Mon
day, May 2, 1898, the following
lands for the reason that said par
ties issued checks and tax
tickets and obtained their tax
receipts upon said checks which
were duly presented by the
undersigned to the banks upon
which they were drawn and re-
turned by said banks for ''insuffi-
cient funds, and said parties, after
due notice, have failed, neglected
and refused to make good said
checks, and under and by virtue
of the aforesaid above mentioned
law, the undersigned, H. M. Miller,
Ex-Sheriff of Ashe County, in
whose hands said checks are for
collection, will .sell said lands for
said taxes on said lands for said
taxes on said date.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-04-21

lending powers by the Reconstrac-
ton Finance Corporation has al
ready been granted and the Public
Works Administration has been re-
clothed with authority to make
loans to states municipalities and
other public bodies for variety OF
projects.
The experience of r. F. G. with
its loans so far has been good. Since
that Federal agency was established
by President Hoover in 1881 it has
lent nine and one-half billion dol
lars to vast number of enterpris-
es most Of which money has been
repaid or is in the process Of repay
ment with sound security behind
the loans.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-04-21
NOTICE OF TRUSTEES SALE

NOTICE OF TRUSTEES SALE
North Carolina
Ashe County
Under and by virtue Of power of
sale contained in a certain deed of
trust executed by Lucy B. Wellons
to the undersigned Trustee, under
date of December 80, 1929; which
deed of trust is on record in the
Office Of the Register of Deeds for
Ashe county in Book 80, Page 334,
to which record reference is here
by made; and
Default having been made in the
payment of said deed of trust as
therein provided and having been
requested to do so by the parties
at interest;
I, w. B. Austin, Trustee, will, on
the 9TH day of May, 1888, at one
o'clock P. NJ, at the courthouse
door in jefferson, sell to the highest
bidder, for cash, to satisfy said deed
Of trust, interest and cost, the fol-
lowing described real estate, to-
wit:
BEGINNING on a stone in Mrs.
L. A. Carson's line and on the
Southwest corner Of the old acade-
my lot, running South SO East II
poles and % links to a stake in
academy lot line; then South 76
East % poles to stake; then South
A East 6 7-8 poles to stake; then
West u poles to a stake in Carson's
line; then North 2 East Is poles to
the beginning, containing 2 ga
acres, more or less.
Also one half interest in the
spring formerly used by school, with
privileges to enter on the present
pipe line which carries the water
from said spring to the building on
the above mentioned premises and
also have the right to enter on the
lands now owned by the heirs of
w. T Coward, deceased, for the
purpose of repairing or improving
said pipe line to carry one-half the
water from said spring.
This April 4, 1888.
w. B. AUSTIN,
4-14-4t Trustee.