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Imperial Valley press., 1939-01-08
AN IMPORTANT JOB
FOR THE VOTERS

1t might be unWise TO decide who
should be elected to new terms in lmpc-
rial Irrigation District offices until all
candidates are in the field, but it is none
too early TO begin a thorough study of
those who seek election
Not until Jan. II will definite knowl-
edge of who will and who will not run
be available. That is the final date for
filing nominating petitions. To decide
long before that upon a choice for any
office might be to act unfairly toward
better man who might enter the lists
at the last minute.
Even al this early date. however the
grave Importance of the February LIST
election to residents of the district is
apparent. To a certain extent the hands
of those elected then will hold the fate
of two of Imperial Valleys most momen-
tous problems. Bond refunding and
drainage.
Those two problems might very we'll
be used as yardsticks to measure the
worth of any candidate who seeks a
directorship in the district. According
to how he measures up by them, he
should be rated.
Nor should business operation of the
districts power system be overlooked as
qualification. The candidate who in
dicates that he might attempt to make
politics out of the power system should
be turned down without further ado.
The economic future of the district is
bound up in this power system-we cam
not allow it to become plaything for
politicians.
In the matters of refunding and drain
age, it is to be expected that every can
didate will declare, in one way or an
other, in favor of adequate solution of
these problems 1t is easy to say that
we favor solving them. Who doesn't?
Generalities are an old trick in politics.
What voters of the district must demand
are specific declarations. We want not
a promise to solve the problems, we
want to know how the candidate pro-
poses to solve them.
Generalties lead to delay, and there
is no room for delay here if the valley
is to regain its economic feet
There are many reasons for scrutiniz-
ing each candidate who seeks district
office, and, although it may be too early
to decide. it is not too early to learn
facts upon which we will make our deci-
sion.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-01-08
BUILDING TOWARD
A NEW WORLD CRISIS

Czechoslovak and Hungarian troops
battle on the border. To most of us,
snug in our quiet American homes, there
is nothing startling about the death of
Is soldiers and an officer or two in
border feud that seems to amount to
little more than an isolated incident.
Six months from now the aftermath
of that senseIess border incident, and
others like it, may bring us bolt upright
in our seats, wondering again if our
own nation will become embroiled in
a world crisis that verges on war
For the border incident is part of a
planned campaign. Make no mistake
about 1.-THE hands of Hitler and Mus
solini are concealed behind the scenes.
The border is in the Ukraine country,
and Hitler wants the Ukraine.
There were border incidents a year
ago in Sudetenland, and nobody paid
much attention. Today Hitler has the
Sudeten country.
Six months from now will he take the
Ukraine? Nobody knows, but the signs
are clear.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-01-08
Photographs

Sark is a tiny island in the
English channel. less than 200 miles
from London 1t has 500 in
habitants who are ruled by the
Dame Of Sark. a descendant of
one of the pirates who formerly
dominated the island. The people
pay tribute" in feudal fashion to
their dame but there is no op-
preston. Sark was settled in the
late 18th century by 40 families
sent TO the island by Queen Eliza
beth. Before that time it had been
occupied alternately by pirates.
French. English and Flemish.
The highest flying birds are
storks and cranes that have been
seen flying 10000 feet above sea
level over the Himalayas: and a
vulture which was glimpsed 25.OOO
feet above sea level around Mount
Everest.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-01-08
IS THE PWA
OUT OF POLITICS?
Wall Street JournaD


There Is striking unanimity among
Democrats and Republicans alike ON
the subject of the relation between re-
lief work and politics They agree, at
least for publication. that the two should
be far apart. 1t is. of course only
matter of verbal detail that the former
declare that WPA should be kept and
the latter that it should be taken out
of politics.
But anyone who thinks that WPA
will be or can be either insulated or
separated from politics imagineS a vain
thing. 1t is not necessary to question
the sincerity of these protestations from
any source to recognize that a govern
ment activity, no matter what, is inevi-
tably in politics and politics, in a broad
sense, is necessarily in it. How many
times during the past century has it
been triumphantly proclaimed that the
railroads had been or were about to be
taken out of politics?" Where else are
they today? And yet it is only the regu-
latiOn-not yet the operation-of the
railroads that the government performs.
Whereas the WPA is operated by the
government whether or not it regulates
relief work in absolute justice and pro-
bity.
WPA will be taken out of poltics-beg
pardon, kept out of politics-when it is
eXtinguished, not before. And that will
not happen soon.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-01-08
An Economist S
Viewpoint
BY john L. Flynn

Apparently some people are sold
ON the idea of the new trick book
keeping which the President is
playing with in order to abolish the
deficit Readers write TO defend
the plan. But they overlook a
most important factor.
The plan Is to keep the govern
ment books in such a way that all
expenditures for the current op-
Grafton OF tie government would
be put down as expenditures. but
ell expenditures made to increase
the plant of the country would be
called investment and not eXpendi-
tire.
IN the same way it is SAID if the
government puts out money on its
plant in such a way as to in-
crease the earning power of the
country. then the money thus
spent should be called investment
and not expenditure.
In looking this over. the citizen
should be careful to keep in mind
the difference between the gov
ernment and the country. They
are not the same. The country in
cludes all the people The Gov
eminent is merely one public
agency sci up to serve all the
people in certain very limited
areas. Everything that belongs to
the government belongs to the
people. But everything that be-
longs to ;he people does not be-
long to the government.
If We were to keep set of
books on the business affairs of
the people as a whole, the asset
side would include all the wealth;
the liability side would include the
total obligations The income side
would include the total income and
on on. But when we are keeping
books on the government the asset
size includes only what the gov
ernment owns and the liability
side only what the government
ewes. The income of government
is what the government takes in;
its expenditures what it pays out
It Is like a great public cor
poration organized to perform
certain important services for all
the people 1t has only one source
of revenue-taXeS and penalties
However. the government may 30
into business. IT may build power
plant and sell power. 1t may build
and operate a railroad. In that
case 1t has a profit rs part of its
income 1t may lend money. as it
does IN the r. F. c.. and then it
has interest as its income. Now
when a government lends money
and the loan is appraised as sound
it is entitled to put that down as
an investment. The interest will
come to the government. The gov
ernment can use it any way it
wishes.
But when the government per-
forms some service for its citizens
as for instance when it helps
farmers to improve their land-the
Improvement in the land belongs TO
the farmers not the government.
Of course the improvement in
the farmers land may enable the
farmer to make more money and
thus enable the government to eX-
tract more taxes from him. 1t is
assumed and it is a fair assump-
ton that all government eXpendl-
tUTes as a whole add to the value
Of the land and the taxable poten-
tialltieS OF the population.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-01-08

Of education, told me now he help
ed one boy. This boy was lame and
his lameness had developed in him
a feeling of inferiority When the
others played, this boy, with his
stiff leg, had to stand and watch
When the other boys ran, he had
to limp along behind. He was SO
sensitive that he would not recite
it class because he didn't want to
call attention TO himself. He fell
behind in his studies; he had no
interest in anything; helpless,
thrWarted case. If he failed in one
more subject he would be put out
of school.
Professor Mann resolved to find
something in which the boy could
show superiority. SO he called the
boy into his office and asked him
if he could draw or debate The
boy couldn't. And, what was worse
he had no ambition to try. He had
become a drifter.
Professor Mann as coach Of a
rifle-Shooting team. He did not
invite the boy to participate in the
rifle shooting, but merely asked
him to come and watch the prac-
tice. He came two afternoons and
stood around watching vaguely
The professor showed him how the
sub-target gun worked. The next
day he suggested that the boy try
it himself. He tried, but he was
not interested. Professor Mann eX
planned more details The boy fol-
lowed slowly, interest gradually
dawning Then the Professor said:
you have good eyesight. How
are your nerves? Your hand
steady?"
He tried but did not do we'll. Pro-
fessor Mann encouraged him until
the boy discovered that here was
something in which he was on
equal footing with the other boys
Eventually he became an out
standing rifle shot, went on the
second team, and finally made the
first.
Then a tremendously important
thing happened. This boy said to
himself. "If I can shoot straighter
than most people, perhaps I can
excel at other things, too"
His confidence mounted. His
ambition scared.
He studied entomology then dis
eases. He excelled in these sub
jects. He studied at Cornell Uni
versity. and John Hopkins Hos
pital, where he won a degree. He
became so proficient in tropical
diseases that the U. S. government
sent him to Puerto Rico where his
brilliant achievement in handling
tropical diseases has been the
means of saving hundreds of lives
How did Professor Mann cure
this boy of an inferiority complex?
Merely by finding something in
which the boy could excel. This
gave the boy confidence. He con-
ouered both his deformity, and his
inferiority complex. This principle
is absolutely sound If you have
to deal with a person handicapped
by such a complex you can like
wise apply this principle. II you
do. and accomplish good results
I'd like to hear from you,
Imperial Valley press., 1939-01-08
Famous Sayings
Bruce Cation Says
The Case for Optimism

very few, Is now available to all.
Differences in religious beliefs once
responsible for bitter divisions
among the people, are no longer a
problem in America; instead lead
erS of Jews. Catholics and ProteS-
tantS are working actively for har-
mony and better relations.
All of these things add up to 4
pretty impressive list They have
nothing to do with the dire prob
lens which loom so large today;
but for that very reason they are
all the more encouraging, because
they are enduring, continuing gains
and not mere temporary changes
in conditions.
Through them, one can see the
development of & slow but steady
rise in the Well-being of the aver
age man. His life has been grow
ing more comfortable, his chance
to use his God-2iven talents to the
best advantage has been enlarged,
his prospects for getting a little
more happiness into his life are
somewhat better. The different
items in the list may not look so
important. taken singly; added to-
gether, they show an amazing
amount of progress.
And that is a fact which we must
not lose sight of. Looking at the
clouds on today's horizon, we may
easily begin to feel that the whole
world is going to pot. But under
meath the surface. the general
course of mans progress is upward.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-01-08
on THE ROAD HOME
NatiOn'S BuSineSSl

NNdIlOI > buSlneSS)
Business men see in the recent cleo
tions, regardless of party labels, an evid-
ence Of home-sickness for the old Ameri-
can ways. They see in the ballots that
the average voter recalls that what helps
business helps him. After dizzy whirl
of business hating and batting, this aver
age voter would like to see what a real
breathing spell would do for prosperity
and employment. Moreover, after a wild
night, he's looking in his wallet, little
taX-consciOus perhaps, and saying. 81
wonder if it is worth it,"
Imperial Valley press., 1939-01-08

Mr.. and Mrs Ted Roe and chill
dren Teddy and June motored to
Pasadena over New Years and at
tended the Rose parade.
Wednesday Mrs. Gene Higgins
entertained several friends at lun-
cheon. Guests we're Mesdames
Maud Johnson, Bessie Brewer, Ad-
die johnson. Clara Daily, Ada Gal
laher and Olive Cannon
Maud and Allen Hayhorse OF
Plaster City were recently visiting
at the C. E. Geer home.
MIR. and Mrs. J. F.. Gallahcr had
as their New Years house guests
Mrs Gallaher's twin sister. hus-
band and family, Mr.. and Mrs. A.
Mcbride of Claremont.
Mrs. Ruby Carlton and son Jas
per and daughter Lillian have re-
turned from Superior, Arizona,
where they enjoyed their holiday
vacation.
Monday Mr.. and Mrs. Gene Hig-
gins and daughters Iva Jean and
Betty went to San Diego.
Those attending the club at Mrs.
O. Diehl'S were Mesdames Nellie
Lowe, Olive Cannon, Iva Lee His-
gins.
Mr. and Mrs. Edger Loves small
son Terry was painfully burned on
the face when ne pulled a hot dish
CT food from the table on to him.
Mr.. Frank Johnson is able to be
home from the Ell Centro hospital.
Mr.. and MIS- Marion BeaSley and
family are visiting with the Fred
DcritOS.
Mrs. Lorena Brewer, teacher OF
Elm attended the Rose parade at
Pasadena New Years.
Sunday evening visitors at the
M. l.. Boone home were MI and
Mrs. r.. Van Der Linden and
daughter Joyce and Mr.. and Mrs.
Frank Armstrong and daughter,
Patsy, of Ell Centre.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-01-08

Maybe we have spent little too
much time lately listing the things
that are wrong with the world.
There are enough of them. heaven
knows, to make an impressive list,
but we can overdo pesSimism very
easily. and it does not hurt lis to
be reminded that there is another
side to the picture.
So there is a good deal of in
tercst in a little bulletin just sent
out from the New York office of
the Good Neighbor League citing
the reasons that exist for optimism.
The league feels that the race is
making real progress in spite of all
its troubles, and points out that
this progress is nowhere so visible
as in America. Among the en-
couraging facts on the horizon it
lists these:
Since they signed the treaty of
Ghent on Christmas Eve. 1914, the
United States and England have
maintained an unbroken peace-in
SDltt VI Val llOuo AiIN lNA1ilto NlhNiA
gravely strained their relations.
The United States has made
progress toward breaking down the
barriers between nations, by sign
ing trade agreements with 20 for
eign countries during the last few
years. From these agreements are
coming closer economic relations
and better understanding.
Transportation and communica-
ton facilities have SO improved that
journeys which used to take weeks
now take days. and no part of the
United States can be said TO be
isolated.
A generation or two ago the
ordinary Workingman in America
toiled 16 hours a day for low pay.
Today he works half of that time,
gets a much higher wage. and has
a standard of living which gives
him comforts and luXurieS that
once were the exclusive privilege
of the very wealthy.
Death rates have been reduced
and the average life span has been
doubled within the last century.
Education. once the privilege of
Imperial Valley press., 1939-01-08
IT'S HAPPENING IN FRANCE
lWatsOnviIIe Register-Pa jarOnianl

We think every American should read
about what is happening in France to-
day.
For there are some in this country,
the unthinking few-eXtremists of capi-
tai and labor, the ultra-reactionarie
and the he plus ultra radicals of gov
ernment-who at times have talked and
acted as if they would like to abandon
the American way of conducting pri-
vate and public affairs. Who have at
times seemed impatient of the slow pro
cesses of legislation and ballots in de-
termining government policies and of
Cancellation and compromise in settling
employer employe disputes. Indeed,
there are some who have actively pro
noted class warfare as the swift road
to a showdown.
Well, France today is giving US
good demonstration of what class war-
fare means.
How many of us want that to happen
here?
Imperial Valley press., 1939-01-08
MeIoIand Residents
Entertain at New
Year Parties
MELOLAND NOTES

Among New Years Eve festivities
in the district was a bridge party
eliminating in a midnight supper
at the D. c. Scott home. Guests OF
the Scots included Mr.. and Mrs.
Harry Scott of Los Angeles who
spent the weekend, and Mr.. and
Mrs. w. H. Palmer, Mr.. and Mrs
Ward McGreW, and Mr.. and Mrs
Lawrence Richards.
Mr.. and Mrs. Claud Suttle also
entertained friends Saturday eve
ming, the group remaining to watch
the new year in. Included in the
group were Mr.. and Mrs. Joe
Bishop. Mr.. and Mrs. C. L. Bishop
of Holtville, and Mr.. and Mrs. E.
B. Jackson of CaleXico.
The Alex Meyer family, Miss
Helen Rumsey and Mr.. and Mrs. w.
A. King were guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. Wesley Roberts for an evening
of games and music Saturday.
Allene Roberts, Helen Bishop and
Muriel Meyer were guests of Evelyn
McGreW at a slumber party New
Years eve.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. G.. Herdman
entertained at dinner Thursday for
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Bush of
Los Angeles and Mr.. and Mrs.
Arthur Farley.
Ruby Lee Roberts, Irwin CASTOR
and Mr.. and Mrs CASTOR drove
to Los Angeles for the Tournament
of Roses parade and Rose Bowl
game.
Another group attending the
parade included Donald Peters,
George Forsberg and Betty Fors-
berg, Betty remaining at Occidental
college when the boys returned
home Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Will Meyer we're
dinner guests of Mr.. and Mrs |.
Thanner Sunday. Other guests in
cluded Mr.. and Mrs. Kurt Efflcr
of CaleXico and Mr.. NoVak.
Friday night GenevieVe Moody
and Mary Lou Anderson we're over
night guests of Betty Forsberg at
a last reunion before Betty's return
to college.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lloyd Norton and
two children of Escondido spent
several. days this week visiting Mr..
and Mrs K. K. Sharp.
Mary Jane and Harden Hall of
WeStmorland and Olive Mcintosh
Of Glendora spent Sunday after
noon at the H. H. Peters home
Monday Olive returned home after
spending ten days with her father,
A. G.. Mcintosh.
Mr.. and Mrs, Clyde Dyer cele-
brated New Years day Monday
with a turkey dinner, their guests
being Grandmother Rhodes, Miss
Helen Rumsey Mr.. and Mrs. Alex
Meyer and daughter Beverly.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-01-08
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Imperial Valley press., 1939-01-08
BADGES vs.. CARDS
alameda Times-Star)

IAIameda IlmeS-Star)
Now that Fred Stewart has proposed
to issue license cards to drinkers at 81
each with a view to raising $3,OO0,OOO
additional revenue it might be suggested
that instead of a card that might easily
be lost or left at home in the other suit
of clothes that a nice little emblem of
the John Barleycorn Club be permanent
ly worn in the coat lapel. Then there
would be no mistake and non-drinkers
would not be obliged to decline unwanted
drinks
Imperial Valley press., 1939-01-08
You're Telling Ne .--..

A Boston Heurologist says ben
zedrine gives the same lift as alco-
hol without the bad effects. The
drug store may yet rcsound with
Sweet Adcline".
An Indiana couple celebrating
their golden wedding anniversary
say they have got along so well be-
cause when one would start a quar-
rel, the other always walked out.
There's also the advantage of the
fresh air to consider.
William Martin, Jr., president of
the New York Stock Exchange. sug-
gestS labor, capital and government
sit around the table with each per-
son placing his own cards thereon.
How about having them use our
deck for d while?
A paragrapher asks where a die
tator goes when and if he wants to
laugh. That's easy-a peace con-
ference.
FORECAST FOR 1889 The great
discovery is coming to Maine and
Vermont that they're part of the
United States after all.
The debunker at the next desk
says he won't be satisfied with the
George Washington story until it is
revealed that the kid next door
really cut down the cherry tree,
and George was just Dragging.
A Philadelphia judge rules that
a man is justified in punching a
cop who becomes too abusive. Justi-
fled, and just plain nuts.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-01-08
Lopez Addresses
CaIeXico Rotary
CALEXICO NOTES

The CaleXico Rotary club met at
the De ANA hotel for their regu-
lar luncheon Tuesday. Lloyd Lou
don. president, was in the chair.
He presented J, j. Lopez, who re-
Gently returned from a trip to Chi
cago, and one to Mexico City.
In both cities he had the oppor-
tunity to visit fellow Rotarians..
Plans were made for ladies night
on January oath. Leo Watts was
named as chairman for that eve
ming.
Roy Breedlove of FL Centre was
visiting ROtarian.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-01-08
Legal Advertisement
STATE BOARD OF
EQUALIZATION
State of California
LIQUOR DIVISION
San Diego

November 30, 1888
TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:
This Will acknowledge receipt of
the following licenses issued to
Deborah Kahn for the premises at
522 Main st, FL Centro. which we
have this day submitted to the
State Board Of Equalization at Sac
ramento for change of ownership:
File No. 44010.
License No A-1640I-A.
VIGGO f. HANSEN.
Supervising Liquor Control Officer.
f. r. SIMMERMACHER,
Chief Liquor Control Officer. Dis
trict No, 6.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-01-08
HOrOSCOne for Sunday

Persons whose birthday is on this
date are very clever, acquiring all
kinds of knowledge with ease. They
Will succeed in languages, litera-
ture or the stage. Gain through
travel and correspondence will come
to them through the year to come.
and their business affairs will pros
per.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-01-08
Barbs-

Jitterbug dances threaten COL
lapse of buildings in Mankato
MINI, the city engineer warns. If
they can make certain the litter
bugs arc in the building when 1t
CollapSes, it's Okay with US
Movie Actor Stan Laurels Wiic
asks divorce because Laurels for
mer wives were constantly sending
fire engines to her home. 1t burned
her up.
The office paraphraser suggests
that Benito got his jaw out a lit
tie too far on the Djibouti deal.
A Harvard geOlogist says the
earth acquires $4,000 tons of me-
teorite dust daily. II Europe's die
tators hear about it they'll be de-
manding a few tons.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-01-08
Hints on Etiuuette

When a woman drops an article
and a man picks it up, he hurries
after her and presents it saying, Il
believe you dropped this" or
Doesn't this belong to you?" The
woman accepts it simply and cor
daily says Thank you.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-01-08

A child born on this day will have
a fine personality and much force
of character. He or she also will be
ambitious, Woodworking and sue
cessful. If born in the morning a
naval or military career is prom
ised. The year will bring steady
gains for those whose birthday is
today. A warning must be sounded.
however, against hasty decisions
and sudden changes.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-01-08

lilo iiANs
Paul B. Mann,
chairman of the
biology depart
ment of Evand-
er Childs High
Scnool in New
York, and chair
man of Standing
Committee on
Science for the
New York Board