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Evening star., 1939-11-02
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Evening star., 1939-11-02

Since The dawn Of history. mankind has
.ouoh+ hapniness And n the immortal Declaration of
Independence The founding fathers recognized mans
God-eiven right to the pursuit Of Happiness They
wrote no empty phrases-+hey said what they meant
and meant what they said They did not say that man
had The right to happnesshe had the right to seek hap
pness. They knew happiness comes from within and
cannot be guaranteed by any document.
Thousands Of our citizens find happiness in their con-
+butons to the less fortunate +hroue the Community
Chest agencies Ming lied with this inner sense OF sa+''-
faction WILL this year. be especially reveren+ feeling
Of gratitude that. in our great democracy. men and
women may seek happiness Of their own free will
Evening star., 1939-11-02

<<TIZE hold these truths to be selt.evidene,
wv that all men are sndoued BY their
Creator with certain inalienable
Rights; that among these are Life, Liberty and
the pursuit Of Happiness."
From tn Dsellrltios Of Isletssl.ses
Imperial Valley press., 1939-07-06
Famous Sayings
Willis Thornton's Editorial on:
What Evil Men Do Lives After Them

The Day of Reckoning appears 10
have come to Louisiana.
While Huey Long lived, there
were many outside the state as well
as inside who said to themselves,
well the man is little arbitrary,
but after all he Gets Things Done.
And he is a friend of the poor
There is no intention here to sit
in Judgment over the shade of
Huey Long. His personal accounts
have presumably been settled long
since. But the revelation that DR..
James Monroe Smith, president of
Louisiana State university, has ap-
parently absconded with a half
million dollars of public funds turns
the mind back TO the Long regime.
For Smith was appointed by Huey
Long nine years ago, a Long pro-
tege. whose chief claim to the pres
idency of a large university III
Longs mind appears to have been
that he had "a hide as tough as
an elephants"
This particular incident will pass.
But let us remember this; Long had
set up a condition in his home
state which was the nearest ap-
proach to dictatorship this country
has seen. Under such setup, the
big jobs, the responsible jobs, must
go to friends and party supporters
almost without regard to their
character or qualification. Huey's
personal feeling for his" univer-
sity, to which he prodigally allotted
money, and in whose football par
AIDES he loved to march, apparently
led to the appointment of Smith.
That is the basis for appointment
under dictatorship.
And now, if the deliberate charges
of the state attorney general are
borne out-and the flight of Smith
seems to give them substance
this appointee has proved a de-
spicable scoundrel, false and trebly
false to the trust placed in him.
False first to the public trust
which placed public money in his
charge. False second to his trust
as one who should have showed
an example of character to 5000
students, all of whom can now
only look back to their university
days with the reflection, "Yes,
studied under a swindler and q
thief And false yet again to a
training and a background which
imposed on him greater respon-
sibility than the average-his edu-
cation at Valparaiso, LSU., Chi
Imperial Valley press., 1939-07-06

cagO, and COluinDld.
Since Smith has chosen 10 iioo
like a purse-snatcher rather Ci'a',
face the charges placed agaiiis'
him. it is impossible to present any
yestige of any excuse he may nave
for a well-paid man of this pack-
ground. placed in double positioi
of sacred trust, who would so
shamefully betray the most elemeh-
tary honesty and decency.
He who chiefly shares this blame
is gone. 1t is of no use now TO pc
rate the personal memory OF Huey
Long.
But it may be of use to burn INTO
the memory that a regime that
rises to power as Long rose, and
which maintains itself in power as
Long did, cannot be expected to
attract the best and most honor
able men. 1t attracts the James
Monroe Smiths, and people who
pretend astonishment at the Smith
defalcation should remember that
when there are Huey Longs the
Smiths are inevitable.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-07-06
FACE The FACTS
OF SPENDING
(OrovilIe Mercury-Register)

(Oroville Mercury-Register)
If we can spend our way back to pros
perity, then good times should soon be
upon us and on such scale as to make
any previous boom look like a depression.
Our interest bill alone on our national
debt amounts to approximately three mil
lion dollars a day. The coming fiscal
year will see expenditures much in eX-
cess of this amount for naval upkeep
and expansion
The increased army budget will prob
ably add another one and half million
daily. Relief in one form or another will
account for another ten or more million
daily and of course to all these must be
added the ordinary expenses of govern
ment which have in recent years increas-
ed by leaps and bounds.
Probably no one knows within mil
lion or so what our daily expenses are
but they are of such magnitude that the
human mind cannot visualize the amount
when stated in dollars and public feel
ing has become callous from frequent
statements and warnings. 1t must be
admitted that SO far the attempt to buy
back prosperity in this manner has been
colossal failure but the resulting debt
now hanging over us is very real and
must either be paid or repudiated, ne-
ther alternative a pleasing one.
If the debt had reached its peak and
were now being reduced it would not be
quite so alarming but it grows larger
from year to year and the time when
the budget will be balanced is so far
away that promises are no longer made
1t certainly is not a reassuring situation
and it is time that the public faced the
facts and demanded that halt be called.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-07-06
SHOULD AMERICAN
BUSINESS BEWARE?

If the Presidents power to devalue the
dollar is removed, let American business
men look out!"
Those words, or words to that effect,
were uttered by Secretary of the Treas
ury Henry Morgenthau before the senate
killed, by filibustering, the Presidents
monetary powers.
Thus far nothing has happened to the
dollar. American business men have
shown very slight concern. They know,
far better than any number of New Deal
ers seem to know, that business itself has
far more to do with what happens to the
dollar than the Presidents devaluation
power has.
Morgenthau's words were not entirely
empty ones, however. Behind them was
the unspoken warning that some such
power as that taken away from the Pres
ident must be vested in the chief execu-
CONTINUES AT ITS PRESENT HIGH
RATE.
The national debt, although already
too large for comfort, is not yet so big
that it will bring wild initiation to Unit
ed States currency If the debt grows big
ger as rapidly as it has been doing late
ly, the danger of initiation will be very
real one. If initiation comes in severe
form, the results will be disastrous to
business and to the national administra-
tion alike.
If the President is given back the pow
er to devalue the dollar, the New Deal
can pile the national debt far above the
last danger mark and still maintain
enough of a semblance of order to fool
a lot of the people, for while. In that
event the crash, when it came, would be
one of such stupendous proportions that
it would rock the entire world.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-07-06
T. D. M'CALL URGES
DISTRICT STAMP PLAN
EDITOR. THE POST-PRESS:

EDITOR, THE POST-PRESS:
One of Imperial Valleys greatest
needs is for speedier drainage program
than is provided by either the current
modification of the refunding program,
or the present method of letting dire
need compel individuals to devise their
own means.
One plan that we should all consider
carefully. is that of raising additional
drainage funds from an Imperial lrriga-
ton District stamp notes. This propose
provides that the District issue 100000
81 'notes" to be added TO the usual $780,
900 spent by the district in the valley
yearly-increasing annual expenditures
to S900,000 and increase drainage $780,
900 annually, by paying all intra-valley
district expenditures % per cent notes"
and rs per cent cash. Each 81 mote"
would circulate as currency for "a
months from the date it is paid into cir
culation. Payment of these notes, plus
a per cent annual interest, would be
amortized by affiXing IA cents stamps,
sold by the district, one each half month
to pay both principle and interest in
"a months. The district would so pay
from the stamp fund-S1 cash for each
mote" presented fully stamped-and
retain the extra cents for expenses
After "a months 100000 81 notes
would be in circulation. Two year old
notes" would come in for redemption
as fast as new "notes" are paid into cir
culation, thus maintaining a 100000
revolving fund usable indefinitely to
complete drainage. Clip.
This method would be utilizing public
credit for the public good, and solve a
serious problem for the entire valleys
welfare.
7. d. MCCALL.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-07-06
CONGRATULATIONS.
IMPERIAL VALLEY

For the second consecutive year I'M
perial Valley has enjoyed a deathless
Fourth of July holiday Congratulations
are due the hundreds of motorists, the
hundreds of parents and the hundreds of
others who made this possible. Congra-
tulations are due the California Highway
Patrol for the exceedingly efficient man
ner in which highway traffic was regu-
lated
Congratulations are due the persons
who escaped death because they and
others were careful.
Imperial Valley proved something
Saturday, Sunday, Monday and Tuesday
They proved that they can make the
highways safe.
Now it is up to Imperial Valley to
prove that its people have the capacity
for sustained effort. If we can go through
as perilous period as the Fourth of
July holiday was without fatal acci-
dent, it is reasonable to suppose that
we can go through less dangerous week
ends without fatal accidents.
1t should not require an especial haz-
ard to make us, as automobile drivers,
exercise care. 1t should not require the
threat of an official punishment meted
out by state patrolmen operating under
a particularly rigid schedule 1t should
require only the knowledge that our
carefulness is liable to save our own
necks.
1t is a simple matter of self preserva-
tion to drive carefully
Imperial Valley, deserving credit as
it does for its deathless Fourth, can win
far higher credit for itself if only its
people will exercise every day Of the
year the same caution they used during
the dangerous holiday.
Death on the highway is not matter
of accident. 1t is matter of careless
ness on the part of someone
Let us all remember that and act ac-
cordingly.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-07-06
Bruce Cation in WASHINGTON
Dissects the News

WASHINGTON, - Silver is an
odd metal, and some of the facts
connected with it are pretty odd,
too.
For one thing, Uncle Sam now
has on hand, in various vaults.
strongboxes and what not, rather
more than $4,000 tons of the metal.
For another, silver has three
prices-the world market price, the
price Uncle Sam pays for newly
mined domestic silver at the mint,
and the price silver is legally worth.
When he buys foreign silver, Un-
Gle Sam pays around 43 cents an
ounce for it. When he buys newly
mined domestic silver, he pays &c
cents-will pay II, if the amend
ment just voted by the Senate gets
by the House. And legally silver
is worth Sl29 an ounce.
Originally. the country was OH
a bi-metallic basis, with ratio of
is to | between silver and gold. So
the official legal price of S129
(and fraction) per ounce is six
teenth of the REORGANIZATION gold
price of s2O67 an ounce.
Now, however, gold is worth $35
an ounce; legally, the administra-
tion could, tomorrow if it chose
revalue silver to restore the 16 te
1 ratio-which, since the 2,744,-
100000 ounces of silver it already
owns are worth $3,548 ,000, 900, woult
mean a tidy bit of initiation.
The silver-buying program be-
gan in 1884. At that time the gov
ernment had somewhat less thar
100000 900 ounces of silver In it;
possession Since then it has bought
silver as follows
Newly mined domestic silver:
Imperial Valley press., 1939-07-06

he lives at SAT Heath Road, Merton,
Pa.
The man who delivered that talk
was Walter l.. Talbot. He said that
most statesmen did not make enough
calls. He said that if a salesman
got out and really made enough
calls mighty law would come to
his rescue-the law of averages.
Also. he said that the average sales
man neglected il. Neglected 1t? Yea,
snubbed II!
Frank Betger decided he would
keen an accurate tally of the calls
he made. He was astonished at
what he discovered He was max
ing about three calls a day. But
he had prefectly good excuses. Bad
weather; wasn't feeling we'll; pros
poets were not in; his wife had a
toothache: wanted to see fine
movie in the neighborhood. Oh yes!
Wonderful excuses.
After analyzing the cause of his
failures he decided TO increase the
humber of calls he made every day.
So earnest was he that he actually
ran from one call to another. Out
side of the mans office he would
pause TO get his breath, then 60
in. OF course such determination
brought results.
At the end of eight weeks he had
sold more life insurance than he
had in the previous eight months!
He was thrilled.
He did little figuring and
found that according to the law
of averages he was making $3.50
from every call he made. He went
over his figures again. Yes, it was
actually true.
He did more figuring and dis
= covered that 10 per cent Of all his
sales were made on the first in
tervieW % per cell On the second
interview with the same man. and
only seven per cent on the third
interview II took so per cent of
his time to make those third in
terviews. SO he stopped going back
tC see prospects for the third time
and presently found that his calls
were averaging $3.50 profit.
Next he began to solicit more
prosperous and influential men.
And he studied and read on the
subject OF insurance until he was
an authority. Well, would you ike
10 know how much each call during
1898 netted him? / have his per-
mission. 10 use it, The amount is
sl9. In other words, he knows that
according TO the law of AVERAGES.
he can just figure he is $40 better
off every time he makes a call,
Imperial Valley press., 1939-07-06

269, ,OOO, 900 ounces, costing $780,
946,OOO.
Silver turned in under the
naturalization program: 113,OOO,-
900 ounces, costing S56,500,000.
Foreign silver: 1,670,0OO,OOO
ounces, costing $3.50, 100000.
Some of this silver is on tap in
the big storage vault at West Point.
A lot of it is in the Federal Re-
serve vaults, some of it is held in
the New York assay office, and
the balance is held in the mlnts
at Philadelphia, Denver, and San
Francisco.
Uncle Sam isn't doing anything
special with this vast hoard of sill
yer, but he could do plenty with
it if he chose. He could treat him
self to quite a lot of initiation with
it.
First of all, there's the matter
of revaluing silver as gold was re-
Ndlutu. IL bilio WSiN uoiiS, "'iN'
notes were issued to the full mon
etary value of the metal, approx
mately $4,280,0O0000 of additional
currency would go into circulation
Short of revaluation, a good bit
of new money could still be issued
SO far, silver certificates worth
81 1852 100000 have been issued
against the governments store OF
silver. An additional billion and a
half could be issued before revalu-
alton, if desired
All of which simply calls atten-
ton TO the tremendous inflationary
powers which the government pos
seSses but Is not using.
In addition TO the four billions
odd which would be raised by deva-
luing silver, the government has
the authority to issue three bill
lions in greenbacks. Most impor-
tant of all, though, there is the
huge gold supply-16 billion dol
lars worth, by the latest reckon
ing. Federal Reserve notes to the
extent of S32,5OO, 100000 could be
issued against this gold if the ad-
ministration decided to do SO.
Secretary Morgenthau is sound
money man, and probably won't
use any of these powers. But III
could do plenty if he felt like it.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-07-06

had the course of
his life changed
by what he heard
that morning. 1t
has made him a
rich man. The
other statesmen
got little or no.
thing Out of it.
The man who
had his life
changed was F,
l.. Bettger, and
Imperial Valley press., 1939-07-06
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LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT
IMPERIAL IRRIGATION
DISTRICT
EI Centre, California
IMPERIAL VALLEY POWER
pRn UECT
Specifications No. 8-B
ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS


Notice is hereby given that the
Board of Directors OF Imperial H.
rigation District will receive bids for
furnishing and delivering electrical
materials and control equipment for
additions to Brawley Substation and
Brawley Diesel Power Plant, each
bid to be in accordance with Plans,
Detail Specifications and other con-
tract documents comprising Speclfl-
cations No. 6-B, now on file at the
office of the Board of Directors
of Imperial Irrigation District at
Ell Centre, California, where they
may be examined and copies OBJ
tanned upon deposit of $500 per set,
which deposit will be refunded upon
the return of such copies in good
condition within five days after the
bids are opened.
The principal items OF materials
and equipment to be furnished are
oil circuit breakers, oil switches,
air-break and disconnccting switch
es, instrument transformers, switch
boards, bus supports, cable and mis-
cellaneous fittings.
Bidders attention is caiied to the
fact that the materials, supplies
andIor equipment to be furnished
and delivered are a part OF power
project TO be financed by a Loan
and Grant TO the District from the
Federal Emergency Administration
of Public Works lPWA Docket No.
nd tho ouurG
of the contract will be contingent
upon securing funds from such
source.
Notice is also hereby given that
all bidders may submit with their
bids a sworn statement OF their
financial responsibility, technical
ability and experience. Such sworn
statement may be required to be
furnished before award is made to
any particular bidder
Each bid shall be made out on
form to be obtained at the office
of the Board of Directors of the
District at Ell Centre, California:
shall be accompanied by certi
fled or cashiers check or a bid
of the amount of the bid, made
payable to the order of the Treasur-
er of Imperial Irrigation District,
FL Centre, California; shall be seal
ed and filed with the Board of
Directors of Imperial Irrigation Dis.
trict, Ell Centre, California, on or
before July 20, 1899, at 10 o'clock
AM. and will be opened and pub
licly read aloud at or about 10
o'clock AM. of that day in the
office of the Board.
The above-mentioned check OF
bond shall be given as guarantee
that the bidder will enter into the
contract if awarded to him and will
be declared forfeited if the success.
full bidder refuses to enter into said
contract after being requested so
to do by the Board of Directors of
Imperial Irrigation District.
The Board of Directors of the
District reserves the right to re-
ject any or all bids or waive any
informality in a bid.
No bidder may withdraw his bid
for a period of sixty 600 days after
the date set for the opening there
Of
BOARD OF DIRECTORS,
Imperial Irrigation District.
BY w. w. GOODSON.
Secretary.
Dated: June 27, 1880
Imperial Valley press., 1939-07-06
Dale
Carnegie

Twenty-three years ago l8 sales
men in Philadelphia sat down to
listen to the regular Monday morn
ing pep talk. Most of the men
yaMned and dWadled. but one man
Imperial Valley press., 1939-07-06
Words of Wisdom

Men are free when they are in a
living homeland not when
they are escaping to some wild
west. The most unfree souls go
west, and shout of freedom. Men
are freest when they are most un-
conscious of freedom. The shout is
the rattling of chains, always was.
D. H. Lawrence.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-07-06
Grab Bag
One-Minutc Test

|. Of what country we're the Ro-
manoffs once the rulers?
2. What is the monetary unit
of France?
3. Who invented the safety brake
for passenger elevators?
Imperial Valley press., 1939-07-06
You re Telling Me-

Prospect of war is not so acute
now, observes European observer
What's this? Has someone actually
caught Mussolini smiling?
We're glad their majeStieS' ships
passed through ice floes. Our well
come will seem all the warmer.
So far no New York Worlds
fair visitor has gone TO the
Aquarium looking for the sub
way sardines.
Whenever a Stateman's political
pals boom him as presidential tim
her he ought to first find out Whe-
ther they really consider just a
potential plum tree.
Now we know why statues of war
makers are usually of stone. It's
cold and hard.
The man at the next desk says
that, after all, a gold tooth is
just flash i'm the pan.
When we see a man Shivering
these days we cannot tell if he's
suffering from spring fever or just
quivering with delight at the pros
pect of strawberry shortcake.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-07-06
Hints on Etiquette

When eating corn on the cob,
good manners suggest that it be
broken into small enough pieces
TO be easily handled with one
hand.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-07-06
Today's Horoscope

Much travel and gain thereby,
both socially and financially, will
be the happy lot during the COM
ing year of those whose birthday
is today. The child born on this
date will be of a very sensitive
disposition and an impressionable
nature, kind and hospitable. The
medical or nursing profession will
suit him or her as career.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-07-06
Thoughts for the Day

God is Spirit and they that worship him must
worship him in spirit and uuth.-John 4:24
Imperial Valley press., 1939-07-06
Photographs

Townsend old age pension advo-
Gates will have their own special
day at the California worlds fair,
June 20.
One New York beauty salon serves
afternoon tea TO footweary patrons
who are visiting the worlds fair of
1899.
While most European peasants
wear their gay national costumes
only on festival days, those of the
Zakopane region of Poland wear
theirs every day.
The heart of many insects some
times beat backwards. No reason is
known.
There are no more cats in Kill
kenny, Ireland, than in any other
Irish town, in spite of the old yarn
about the big fight.
AS motorists whose pet aversions
are, kid drivers will tell you:
Youth must be swerved,"
Imperial Valley press., 1939-07-06
Barbs-

The government has published a
biography of the shrimp Wonder
if it's about seafood, or that little
fellow who pays the governments
bills.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-07-06

In Waukegan, ILL.,, at a pre-
view, Dorothy LamOur was asked
to kiss the mayor. She merely
went through the motions. The
motions, however, are good
enough for us.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-07-06

One-Minute Test Answers
/. Russia
2. The franc.
3. E, G, Otis, an American,
Imperial Valley press., 1939-07-06

A train passed over a South
CarOlinian, asleep between the
rails. 1t didn't hurt him-didnt
even wake him up. Sometime,
somewhere that guy must have
lived on the elevated.