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Imperial Valley press., 1938-03-23
Wednesday Club
Plans A Bazaar
MELOLAND NOTES

MELOLAND NOTES
Meeting at the home of Mrs.
Henry Havekorst, members Of the
Meloland Wednesday club complet-
ed plans for the club supper and
bazaar at the school Saturday
evening.
Current events and a japanese
ball game completed the program
for the afternoon. Mrs. Ward Nc
Grew received the prize for high
score and delicious refreshments
were served to Mesdames L. E.
Fillmore, Ebert Newton, l.. G.. Goar
H. A. Wells, j. r. Kinnaird, w. j
Gregg, Alex Meyer, w. c. Herdman
Fred Waterman, G.. C. Richards
Charles ForSberg, Jesse Mcbride
Ralph Engebretson, Ward McGreW
and d. c. Scott. The next meeting
will be at the home of Mrs. Isaac
Mcbride.
Mrs. j. B. Griggs was hostess at
covered dish chicken dinner in
honor of Mrs. Celia Griggs of Dallas
Tex, Friday. A surprise handker-
chief shower was given the honoree
and the afternoon spent at bridge
Present were Mesdames Grady
Neeley. Pete Anderson, Earl Mad
dox, Roy FleSher. Bowman Griggs
w. F. Griggs, Herbert Lee, Herman
Wood, Miss Grace Griggs, the hon
oree and hostess.
Miss Rosa Studer, a student at
Flintridge Sacred Heart academy
Pasadena, is spending weeks vaca-
ton with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs
Albert Studer.
MIR. ami Mrs. H. C. Skipper and
party of friends from San Diego
were visitors at the j. r. Kinnaird
home recently.
Honoring Mrs. M. @. Brookfield
of San Bernardino, Mrs. Alex Meyer
entertained several friends at lunch
con Friday. Present to greet Mrs
Brookfield were MeSdameS A. l.
Lackey, Clyde Dyer, Bertha Rhoades
Edwin Aiken and son Edwin.
Recent visitors at the d. G. Scott
home were Mrs. SCOTS grandfather
Charles O'Neil and Mr.. and Mrs
Harry ONeil, EN- route from Florida
to Los Angeles.
Mr. and Mrs. Alex Doig are in
Los Angeles this week on business
Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Tedder are the
parents of baby boy born Friday
morning.
On Saturday Farm Bureau di.
rectorS and alternates and the Melo-
land group made complete touI
of inspection of crops and expert
ments at the Experiment Station
Finances and future work of the
station were discussed.
The Lawrence Richards family
enjoyed a visit to the Orange Show
at San Bernardino Sunday
Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph EngebretSor
and daughter, Carmen, were dinner
guests of the d. c. Scots Sunday
Mr.. and Mrs. w. j. Gregg are
spending several days this week il
Los Angeles.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ward McGrew wert
dinner guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Her.
bert Harris of Ell Centro Sunday
as we're also Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert
Bergstedt of Brawley.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Fluter spent
last weekend in Redlands attending
the Orange Show at San BernardinC
and driving to Cotton ana Mil
Creek Canyon to see the flooc
damage.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-03-23

YOU haven't read ALL the News
Until You've Read ALL the Ads!
Imperial Valley press., 1938-03-23
APARTMENT HOUSE
TO BE REMODELED

Amos Chick Wednesday obtained
a permit at the city engineers Of
flee to remodel an apartment house
at 753 Hell avenue at an estimated
cost of $1,000.
YOU haven't read ALL the News
Until You've Read ALL the Ads!
Imperial Valley press., 1938-03-23

Miss Masacko Yukawa who has
been visiting her parents. Mr. ana
Mrs. George YukaWa for the past
week, returned to Los Angeles Mon
daV.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-03-23

After spending ten days visiting
at Highlands, Mrs. A. A. Moline
returned home on Thursday.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-03-23

Eddie Eakins motored over from
San Diego Friday to spend the
weekend as the guest of Jerry Up
holt.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-03-23

INTENT TO WE'D
Henry Gonzalez, "a, and Josefina
Hernandez, %, who live at Cal
exico, Tuesday filed notice of in
tention to marry.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-03-23

Mr.. and Mrs. Max Stroh were
guests on Monday night of Mr..
and Mrs. Pete Brown.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-03-23

Sec the new "Vaga-
bond featherWeight
in brow S, tanS,
green's and greys! A
hat you can wear all
summer!
Imperial Valley press., 1938-03-23

Doublc-breaSted and single breast
ed drape models in new Glenplaids,
Herringbones in the smart Spring
WorStedS! Expert "MiddiShade'
tailoring.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-08-15

won't OF strut and boast Of his in
vinciblllty.
DilIlngcr's body in death yield
cd practically nothing in the way
of worldly goods, but provided a
pathetic answer to life of law
leSsneSs. In the other end Of that
display case rcpose a pair Of
cheap spectacle smashed
Ia cheap shoddy cigar, and a
taWdrS staw hat Of the bargain
counter type The hat IS bent and
broken where its dying wcarcr
fell on 1t.
To me, that battered straw hat
grotcsqucly becomes almost a
living thing, and seems trying to
cry out a protest to the world I
wonder
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-08-15
Washington Friend Answers Real Questions About
Real People And Places In The Nations Capital
DR.. JAMES E. POPE
Colorado Building, Washington, D C

tEOTE-This column will answer your question about
Washington any interesting person place II will with
IN bounds of propreiY and inform its readers
corning department agency other function of the
Government No accepted for this service Positively
attention and will be given questions of po
ica nature those touching controversial partisan
Use your imaginary initials by which
you may know your question when it
Your question another the subject yours will
be referred TO in this column early possible
this with question and watch this column each
week for the Address of this
FRIEND IN WASHINGTON 423 Colorado Bldg. Washing
D. c.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-08-15
Miami Musician WedS
In Key West

L. A CAST, WelI-knoWn Miami
musician, was married to Betty
Bourn, also of Miami, by Judge
Raymond r. Lord this morning at
the county courthouse in d very
pretty ceremony.
Dr. and Mrs. George Henry
Bradford were attendants at the
wedding Dr. Bradford is ma
tlonally-knoWn lecturer, d for
mcr University Dean, and former
director Of the Miami publicity
Bureau in Chicago
Mr.. and Mrs. Gist told The
Citizen this morning that this
was an attractive town in which
to get married"
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-08-15
HeWetts Have
House Guest

Miss Mary Center, cmpIoyc Of
the Clearwater Sun. was an ar
rival in Key West today over the
highway from Clearwater, Fla
During her stay here, MISS
Center viii be the house guest Of
her uncle and aunt, Mr.. ana Mrs
A. NJ HcWctt, at their home 1880
South street
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-08-15
Visitors LedUe
Over Highway

Edward Duncan and sister
Miss Anne Duncan, Of Indian
apolls, Indiana, who were visit
ing relatives in the city for about
IL days left on the afternoon bus
yesterday on the return to their
home
The mother of Nj and Miss
Duncan, is d sister OF Mrs Romcy
Tynes, and a good part Of their
time was spent al the Tynos
home ON White street The WISH
tors SAID, before leaving. they
hope to return some time during
the winter season.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-08-15
WANDERING
AND MUSING

Strolhng along Tenth street We
pass the old Ford s Thcatcr where
the great Abe Lincoln was shot
II was on Good Friday, cold,
wet night IN April, 1865 Glad
has assassin was not a Southern
e. nor a resident of the South
Across the street is the old house,
WherS the Martyrcd President
was carried by loving hands, and
lapr dlcd The next day Walt
'y4,FYag rA,ho worshipcd LIN
2hl &slte o Captain Ny Cap
taing 70 his fallen hero, with
such impressive lines as our
fearful trip IS done The port IS
near the bells l hear. the people
all cNuItine For you they call
the sWayIng mass. their eager
faces turning But @ the
bleeding drops Of red vhcr. ~
the deck MY Captain hes fallen
.r..f4 a.,. faa.8t
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-08-15

Years ago patent medicines
piled a fortune for a gentle
man by the name of Ripley.
Mr.. RipleY's daughter, Lesley
Hyde. will soon have a COM
ing out party al swank New
port. r. l.. which society re
porters estimate will nick the
family bankroll for $4,000.
Ii will be d supper dance.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-08-15
ANSWERS
TO QUESTIONS

This country Of ours supports
a gigantic, Wcll-orEanlZcd. and IN
certain branches, Wcll-armcd and
full-equlpped predatory army of
400. 900 mountaineering to
Federal Bureau of Identification
records To give you a realistic
conception of the bIgness OF this
army, let US imagine it moving
past the FBIs Sl0.000.000 palace
on Pennsylvania Avenue. March
ING day and night IN column of
squads. II would take seventeen
days for II 10 pass IN review
Some OF these are grim fighters
and are expert machine gunncrs.
while others are trade by trick
specialists who, with their legal
artillery units. maintain an clab-
CRATE and ramIflcd network of cs-
pionage. ambush blockade and
defense IN their never ending war
upon a tolerant people who feed
them Every man. woman and
child IN the land are prospective
sucker bait oI potential blood VIC
tims 81 these ruthless swlndierS.
kidnapcrS. rapistS and killers,
Moreover. every mar. woman and
child IN America fol k4 bS Err In I
directly or otherWisC-Sl20 apiece
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1938-02-10

Beneath this stone lies Murphy
They burned him today
He lived the life Of Riley
When Riley was away.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1938-02-10

Space prohibits this column dis
cussing the endless differences of
opinion between those who feel that
a big navy makes for peace and
those who believe it makes for war.
The first school argues that if we
show sufficient military strength,
no nation will dare to insult us,
much less attack uS-that, no mat
ter how much they may hate us and
desire our possessions, they will
have to keep out of war because
they can't possibly win The sec
ond school, which has much histor-
ical precedent in its favor, argues
that great naval and military ma
chimes, even though sponsors urged
them as instruments of peace, have
inevitably become instruments of
war. These opposed theories are of
academic interest now, however
the big thing is that the entire world
the United States is
spending untold billions to create
fighting machines Of greater mag
nitude and effectiveness than ever
existed before.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1938-02-10
A WELCOME VISITOR

One fellow who is always welcome
at the front door of every home
around Kennewick is the free deliv-
cry carrier. Nobody motions from
the front window for him to drive
on and nobody stops him and says:
I'VE don't want any mail today" In
fact, everyone is happy to see him
coming along the road. His job is
not the most pleasant one in the
world by any means, since it takes
him out into all kinds of weather.
But like a real soldier he is always
to be found at his post of duty, UNI
complaining and unmindful of the
drab side of his life. We sometimes
wonder if he gets all the smiles and
hearty well wishes to which he is
entitled; We wonder if all of his pa
irons are careful to show their ap-
probation of his faithful service.
Have you ever done any wondering
along that line, or are you one of
those who take him as a matter Of
course and withhold the smiles to
which he is really entitled and
which would help him along in his
work?
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1938-02-10
EDITOR MAKES MISTAKE

An editor OF q weekly paper
commenting on the fact that his
paper sometimes made mistakes,
says that a good subscriber told
him all about il. He goes on to
relate that about the same day
there was letter i'm his post Of
flee box that did not belong TO him;
he called No. 90 on the phone and
got 1913; he called for spool of No.
SO thread and got spool Of No.
so; he got his milk bill and there
was mistake of 10c in his favor;
he felt sick and the doctor said he
was eating too much meat when he
hadn't tasted meat for two months;
the preacher turned in his church
notes with the name of the ladies'
aid society president misspeIled and
the editor got the blame for it; the
garage man said the jitney was
missing because IL needed a new
timer and he cleaned a spark plug
and the flivver has run ever since.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1938-02-10
ROAD ECONOMY


AS a rule, Kennewick citizens
think of good roads chiefly in terms
of speed, convenience and comfort.
The highway research board in
Washington has found another adj
vantage savings in cost of car
operation and maintenance. The
study was made among rural mail
cents mile to drive their automo-
carriers in Iowa. It costs them 3.07
biles over dirt roads. Gravel roads,
at 2.17 cents per mile, are much bet
ter. But a good paved highway is
easy enough on gasoline, oil, tires
and the like to cut the figure to
LA cents per mile. AS between the
old dirt road and the modern high
way that is a saving of 1.63 cents
per mile-$163 annually for the
driver who covers 10000 a year. So
good roads become a matter of good
business. Motorists willingly paid
for them even before the pocket
book argument was evident. But
where special taxes levied for road
building are diverted to other needs,
the driver may well wonder If one
factor doesn't offset the other. I
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1938-02-10
CLOTHES AND CARS

If you'd like to know what the
average family does with its income
when father gets raise. then lend
your ear a moment to the result Of
a survey recently completed in a
half-dozen mid-western states. A
pool was taken throughout Penn
sylvania, Ohio, Michigan, Wiscon-
sin, Illinois and Iowa to determine
as nearly as possible how the aver
age family, just about the same
type Of families around Kennewick
deal out their money for food,
clothes, shelter, automobiles, medi-
cal care and so on.
Among the most interesting
things revealed by the figures, now
that they have been tabulated, is the
admission of those whose incomes
are the lowest that when they do get
a little extra money they spend 1t
for food and clothing. But when
all of them are punched together
and the census is considered as q
whole, it is found that the most de-
cided increase in spending goes on
the family car-even more on the
car than they spend on clothing.
For incomes between $4,000 and
$4,000, for example, food costs, ac-
cording to the survey took 81 per-
cent, the auto 10 percent, housing
and clothing, IL percent, and so on.
The car is used to take the whole
family out for pleasure trips, drives
into the country and on vacation
jaunts. This all has its good eff
feet on health, education and men
tai stimulus. It is also used very
widely to carry workmen to and
from their work. There is park
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1938-02-10

y - The Reporter, est. January a. 1908 = Con
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1938-02-10
VANISHING scARECRows

According to the U. s. Bureau Of
Biological Survey, the scarecrow is
already virtually extinct. No Ken
newick citizen need take the bur-
eau's word for 1t, however. All
he has to do is get in his car ard
drive around awhile through most
any farming district. Where every
corn field once had its crude cross
decked in discarded clothing and
hat, with perhaps few handfuls
of hay for stuffing, one may drive
for miles now without seeing a
single one.
The scarecrow is gone, says the
Bureau, because it so miserably
failed to live up to its name. The
crow is wise bird. It saw in the
ridiculously outstretched arms Of
the scarecrow not an evidence Of
human presence, but merely a con-
venient perch from which the bet
ter to enjoy the feast and taunt the
farmer. Yet that had been going
on for q good many years before the
farmer lost faith in the scarecrow.
Modern mechanical science, we
suspect, might provide much more
lifelike and effective substitute.
Why not a radio controlled dummy,
perhaps, with all the earmarks and
movements Of a real man, that the
farmer, manipulating gadget from
the comfort of his armchair, could
dispatch about his fields at will?
But the new taste for crows meat,
which it has been discovered can be
made into fairly delectable dish,
has removed even the necessity for
that. AS a result the hunters quest
for the crow has discouraged the
flocks from pilfering corn more than
even the scarecrow did. So there is
another clue to the disappearance
of another familiar figure from the
countryside -the old scarecrow.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1938-02-10
A THIN ARGUMENT

When someone tries to tell you
that the big city merchant can sell
cheaper than merchants in the
smaller towns because the city mer-
chant buy in so much larger quaint
tiles, ask him this: How much high
er are his taxes? How much great
er is the cost of his light and heat?
How much more expensive is his
clerk hire? How much more costly
is his advertising space in the big
city papers than space in the small
town paper that serves your local
merchant? How much more insur-
ance must he carry because he car
ries a larger stock. And, finally, who
has to pay all this added cost in
the long run? If you've been believ-
ing that oil stuff about buying in
larger quantities." forget it. Answer
the above questions for yourself and
you'll understand why the small
town merchant does not have to
knock under to such sales argument
as that, regardless of what section
of the country he is doing business
in
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1938-02-10
Definitions


AVERAGE MAN: One who at
least once in life faces the prob
lem of whether to tell the truth, or
hire lawyer.
- - -
AVERAGE WOMAN: One to
whom a luxury seen in neighbor's
home becomes a necessity in hers.
- - -
Little Percy didn't always say his
prayers. Sometimes he didn't want
anything.
- - -
Contemplate her fury when
after taking reducing exercises
for three months, she found
she had gained ten pounds.
- - -
Caller: won't you walk as far
as the street car with me, Tommy?"
Tommy Jagged five): Il can't"
Caller: why not?"
Tommy: cause we're gonna have
dinner as soon as you CO."
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1938-02-10

a poor second to these dominant
powers. Actually, when it comes to
modern naval tonnage-as against
obsolete tonnage represented by
ships which look all right in war
games, but would be next to useless
in actual combat-Japan is practi-
cally as strong as we are, and some
think she may be stronger. Between
1928 and 1888, American naval con-
struction practically stopped. Those
were the years in which Japan was
developing her navy as rapidly as
possible. Since 1922, Japan has
built or started 217 warships with
a gross weight of 717,000 tons, as
against 1876 ships crossing 100000
tons for the u. S.
Further, it is reliably believed that
Japan (whose government makes
every effort to keep such matters a
dark secret) is now building several
ships of almost unprecedented size
and range, and possesses 113 mod
GILL AASAAtAAiS oAAPo weighing a GOGoA
of 869, 900 tons, while Japan has I'll
ships weighing 100000 tons. In adj
dition, Japan subsidies its mer-
chant marine, which is in reality a
branch of the navy. AS everyone
knows, the U. S. merchant marine is
next to non-existent, and has been
going down hill at cataclysmic
speed since the last war.
Here are some of the reasons why
the House recently approved the
largest naval peace time appropria-
ton on record for the next fiscal
year-$553, 100000. It is not at all
unlikely that additional legislation
will increase this figure. This gov
eminent seems certain to become in
volved in what the U. S. News terms
"the worldwide naval armament
free-for-all."
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1938-02-10
ECONOMIC H1GHL1GHTs


It hasn't been headlined much as
yet but the United States and japan
are about to become actively en-
gagged in a naval expansion race.
The current naval program which
has the Presidential approval, calls
for major expansion of the navy
over q period of several years. A
large number of minor ships will be
built, plus several capital ships
heavy men-of-war, mounting 16-in.
guns, and costing scores of millions.
Two unconnected incidents seem
to be responsible for the program to
revitalize and enlarge the navy.
First, the warlike attitude of Japan
and her apparent disregard of the
rights of acknowledgements las il
Illustrated by the sinking Of the Pam
ay), has brought the state depart
ment to the view that the United
States must make it apparent to
Nippon that we are prepared, if
necessary, to meet force with great
er force. Second, the business de-
preston has made this a perfect
time, in view of New Deal officials,
to inaugurate naval building pro-
gram. A battleship takes several
years to complete, and costs from
$4,000. 900 to 100000 900. It requires
q tremendous amount of labor, skill
ed, semi-skilled and unskilled. It
demands the products of all the
basic industries, from lumber to
steel. Thus, a big scale expansion
plan is of no small significance in
employing labor, distributing money
throughout the basic industries, and
bolstering business in general for a
short period.
theoretically, Great Britain and
the United States have the worlds
greatest navies, with Japan running
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1938-02-10

ing lot as big as a farm outside
the Ford plant at Dearborn, Mich.
So the American family car isn't
all luxury by any means, though it
may lDok SO to millions of middle
class persons in other lands to whom
car is a dream far beyond realiza-
ton,
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1938-02-10

Lena Genster has been search
ing the public library for .
copy Of the latest best seller,
~GOne With the Windsor
= = =
Horace Wray says there is moth
ing to the story that he has invited
Edward and Wallie to spend their
honeymoon at his summer home at
Lost Lake.
People in Walla Walla, It Is claim
ed, didn't have to do any research
work last summer to find authentic
wearing apparel for their Frontier
Days celebration. They found
ready-made clothing still in stock.
- = =
Glen Utz had just sold Sandy
Macdonald a small travelling case.
"Shall I wrap it up for your"
Mae, jest put the paper and
string inside"
- = =
American Tourist: where are
We now, ch3uffeuf!"
Chauffeur: Half way between
Lyons and MArseilles, sir"
Tourist: Never mind about small
details. What country are We in?"
- = -
Definition
OLD TIMER: One who can re-
member when only one man in
Europe thought he was Napoleon.
- - =
Definition
HAPPY HOME: Where the wife
knows what kind Of furniture she
wants and her husband doesn't give
darn.
= = y
Mrs. Talkalot: But, Doctor, you
asked me to stick out my tongue,
and you haven't even looked at it.
DR.. Capell: mo, just wanted to
be able to write this prescription in
peace.
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WHO'S WHO,

= The Farmers Elk. Is where Z
= you go to get good grain to Z
= make stock grow to be larger Z
q than their mas and dads Z
= without wasting time on pass Z
= ing fads. Down there they Z
= have sales now and then at Z
= tended far by wives and men Z
= seeking tools and horses strong Z
= at prices set where they belong. .
= The busy minds who work and Z
= plan are those of Anon and Z
= Silliman, who like to treat Z
= their neighbors well and you'll Z
= admit their way Is swell. Z
. Z