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Imperial Valley press., 1939-01-10

TO read It'll years after it happen
ed 1t is the story of Bishop Poly
carp who was burned at the stake
in the year 167. He was condemned
to be burned alive merely because
he would not renounce his falth
in Christianity. For a long time
he tried to escape arrest; but when
the Roman officers finally seized
him, he faced his awful fate with
a courage that would have done
credit to all the Gods on Mount
olympus. He was arrested in Smyr-
ma. A pile of fagotS was heaped
in the public square, and the white
haired bishop, siXty-eight years old,
was led to his funeral pyre. The
tailor started to chain him to the
stake; but the Bishop pleaded: mo.
Don't chain me. 1t isn't necessary.
God will give me the strength to
stand here and be burned alive"
Did Bishop Polycarp finch as
the flames leaped up and consum-
ed his body? No indeed! His iron
will, his faith, his religious zeal
and fervor enabled him to endure
what is probably the most awful
of agonies.
And the Bishop was not an iso-
lated exception? Thousands of
heroes have marched to a fiery
death with exaltation in their
hearts. with a resplendent courage
that gloWs and shines across the
dark centuries.
In the year 1000 the philosopher
Vanini, was sentenced to be burn
ed alive And that wasn't all They
were going to teach him a lesson
that neither he nor anyone else
would forget; his tongue was to
be cut out before he was burned
What terrible crime do you sup
pose he had committed? Murder?
Treason No. he had committed the
unforgivable sin of teaching what
every child is now taught in the
elementary schools. He taught that
this earth of ours is not the center
of the universe: but merely a minor
planet revolving around a tenth
rate sun among millions of other
suns flaming through illimitable
space.
Here is the point of the story:
When the time came for Vanini
to be led away to the knife and
the fire, he said repeatedly to his
friends who were weeping besi/,
him, Come, let's go. Let's go joy
fully I want to die with the cour-
age that becomes philosopher"
And he did!
Across the cruel centuries, Vanini
and Bishop Polycarp, we salute you
You could take it on the chin You
were men!
How much pain and heartache
and distress can you endure? The
answer is that if you make up your
mind to it, you can, like Polycarp
and Vanini, endure forty times as
much as you imagine.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-01-10
Famous Sayings

of school safety patrols to the pos
sibility of eliminating danger thru
better highway engineering. The
results were pooled and made easily
available to authorities everywhere.
And then the campaign got under
way
Like the original study it was
carried on a broad front. The pub
lie was given a course of education.
Traffic codes were revised. New
systems of police control were built
up And gradually the campaign
began to be effective People be-
gan to see that auto traffic was
not an irresistible juggernaut but
something that could be brought
under control. The control was de-
vised-and now we can be reason
ably confident that within a few
years the death toll will be got
down to a level which a civilized
community can view with some de
gree of equanimity.
Now all of that is pretty fair
sample of what we call the "Amerl-
can Way'-or. if you prefer, the
democratic way the way of a free
society-in operation.
1t was not a campaign imposed
from above. Instead it developed
in response to a completely aroused
and informed public opinion. There
was no censorship to keep news of
the situation from reaching the
people; there was no repression to
keep each man from speaking his
mind about it; there was no regi-
mentation to keep a score of solu-
tions from being tried at once, so
that a process of experimentation
could Gull out the worthless ones.
Instead there was a pooling of
brains, so to speak; a uniting of
the nations best thought and best
effort. And because the program
was evolved in that way, it will
stick.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-01-10
LAW MAKING IN THE DARK

During the first week Of It's existence
the present session of the state legis
lature demonstrated ably why there are
SO many useless laws on the statute
books. That first week saw action on
376 measures, including 134 senate bills,
2O8 assembly bills, II assembly cOnstitu-
tional amendments, six senate amend
ments and one Joint resolution.
If each legislator had given adequate
consideration to each measure, he would
have been working night and day, for
the average was more than SO measures
a day considered And those are too
many laws for any man to digest in
day.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-01-10
Barbs-.... -....

The average cloud weighs 300
600 pounds. which, it may be sup
posed, includes the silver lining.
The real significance of the No
vember elections becomes apparent
with news that a man in New York
was fined for leaving an elephant
out in the rain all night.
Oracle Fields, England's faVorite
comedienne, doesn't want to run
for Parliamente Probably couldn't t
stand the competition.
Clothes in the tropics are being
made of bananas. They should be
easy to slip on.
Toothache can be cured by cheer
ful thoughts, if it isn't your tooth
If you are feeling the wintry
winds in your home town, consider
last summer at Death Valley, where
in July the heat reached a maxi
mum of 125 degrees and averaged
1O1 degrees day and night.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-01-10
JUST ANOTHER MeNUTT
POLITICAL MISTAKE

Paul McNutt, high commissioner of
the Philippines, former midwestern gov
ernor and helter-skelter political figure
for decades, made another in his list
of political mistakes when he announced
this week that he will be a candidate for
president in 1910.
The mistake lies in the fact that, even
though he might have had a chance, he
has nullified il. by setting himself up as
a target for opponents too early in the
game.
And there is plenty of ammunition for
those opponents. There is, for instance,
the McNutt two per cent club in his
home state. where office holders are
virtually required to donate two per
cent of their salaries to a political war
chest controlled by the McNutt machine.
Going farther afield, there is the re-
cent odor from Manila, where McNutt
insisted on building for himself at public
expense a mansion which eclipsed in
grandeur the residence of the Philippine
president, and rivalled the White House
at Washington, D. G.
The McNutt boom for president, we
think. will rival a one-day session OF
artillery practice There will be a series
of loud sounds-and then nothing but
Imperial Valley press., 1939-01-10
ADDITIONAL WORK ON
WATER MAINS SLATED

AS a part of a general program
Centro's south side, a new six
for improving water service on FL
inch main will be installed on
Fourth street between Orange and
Vine streets, to tie in with present
mains and increase pressure, Phil
Knights, city engineer, announced
Tuesday. This main will be in ad-
dition to the new main being laid
now between the water plant and
Seventh and Ross avenue. Work
will probably last for several weeks,
Knights said.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-01-10
Lettuce Shipments
Two Days Behind
Schedule of 1897

The first carload of Imperial Val
ley lettuce was shipped on Decem-
ber II, two days later than the
first car in the 1878 season,
the moEthly report of the agricul-
tural commissioner disclosed Tues
day.
Lettuce shipments for the month
totaled 166 cars. Quality of lettuce
was good, market fair.
Grapefruit shipments remained
steady during the early part OF
the month, but heavy shipment by
a minority group of growers caused
the desert area market regulation
to be lifted. Prices Immediately fell
to less than $40 per ton.
Alfalfa shipments were slightly
higher to a stronger market, toma-
toes move steadily to a good mar
ket, squash shipments were light
to a fair market, carrot paintings
were reported in good condition.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-01-10
Bill Would Boost
Long Marriages

SACRAMENTO, Jan. 10. CUP)-
Longevity of California marriages
would be encouraged by a bill to
be introduced in the senate by Sen
ator Harry C. Westover of Santa
Ana.
Westover said his bill would grant
couples who have been married for
so years a pension of $50 per
month. Under terms of the measure
those eligible for payments would
be American citizens who have re-
sided in California five out of the
nine years preceding the fiftieth
anniversary of their wedding.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-01-10
Wife Refused TO
Keep House, CHARGE

His Wife's refusal to keep house
and cook for him, Robert d. Dou-
thitt alleged in a divorce complaint
filed Monday, caused him to sue
her for divorce.
He also disliked, he alleged, her
long. unexplained absences from
thelr home. He said she would at
tend dances while he worked eve
nings even though he did not ap-
prove of the practice.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-01-10
Damage Suit Names
Insurance Company

Mrs. Della S. Mercier, executriX
of the estate of the late August j.
Mercier of Calexico. Monday filed
suit against the National Casualty
company for $1,000.
She alleged the amount was due
the estate because MERCER held a
policy with the company which in
sured his life against accidental
death. He died last Sept. 5 of in
Juries suffered in an automobile
accident at Elco, New, Aug. 80.
The company refused to pay the
claim, she alleged.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-01-10
Bruce Cation Says
= An Illustration of the American Way

We do a good deal of talking
about the American way of doing
things, but We don't often stop to
figure out exactly what it means.
The last years record in regard
to traffic deaths offers a good eX-
ample.
During 1898, approximately 31,5OO
people in the United States were
killed by automobiles That, heaven
knows, is certainly an appalling fl
CURE; yet there is a lot of encour-
agement in it, because it is about
5000 below the figure for 1887 and
it indicates that the nation is at
last beginning to solve its traffic
death problem.
And it is in the way the problem
was tackled, the things that were
done to solve it and the way the
machinery was set in motion that
this much h-talked-of American
way" can be seen in action.
Let it be admitted freely that
there was terrible delay in getting
started The yearly traffic toll was
a shocking disgrace for years be-
fore anything very effective was
done. Nevertheless. the public did
at last wake up to the situation.
Public opinion was stirred from the
ground up, and elaborate studies
of the things that could be done to
take the hazards out of auto traffic
were made-made by private or
ganizations and by supported
bodies simultaneously.
So the problem was studied on
broad front The best brains avail
able were put to work on it. Every
angle was examined. from the work
Imperial Valley press., 1939-01-10
|. Y. Temperature
Supplied in Chart

A history of Imperial Valley
weather conditions for the lass
10 years is contained in a record
prepared by the Ell Centro Cham
Der of Commerce to be used in
answering inquiries from prospec-
tive visitors.
Mean, maximum, mean maxi
mum and mean monthly tempera-
lures are recorded.
Mean maximum temperature for
the winter period for the last 10
years was 80 degrees, the mean
minimum 472 degrees and the
mean monthly GAL degrees.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-01-10
Trailer Harem
Charges Brought

MIAMI, Fla, Jan. 10. (UP)-
John Howard Dingwall, 40 year old
alleged operator of a trailer har-
en-, was held for federal grand
jury action on two charges of
Mann act violation.
An l8 year old blonde, Lucy
Kitteridge, who said she ran away
from her Waterbury, VT, home
last October to join Dingwall's
crew of magazine salesgirls, testi-
fled that the girl who sold the most
magazine subscriptions during a
day slept with Dingwall that night.
U. S. Commissioner Roger Edward
Davis ordered Dingwall and Mrs.
Caroline Carter held on charges
of conspiracy to violate the Mann
act.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-01-10
TOday's HOrOscOpe

A literary and intuitive turn of
mind is possessed by the person
born today. He or she will be much
intrigued by the metaphysical sci
ences. For success the one whose
birthday is today should be careful
of what he writes in letters. Promo
tion through superiors may come
during the year.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-01-10
Betty Going
Accepts Position
In EI Cenfro
CALEXICO NOTES

Bette Going, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. H. Going, who recently
graduated from a secretarial school,
in Los Angeles, has accepted a
position with the Nevada California
in El Centro.
Mr.. and Mrs. Roscoe Entrekin jr
have returned to Los Angeles after
spending the New Year with their
parents on the Cudahy ranch. -
Mother Superior Hubert and
Sister Adolphine Binder have re-
turned to Green Bay, Wis, after
spending the holidays with Mr.. and
Mrs. Adolph Binder and Sister Ger
trude. The two guests We're from
st. Joseph's orphanage in Green
Bay.
Mrs. w. j. Meagher, county pres
ident of the PIT. A, was in Cal
exico Friday on official business.
DR.. Warren Fox visited CaleXico
Saturday in the interests of the
Children's Paralysis organization
which is to be set up in Imperial
county soon. This organization will
be somewhat similar to the Red
Cross. The drive will culminate on
the Presidents birthday January
90.
Mrs. j. G.. Becker, sister of Mrs
Paul Anderson, has returned to Los
Angeles after spending several days
with her sister and mother, Mrs
Millard.
j. w. Lawson made a business
trip to San Diego Saturday return
ing the same day. Mrs. Lawson is
still confined to her home recover
ing from an injury received earlier
in the month when she fell.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-01-10

1Iuloudy dlUSi piS"hA'S' Wv N
California hotel.
Northend farmers will organize
committees Friday morning at
breakfast in the Planters hotel.
The drive will start Immediately
after the breakfast.
Calipatria will hold its drive on
Friday, according to Frank Pierce,
state director of organization for
the farm bureau. Pierce reported
that the farm bureau had set 75O
as a goal for this years drive.
Membership last year totaled ITO.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-01-10
Jury BIames Man
For Baby's Death

FRESNO, Cal, Jan. 10. CUP)-
A coroner's jury today held Severe
Alvarez, so year old rancher, re-
sponsible for the death of the in
fant boy born to his unwed daugh-
ter.
The jury decided the child was
killed by blows dealt by Alvarez
with homicidal intent.
Alvarez is held in the Fresno
county Jail awaiting a preliminary
hearing on a murder charge.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-01-10
Work Progresses
On Canal Jobs

Work on all incomplete sections
OF the All American canal progress
ed on schedule during the past
month, according to the Reclama-
ton service.
Construction of a 151a foot steel
pipe siphon across New river was
completed Work on all power drops
moved ahead of schedule, the rec
lamation service reported
More than 900 men are now en-
ployed on the canal.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-01-10

doesn't it? Most
books on that
subject, l ina
gine, are erudite
and boring. But
Since Calvary
marches with a
zest and gusto
that makes it
fascinating. In
this book, there
is a story of SUI
perb h eroi S m
that is inspiring
Imperial Valley press., 1939-01-10
One Minute Test Answers

/. 1t depends upon the court.
Witnesses in citizenship matters
must be acceptable to the court.
2. Hunting, fishing and the
throwing of the discuss and round
ed stones The Egyptians also were
excellent runners.
3. A kind of holly
Imperial Valley press., 1939-01-10
DALE
CARNEGIE

I have been reading recently a
book called, Since Calvary by
Lewis Browne This book tells and
interprets the story of Christianity
throughout The apeS Sounds dull
Imperial Valley press., 1939-01-10
Words of Wisdom

POliteneSS comes from within,
from the heart; but if the forms of
politeness are dispensed with, the
spirit and the thing itself soon die
aWay-John Hall.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-01-10
GRAB BAG
One-Minute Test

l. May a relative be a witness
for one desiring to become citizen
Of the United States?
2. What were the fayorite sports
of ancient Egyptians?
3 What type of tree is the flex?
Imperial Valley press., 1939-01-10
HELD FOR BAKERSFIELD

Herman Holmes, 81, was arrested
in Ell Centre Monday at the request
of Bakersfield authorities. He is
charged with failure to provide for
his wife.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-01-10

AS a general thing a town in
Great Britain or Ireland is not call
ed a city unless there is a cathedral
in it. However, the king may de
cree that a town may be so called,
If IL hasn't a cathedral.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-01-10

Four New England. sailors are on
their way to Alaska in an 18-foot
lifeboat because, they say. New
York is crowded. Oh! for a more
abundant life on the ocean wave.
in an 13-foot lifeboat
Imperial Valley press., 1939-01-10
NOT OBLIGING

Detroit Free Press)
The trouble in Palestine is that the
silently steal away, as the poet said they
were in the habit of doing.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-01-10
Legal Advertisement A
NOTICE INVITING BIDS FOR
PAVING AND RECONSTRUCT
ING OF WATER BASIN NO. 6
AT THE PUMPING PLANT IN
THE CITY OF Ell CENTRIC.

Notice is hereby given that seal
ed bids will be received by the City
Clerk of the City of Ell Centre at
his office in the City Hall up to
and until 7:30 PM. on the 18th
day of January, 1899, for the paving
and reconstructing of water basin
No. at the pumping plant in the
City of Ell Centro.
Such paving and reconStructing
shall be in accordance with the I
plans and specifications on file in
the office of the City Engineer
In accordance with the provisions
of Chapter 397, Statutes of 1897
the City Council has ascertained the
general prevailing wages applicable
to the said work to be as follows:
Classification Rate Per Hous
Carpenters ................ ........ $1.12h
Carpenters helpers ......... rs
Concrete finisherS ...........- LOO
Concrete mixer operators 80
Concrete buggymen ........-. 60
Form carpenters .............-.. 100
Reinforcing steel men - LOO
LaborerS ..........-.................... so
ANY classification omitted
here not less than ............ so
Time is based upon eight hours
for each calendar day except Sun
days and legal Holidays.
Overtime shall be paid at one and
one half times the above rate.
Said bids will be opened and con-
sidered by the City Council of the
City of Ell Centro at its regular
meeting to be held on said 18th
day of January, 1899, at 7:30 PM.
of said day at said City Hall or at
such subsequent time to which said
meeting may be regularly adjourn
ed and a contract will be awarded
to the lowest responsible bidder,
provided said City Council reserves
the right to reject any and all bids. \
The bidder whose proposal is ac-
cepted shall be required to enter
into a contract with the City of Ell
Centre within thirty days from
and after the time of the accept
ance of his bid and to furnish the
City with a bond or bonds as pro-
vided by law
Each bid shall be accompanied
by a certified check equal to ten
per cent of the total amount of
such bid, payable to the City OF Ell
Centre, or by bond for like amount
with Sureties acceptable to said
City Council, as a guarantee that
if such bid be accepted the maker
thereof will enter into the proposed
contract with said City and give the
bond or bonds required oy such
contract, provided that such check
or bond will be returned to each
unsuccessful bidder upon the re-
lection of his bid and to the sue
cessful bidder upon his execution
of said contract and delivery of
said bonds.
Dated this 9th day of January. +,
1899
ROY j. TOMBSTONE,
City Clerk of the City of ;
Ell Centre, California. s.
j. 10, 16
Imperial Valley press., 1939-01-10
Hints on Etiquette

Asking too many questions, par
ticularly of a personal nature, is
sure sign Of bad manners.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-01-10

Looking back over the crime
stories of the year, we can't decide
between the drug firm scandal, the
Hahn murders or the Munich peace
accord.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-01-10
You re Telling Me --

Recent sensational revelations in
the Musica case suggest that it
might not be a bad idea to take all
the Wall Street biggies finger
prints.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-01-10

Henry Morgan, one of the most
bloodthirsty of buccaneers, was later
made the governor of Jamaica and
and became a leader in suppressing
piracy.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-01-10
Photographs

Cliff dweller ruins are the high
spot for visitors to the Bandelier
National monument in New Mex
ico
Imperial Valley press., 1939-01-10

The National Republican Club of
New York has abandoned most of
its bedroom space The members
OF the G. o. p. probably have NOV
ed into better quarters.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-01-10

In many homes Christmas is
purely a relative matter.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-01-10
Farm Bureau Committees Take Up Big
Drive for Membership After Delay
Caused by Rainstorm in Valley

Organization of committees to work in the annual
bureau membership drive Thursday and Friday was
delayed Monday when rain interrupted scheduled pro
gram Ell Centre farm bureau members were slated
organize Tuesday night and sign up members ON
Imperial Valley press., 1939-01-10

After looking at the kind of hats
Aunt Emma wears, it's easy to un-
derstand how she could pick out
that kind Of necktie for a Christ
mas present.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-01-10
thoughts for the Day

But God said unto me. Thou shalt not build
house for my name, because thou hast been
of war and hast shed blood Chronicles 2S:S.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-01-10

BRINGING
ALL THE NEWS
TO IMPERIAL
VALLEY
The Coolidge examiner., 1939-11-09
HOBBIES ON DISPLAY

On Tuesday afternoon at 2:3O
members of the Parent Teachers
association met in the Coolidge
Grammar schoo / auditorium to
hold the second meeting of the
in term.
Hobbies from each grade were
or exhibition during the afternoon.
Miss Spain's and Miss Harris
frst grades honored their mothers
with a clever entertaining pro-
gram and the older girls glee club
rendered two numbers accompan-
led at the piano by Miss Gilmore.
The seventh grade mothers with
Mrs. Christensen as chairman
were hostesses for the afternoon.
The hobbies brought by the chill
dren included: handwork, seventh
and eighth grade boys, George
Moag and Wayne Elledge; seven
tn grade and eighth grade girls,
Pauline Slade and Anna Chimits:
fourth. fifth, and sixth grade boys,
Pobby Skousen, and Robert Vance
Taylor; first, second, and third
grade boys, George Dempster;
f.rst. second, and third grade
rls, Patty Cunningham, Caroline
Alexander, and Mona Jene Dudd-
ing; drawing and painting, seventh
and eighth grade, Natalie Dodge,
Feed Chesley, and George Moag;
sixth grade, Robert Vance Taylor;
st, second, and third grades,
T ana McCleery and Clydine Ma
son: nature study collection, fourth
fifth and sixth grades, Carol Raver
and Ray Winkler; first second and
ttird grades, Eddie Cunningham.
Zane Bates, and Raymond Camp
bell; miscellaneous collections,
The Coolidge examiner., 1939-11-09
Beulah Bryce Wins
Ali Food Medal

Reulah Bryce of Coolidge has
been designated to received the
gold medal awarded county win
ners in the national All food pre-
paration contest for the fifth sea-
SOD by the extension service. The
presentation will be made by Coun-
ty Agent H. X. Henness. The
medal is about one inch deep, worn
with a clasp, and handsomely en-
hossed. 1t is provided by Servel,
Inc, as an incentive to All food
work.
Ruby L. Ostrander of Tempe
Was named State winner and re,
ceives a trip to the National All
Club Congress in Chicago, Decem-
Der 16, where four college scholar
ships of $400 each will be award,
Ell to a selected group. Four coun-
ties participated in the state.