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Imperial Valley press., 1939-11-01
UNDERTAKING HISTORY
FOR NEUTRALITY
New York World d-Telegram)

What is apparently new formula for
keeping us out of war has been devised
by Senator D. Worth Clark of Idaho.
The Senator seems to have concluded
that If the American people can be made
as disguised with England and France
as they are with Nazi Germany, we will
achieve real state of neutrality by loath-
ing both sides with equal fervor
The British record in Ireland, he tells
the Senate, is ''ten times as brutal. ten
times as savage, ten times as bloody"
as Germanys record against Jews and
Catholics. Britain, he says, is the "most
outstanding example of aggression the
world has ever known And so on.
1t seems to us that there is enough
mischief going on in the world today
without undertaking history for centuries
back in search of atrocity stories. If
such research is germane, Senator Clark
might as we'll interest himself in our own
conquest of the Indians
The Senate debate would be more fruit
ful if it were more consistently confined
to the instant issue of American policy,
with fewer excursions into white heat
and hate, whether of one side or the
other.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-11-01
Bruce Cation in WASHINGTON
Disseets the News

which is making grants to dis
tressed families, says it is going
to need some more money before
very long. At the beginning OF
this fical year, it had $4,000, 900
for grants and loans-and appli-
cations from 100000 families, a
far higher total than the money
would cover.
Since most crop loans are made
in December and January, money
which was set aside for that pur-
pose is still available and can be
drawn on for the drouth emer-
gency: but it will have to be re-
placed, and the estimate is that
the $50,OO0,0OO the congressman
are talking about will be none
too much.
If heavy rains come now they
won't undo much of the damage
to this falls crops, but they will
help winter wheat planted during
the last few weeks. For unless
the drouth ends pretty soon the
seed won't sprout.
incidentally, the drouth brought
an unexpectedly high percentage
of compliance with AAA's cror
insurance and acreage contro
program in the wheat belt
Expecting high war demane
next year, many farmers had beer
refusing to go in on the pro-
gram and were planning to SOW
lots of winter wheat. The droutf
upset their plans, and now there
is a rush to get in on the program
Imperial Valley press., 1939-11-01
Famous Sayings
Willis Thornton's Editorial on:
parIey Will Have Tough Assignment

No international commission ever
had a problem SO intricate and
confused as the peace conference
will have when war finally ends in
Europe. Theirs will not be mere
questions of dividing the spoils,
shifting boundaries, placing the
blame.
Whole peoples have been juggled
around central Europe. Some have
been driven out of their homelands,
forced to seek refuge elsewhere on
the continent or on another part
of the globe. Others have swept
into their domain, taken over the
land, moved into their jobs. Die
tators have mixed up Europe's po-
pulation to point where logical
solution of the problems fomented
will be a gargantuan, if not i'm
possible, chore for peace conferees.
Long before war began, Jews were
being driven out of Germany in
great droves. Then, in line with
the policy of his axis brother,
Mussolini finally agreed to the
exile of all Jews who had not been
in Italy before 1919. The reparria-
ton of Germans from the Baltic
states is under discussion while
Nazi leaders plan the exchange
of miniroties with Jugoslavia.
Russia has now decided to send
her own people into mining areas
in the conquered Polish regions
There will not be room enough for
both the Russians and the Poles
The Poles will have to get out
Germany. too plans to use her
half of Poland for settling her own
people. Jews are to be driven out;
Imperial Valley press., 1939-11-01
RUSSIA TRYING TO
CONSOLIDATE GAINS

Russia's denunciation Of Great Britain
as the aggressor in Europe's war was to
be expected.
Russia has everything to gain if she
can make her smaller neighbors believe
she might side with Germany in the war.
She has nothing to gain if they believe
she might side with Britain. Russia
knows that, as an ally of Britain, she
would have little chance of gaining new
territory
1t is probable that Russia will not
actively support Germany either-with
arms and men, that is-but by offering
moral support she instills fear into her
smaller neighbors, and so makes it easier
to bring them under her influence.
Russia is still playing the game of
power politics for all there is in it-for
Russia
Imperial Valley press., 1939-11-01
TELEvISlON
TURNS DETECTIVE
lChristlan Science Monitor)

DR.. A. NJ Skellett's paper before the
National Academy of Sciences autumn
meeting told of an obviously important
advance to astronomy in the fashioning
of a device with television equipment
whereby it would be possible for observ-
ers to manufacture" artificial solar
eclipses at will. But underneath the sur
face is very practical reason why a
Bell Telephone researcher interests him
self in such a seemingly remote field. 1t
illustrates how mankind is overcoming
physical limitations.
With every recent eclipse and in much
of the present solar research work in
volving photography of the suns disk,
using light of a single color, data have
accumulated to show that solar promi-
nenceS, great tongues of flame shooting
out tens of thousands of miles beyond
the suns chromosphere, are the visible
manifestations of great electrical dis
turbances. Apparently these have far
reaching effect upon our radio, tele-
graphic, and telephone communications
Thus in devising means of continu-
ously watching for such events, most
apparent in the solar corona, DR.. Skel-
lett gives one of the worlds major in
dustries weapon whereby it may be
possible to predict what years. seasons
or hours of the day will afford the
clearest "airways' or "wireways" for
the worlds heaviest communications
traffic. At least here is utilization of
television apparatus, itself still in the
laboratory stage. toward the accomplish
ing of important stellar detective work
for the world of communications.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-11-01

but it is apparent that number OF
non-J jewish Poles will also be
forced to leave simply because
there isn't room enough for every
one.
In cooperation with Germany,
Italy recently announced that 200.-
600 citizens of the Tyrol, granted
to Italy after the first World War,
will be compelled to seek new homes
in German territory. These people
have lived in the Tyrol for the
past 600 years. They are simple
home-loving people-rooted to the
soil, not accustomed to the vicic-
situdes of empires.
The Tyrolese, before the World
War, we're part of Austria. Essen
TALLY, they are similar to the Swiss.
During the past two decades, all
of Mussolini's efforts to Italianize
the Tyrolese have met with notable
failure These simple folk have
clung tenaciously to their own GUS
toms, their own language.
Now they are to be "repartiated'
which means, in less pretentious
language, they will be kicked out.
Will the peace that must finally
come be no more conclusive than
was the Versailles treaty? Can
any settlement that accepts the
turmoil of population as an ire
vocable fact accomplish permanent
security?
The attitude of the extreme pes
simist-that Europe's second war
is paving the way for a third con-
flict-cannot be summarily cast
aside. Even at this early stage, it
is apparent that the eventual peace
may be balanced even more pre-
cariously than was the peace of the
past two decades.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-11-01
Today'S Horoscope

Today's Horoscope
Those whose birthday is on this
date will gain promotion in the
near future, but will also be in
danger of trouble through scandal.
Be sure to exercise the utmost
caution in all relations with the
opposite sex. A child born today
will be very tenacious and per-
sistent, also he will be very fond
of home. However, such a one
will be somewhat changeable and
of a frivolous disposition. He or
she would be successful in govern
ment employment.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-11-01

he couldn't speak WoIu VI 0iioit
language. That boy had lnltlaGiVe'
What do you suppose ever oecaiiie
of him? I happen to know because
was entertained in his summer
home last Augusta home percneo
on top of a mountain and looking
down three thousand feet into the
sea This man is eighty-tWo years
6f now, and has amaSSed
fortune. Yet few men ever started
life with more trying handlcapS
The oldest of nine children, his
family was destitute. He arose early
in the morning, and peddled Vege-
tables from door to door; then
spent the rest of the day grinding
wheat with a stone mortar. There
was no public school in his village;
but there was a teacher who, for
a few yen. taught reading and
writing. That was all the education
he reviewed. But he possessed an
undying determination to succeed
and that quality will get you far
ther in business than the mastery
of Cicero's orations and lsosceles
triangleS.
When he reached 33, he and his
wife were making macaronl IN
their own home and selling 1t to
the neighbors. Occasionally nc
found in Toba Bay an oyster that
contained a small, cheap pearl. FL
nally one day he got an idea that
changed his life, he resolved to
make every oyster grow pearl by
opening it and inserting grain oil
sand or some other irritant into its
shell. You should have heard the
neighbors laughter. Imagine it
This ignorant macaroni maker was
going to grow pearlS-a feat that
had baffled the most brilliant sci
entists on earth. What simpleton
What fool!
So without help, without capital
without learning, in the face of de-
rision, and jeers, he started expert
menting. He met disaster after
disaster. Many of the oysters died
Discolored water, typhoons. colo
currents, the octopus-one event
after another wrecked his plans
For five proyerty stricken years he
continued to experiment. Finally
he succeeded in growing a cheap
grade of pearl that was flat on one
side. 1t was almost worthless; but
he kept on; and in 1913, after tWen-
ty-tWo years Of research, this mac
aroni maker produced a round cul-
tiyated pearl-a pearl with luster
and color and beauty pearl that
couldn't be distinguished from that
natural pearl except by an X-ray.
It created sensation. The worlds
most prominent biological scien-
lists hailed his achievements. and
the royal family of Japan and
learned men like Marconi and Da-
Vid Starr Jordan came to look and
to listen to this untutored mac
aroni maker, who got an idea and
had the persistence and patience to
study and experiment for twenty
two years until he attained success.
His name is Mikimoto. A few
years ago, he had fifty Buddhist
priests hold religious ceremony
for the souls of the millione of ov.
stefs he had killed.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-11-01

Missouri is enforcing a Today closed
season on rabbits this year in line with
the present world policy of giving in
tended victims enough time to erect bar
riers and dig underground shelters be-
fore striking
Imperial Valley press., 1939-11-01
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT
S U M M O N S

SU M M ONS
No. 1913
In The Superior Court of The State
Of California, in and for The
County of Imperial
IMPERIAL IRRIGATION
DISTRICT, Plaintiff
ADELAIDE ELLITHORPE, ct al,
Defendants.
The People of The State Of Cali
fornia Send Greetings to:
ADELAIDE ELLITHORPE, RUTH
ELLITHORPE WILKINSON, OS-
CAR TILLEY, JANE DOE TILLEY,
his wife, R. J. OTTO, R. j. RICE,
JOHN R. SLIMMON, MARGARET
j. SLIMMON, also known as MAR
GARET SLIMMON, JOHN DOE,
JANE DOE, RICHARD ROE, JOHN
DOE COMPANY, a Corporation,
RICHARD ROE COMPANY, a Co.
partnership, and j. DOE as Ad-
ministrator or Administrative of
the Estate of r. Roe, Deceased,
Defendants.
You Are Hereby Directed to APP
pear and answer the Complaint In
an action entitled Ss above brought
against you in the Superior Court
of the County of Imperial, State of
California, within ten days after the
service on you of this Summons-lf
served within this county; or with
in thirty days if served elsewhere.
And you are hereby notified that
unless you appear and answer as
above required, the said plaintiff
will take judgment for any money
or damages demanded in the COM
plant, as arising upon contract, or
it will apply to the Court for any
other relief demanded in the Com
plant.
Given under my hand and the
seal of the Superior Court of the
County of Imperial, State of Cali
fornia, this 9th day of August, 1889.
w. j. McCLELLAND,
(SEAL) County Clerk
BY CITHA LAMSON,
Deputy Clerk.
o. 18 25-N. l 8 Is % 29-D. 6 13 20
Imperial Valley press., 1939-11-01
Photographs

In making motion pictures of
Wintry scenes an expensive candy,
in pill form, is employed by the
actors. 1t gives off a yapor when
dissolving, thus giving a realistic
illusion of breath in Wintry air.
Seven thousand operators of rail-
way express agency trucks have
been awarded safety driving merit
cards for accident-free records,
covering periods from one to four
years.
Iodine was not discovered until
1911, but iodine containing sub
stances have been employed in
treatment nf Poiter cince ancient
times,
Imperial Valley press., 1939-11-01

81 dSpeQ dllu SOS-
siped and did
nothing all ex-
cept one boy. He
saw an opportu-
nifty Rushing
out into the
C o un try h e
brought all the
re S h eggs in
the district and
sold them to the
sailors at a fine
profit, although
Imperial Valley press., 1939-11-01

Some of the finest chefs in the world
have been modified by the Swiss army
and are preparing food for the soldiers.
Gourmets may still obtain their favorite
Waldorf salad simply by enlisting.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-11-01
CARNEGIE

In 1875, British Warships steamed
into the harbor of Toba Japan,
and the natives grasped with aston
ishment. They had never seen a
battleship or foreign flag. They
Imperial Valley press., 1939-11-01

The co-inventor of the radio
spent his 95th birthday without
having radio around because it
annoys him when he works. Maybe
the word should have been
"hauntS".
Imperial Valley press., 1939-11-01

Seemed pity no one jumped
to the defense of the sardine at
the hearing in Washington the
other day. Without the sardine,
where would distraught hostesses
be when Uncle Horace and family
of eight drop in suddenly of a
Sunday evening.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-11-01
You re Telling Me-

Life grows tougher for school
teachers. They have to send out
for the latest newspaper edition for
a quick reading before asking a
pupil to bound any country in Eu-
rope.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-11-01

Prisoners in a middle western county
Jail are taking to embroidery. Probably
just something to keep them out of
trouble
Imperial Valley press., 1939-11-01

The government plans to lay in
a supply of from 100000 to 100000
ounces of quinine sulfate. Looks
like feverish year ahead.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-11-01

The hum of a vacuum cleaner
is said to hypnotic rats. Instead
of leaping on chairs, housewives
now can simply start sweeping the
rugs when roden appears.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-11-01

One-Minute Test Answers
l. Alden.
2. Admiral Richard E. Byrd.
3. Gypsy Love Song"
Imperial Valley press., 1939-11-01
Grab Bag
One-Minute Test

One Minute Test
l. What city became of import
ance when the Suez canal was
opened?
2. Who is the only man TO have
flown over both North and South
Poles?
8. Which OF his compositions is
Victor Herbert said to have liked
best?
Words of Wisdom
A good book is the best of friends,
the same today and forever. -
Tupper.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-11-01
ba arbs :

Scientists have advanced the
theory that the lower animals are
capable of thinking. Sounds sus-
piciously like dirty crack at some
people we know.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-11-01
Hints on Etiquette

Hints on Etiquette
Really cultured people do not
give themselves airs of superiority;
do not try to impress others that
they are better than they; no snoh
is really cultured.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-11-01
thoughts for the Day

Cursed be he that taketh reward to slay innocent
person And all the people shall say, Amen.-Deuter-
onomy 27:25.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-11-01

Autumn has its compensations-
the lawn of the next door neighbor
who spent four hours day groom
ing it now looks as bad as yours.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-11-01

Our nomination for the Miracle
of the Year: Since the senate de-
bate on embargo repeal began the
house of representatives has had
nothing to say.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-11-01

The Swiss, we read, are mobiliz-
ing. Must be in deadly fear Hitler
plans to liberate them.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-11-01

South Africa is advertising for
tourists. 1t has many advantages
beautiful scenery, fine climate and
no blitzkrieg.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-11-01

JedCnefS. lney nave 10 send out
for the latest newspaper edition for
a quick reading before asking a
pupil to bound any country in Eu-
rope.
Autumn has its compensationS-
the lawn of the next door neighbor
who spent four hours day groom
ing it now looks as bad as yours.
The Swiss, we read, are mobiliz-
ing. Must be in deadly fear Hitler
plans to liberate them.
Our nomination for the Miracle
of the Year: Since the senate de-
bate on embargo repeal began the
house of representatives has had
nothing to say.
South Africa is advertising for
tourists. 1t has many advantages
beautiful scenery, fine climate and
no blitzkrieg.
Premier of Norway hopes to paci-
fy Russians, we read Who does he
think he is-the Wizard of Oslo?
We wonder why some folks are
upset over the fact New Yorks
new North Beach airport cost $4O,-
100000. It's natural that, when
planning an airfield, the sky's the
limit.
South Americas Amazon river is
conceded to be the longest in the
world. 1t is 1000 miles long and
empties 250,000,000 gallons of wa
ter per minute into the ocean.
Invading German troops" goes
a news story, "Wear arrnor." Even
armies, these modern days, are OBJ
tainable in tin cans.
The Sognefjord in Norway is
more than 100 miles long, and its
cliffs are 1000 feet above the water,
Imperial Valley press., 1939-11-01

Premier of Norway hopes to paci-
fy Russians, we read. Who does he
think he iS-the Wizard of Oslo?
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1939-10-26
Odd Marriage Rites Are
Observed by Canadians

Ancient matrimonial customs pre-
vailing in certain sections of some
French Canadian provinces probab-
ly would amaze prospective brides
in the United States. Much Of the
form and tradition harks back two
and three centuries to the mother
country, France, says a writer in
the Philadelphia Inquirer.
In some outlying districts and viii
lagos wedding assumes the char
acter of a festival.
One of the picturesque customs
surviving among the "habitants, or
rural residents, is that of the pub
lie wedding procession which passes
through the streets to the church.
At the head of the procession is
the groom, his two nearest of kin
walking with him. Next come his
friends and relatives who are mar
ried, marching in pairs, and then
the single men of his encourage. Be-
hind them comes the bride, escort
ed by a large assemblage Of her
own relatives and friends marching
in the same order as those of the
groom.
Another quaint custom is the we'd
ding feast. The bride is seated at
the head of the table, but the groom
stands behind the chair and serves
her throughout the dinner.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1939-10-26
Poison in Berries and Leaves
of Some Garden Plants

According to a Home Gardening
expert, many common plants con-
tain dangerous poisons, warns .
writer in PearSon's London Weekly.
There is deadly prussic acid in
leaves and roots Of arum lilies, in
hawthorn berries, and in the leaves
of the cherry laurel. Another acidic
poison, oxalic acid, is contained in
the berries of the barberry species.
The poisonous cytistine is found
In butchers broom berries, and in
laburnum seeds, while Christmas
roses are dangerous on account Of
the helleborin in them. Every part
of the common daisy, and the sticky
juice of the dandelion stem, are also
poisonous.
Digitalin, a deadly drug, is con-
tanned in foxglove leaves, while hol-
ly berries hold several poisons. Peo-
pie are also warned against the
ivy berries, which are full of heder-
inc. Lupin seeds contain lupinine,
and the berries of Daphne, daph-
nine. The entire monkshood plant
is impregnated with aconitine, and
poppy heads are full Of morphine,
the chief narcotic agent in opium.
Finally, the yew is dangerous on
account of its taxine content. Tax
inc is a poison which causes suffoca-
ton.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1939-10-26

Cunningham's Addition to Townsite of
Sturgeon Lake:
Appraised
Description Block Value
Lot 20 -------- 8 5 1000
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1939-10-26
DeSpiScd English Language

Francis Bacon, the famous philos-
opher, politician, scientist, and writ
er, who lived under Queen Eliza
beth and James I, despised the Eng
lish language, although his own
clear, strong prose is perhaps the
finest to which Elizabethan English
ever reached. He wrote his most
important books in Latin because
he wanted them to be read by fu-
ture generations, and he believed
that the English language would die
out and be forgotten. He even had
some of his English writings trans
lated into Latin for that reason.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1939-10-26
Townsite of Willow River:
ArteSian Wells

Artesian wells are tic ones in
which the water rises ABOVE the
point at which it is encountered. If
the rise is enough to cause the
water to flow over the top of the
pipe flowing well is the result. All
flowing wells are artesian but not all
artesian wells are flowing wells. Ar
tesian water is usually good water
although it is apt to be rather hard.
Water from deep wells, unless thay
happen to be in limestone. is as
pure as any ground water can be.
Pure water is a relative term for
all ground water naturally contains
some foreign material which it has
picked up in its passage through
the soil and earth formations.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1939-10-26
BIRCH CREEK:
Village of Pine City:

Appraised
Description Block Value
Lot %, Aud Sub Sec 33-39-21 S 500
Village of Pine City, Orig. Townsite:
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1939-10-26
Townsite of Kettle River

Village of Willow River:
Appraised
Description SecTp.Rg. Value
Lot 2, Rear. of Aud. Sub. 2-44-20 500
E. So #. of Lot Is, Rearr.
of Aud Sub. of -------- 2-44-20 500
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1939-10-26
Pokegama Lake Addition:


Appraised
Description Sec.Tp.Rg Value
All that part of govern
ment Lot 2. Section 49,
township SO, range %
heretofore plated and
known as Pokegama Lake
Addition, except Lots 16,
Block 4. Lot "a, Block 5,
Lots 3, and 8, Block H.
Lake Lane and Com
munity Lane of said
above named plat $1,000 1892 81, 900 90
Given under my hand and seal this 1Oth
day of October, 1885,
j. E. THERRIEN.
(SEAL) County Auditor
Pine County, Minnesota
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1939-12-23

But the Detroit Edison Company does not rec
ommend that its customers follow MIR. Bernarr
Macfadden's suggestion that everyone turn on
all his lights between E and II o'clock Christmas
Eve The Detroit Edison Company does not
want to get business that way-even though the
additional revenue might be quite handsome.