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Imperial Valley press., 1939-03-30
SPEEDY PROOF OF
REFUNDING BLESSINGS

With almost startling speed, Superior
Judge Emmett H. Wilson Of Los Angeles
Wednesday proved how right majority
of Imperial Valley people We're when
they voted overwhelmingly in favor OF
the Imperial Irrigation Districts bond
refunding plan.
For months bondholders unfriendly to
the district have had pending in Judge
Wilson's court a mandamus suit seeking
10 force the irrigation district TO levy
for taxes sufficient to meet bond inter
est and principal requirements. They
sought. in addition, approximately S90,-
600 due them for interest and principal
payments now past due.
If these unfriendly bondholders could
force the district to levy the legal tax
rate. property owners in the district
would be assessed from So to $12 for
each 500 in assessed valuation. Farm
ers could not pay such rate.
If the bondholders could obtain
court directing payment OF their pr1n-
cipal and interest as they claimed it,
other bondholders, now more friendly
To the district, would have sought similar
payments as a matter of self protection.
It was one of the arguments in favor
of the refunding plan that, unless it was
approved, the district would be at the
mercy of the non-depositing bondholders.
Tuesday Judge Wilson ruled in favor
of the non-depositing bondholders in
their months-old suit-and proved how
necessary the refunding plan is. He rul-
ed that the unfriendly bondholders are
entitled to the interest they claim, and
that the district must fix a legal rate.
But he withheld issuance of writ of
mandate until the refunding plan shall
have been ruled upon by the courts.
Therein lies the important part of his
decision-and the salvation of Imperial
Valleys credit.
For once the refunding plan is ap-
proved in court, the non-depositing bond
holders will be forced to abide by it
and their claims against the district will
be automatically wiped out Without the
refunding plan, their claims would have
been upheld just as they were upheld,
but there would have been no saving pI
vision in the judgment.
With the refunding plan pending, the
decision means nothing. Without it, the
decision would have meant ruin.
The people indeed voted wisely when
they approved the plan by a ajority of
three and half to one.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-03-30
Editorials and Comment
THURSDAY MARCH 30, 1889
AMERICA HATES WAR
Nevada State JoufnaD

DEVELOPMENTS in Europe Monday
bring the world closer To the brink ol
war. America must prepare both 10
fight-and 10 stay out of Europe's mess.
our preparations for war will serve
10 back up any moves we make for
peace. for force is the only thing under
stood by dictators. Our ability TO en-
force demands will make actual war on
our part unnecessary.
The new alliance between Great Brit
ain. France and Soviet Russia is encour-
aging, for it will make Hitler's foes
stronger, may make him think twice be
fore indulging in further aggressions.
However, this very action should be
warning to the United States NOT to
put too much faith in Britain. As we
said editorially few days ago, the Brit
ish are no particular friends of ours,
and merely pat us on the back when they
want help.
Prior to the Munich fiasco, Britain
was allied with Russia But it served
her purpose TO ignore this alliance, to
double cross Russia when the show
down came Now. when the European
democracies need aid badly, they again
WOO Soviets.
Beware of propaganda 1t will begin
pouring in on us by the ton in the very
near future, particularly if conditions
abroad do not become better
America hates war. 1t does not want
war 1t must be prepared, yes, for that
is the only way to protect ourselves. We
must have an adequate army, navy and
air force, but we must NOT become in
volved in another costly foreign war
Remember, our pals across the Allan
tic still owe US billions of dollars for the
last conflict, money they absolutely re-
fuse to pay.
Let your opinion be known to congress-
men.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-03-30
THE TRUST WE PLACE
IN ACOUAINTANCES

The case of an English seagoing cook
with an Oxford accent who fooled Amer
ican clubwomen into believing him a for
eign correspondent for British newspa-
pers gives additional proof of the ease
with which most people are fooled. This
man Journeyed all over the nation lee
turing on foreign affairs before he was
unmasked by the immigration authori-
ties. He was accepted as an expert by
lot of people who should have known
better.
Most of US are inclined to accept other
people at the valuation they place on
Themselves good thing to remember
in evaluating ourselves. 1t is not sur
prising that we are sometimes fooled. 1t
is surprising only that we are not fooled
more often-and it is compliment to
human nature as whole that there are
not more takers such as the English
cook.
Most persons are basically honest,
which may be the reason we have fallen
into the habit of accepting most persons
for what they say they are. 1t would be
a lot of bother to check up on a friend
every time he mentioned what school he
attended
Imperial Valley press., 1939-03-30

Editors: This is The second Of
five special columns by Bruce
Cation, Post-Press-NEA Service
correspondent in Washington,
telling, for the first time, just
what u. 5. foreign policy is to-
day--and why. -. -
WASHINGTON. - The average
American is apt TO be a bit con-
fused about his countrys foreign
policy in respect TO Europe.
He knows vaguely that the ad-
ministration is "for" the European
democracies and against" Euro
pean relationships. He does not
understand just how far that for"
and that against" may carry him.
Nor does he always see just why
his government feels obliged TO
take any stand at all on European
problems. Why, he sometimes asks,
can't Uncle Sam stay home and
tend to his own knitting?
That, as matter of fact, is
what the administration wants TO
do. The key point of our whole
foreign policy is desire for peace.
America wants to be able TO de-
velop and perfect its own democ-
raey. But no country can exist in
a vacuum, ##.z
For out of this desire to stay
at peace and improve conditions
at home arises the conviction on
the part of the administration
that America cannot be success
full in those efforts if the rest
of the world is torn by war or
suffers, general deterioration.
Democracy can be defined in
many different ways; but essen
TALLY, il is based on 4 eOnvic-
ton of the worth and freedom
of the individual. Since that is
true, democracy can have no
accommodation with t0talitar-
ianism, which denies the indi-
yiduaPs worth and freedom and
implies choice from above fol-
lowed by coercion.
Ii follows, hence, that demOc-
racy is not concerned with either
anti Fascism or anti COmmu-
nism as such, but rather with
the elear-cut line between de-
mocracy. with its glorification Of
the undefeated individual human
spirit, and totalitarianism, with
its uenial of that spirits right
to free existence.
This does not mean that Ameri
ca wants to regulate any nation
internal affairs. 1t is no part o
our responsibility to suggest tn
form of government any peopl
should have.
But if a nations ideals and meth
odS threaten the existence of
world in which other people ca,
live freely, or if they violate th
Imperial Valley press., 1939-03-30
THE CALIFORNIA
PICTURE
(Oroville Mercury-Register)

(OroVllle Mercury-ReglSter)
Senator Tickle's recent statement that
California should match a federal gov
ernment announcement that there will
be no increased taxes, sounds like good
sense. His comment was directed at the
budget of Governor Olson which is S110,-
100000 higher than that for the bien-
MUM ending next June 30.
More attention is being paid to reve-
nue. and taxation at this session of the
legislature than ever before. One reason
is because of the undercurrent of un-
rest in business and industry over the
tax burden.
1t will be more difficult to explain
away that big budget increase than that
given recently by Phil Gibson, director
of finance. Gibson, in defending the in
crease, said "The increased cost of gov
eminent is the result of increased de-
mands by people for the services of gov
ernment."
This is true to certain extent. But
positive steps should be taken by those in
charge of state government to hold down
costs rather than encourage expansion.
It's the same old story that you find
in federal, state, county and city gov
ernments. Strong mindrities generally
get what they want. However, it is the
duty of duly elected officials to repre-
sent all the people rather than let their
actions favor what is wanted by a few.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-03-30
Famous Sayings
Bruce Cation in Washington
Disseets the News

laws of common humanity
then we must take stand.
Long before this postwar era,
America vigorously protested the
brutal and inhuman treatment OF
human beings wherever IL occur
red. 1t protested against the pro-
gram OF Czarist Russia, for in
stance, and against the Armenian
maSsacres of pre-War Turkey. 10
protest the mistreatment of racial
or other minorities today implies
nothing new in American policy.
But the present situation goes
beyond that. II a nation adopts q
program which includes the doc
trine OF world subjugation, either
by force or by a propaganda at
tack on our democratic social SyS-
tenn, then We must adopt defen-
sive measures. And if a group of
nations joins in policy which
has that effect, we must consider
whether simple defense of our
own institutions may not require
us to aid those other nations which
desiring peace as We do, are men
aced.
That explains our present course
in regard to Europe. It explains
why, for instance, the admins
tration is deSirous to help the
French rebuild their air force, and
why it has announced its wish TO
help the. democracies against the
dictatorship bloc.
Once again the administration
returns to its insistence that per-
manent peace can come only in
a relatively prosperous and stable
world, a world in which changes
i'll the International situation come
by negotiation and are based OH
justice and good faith.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-03-30
Willis Thornton's Editorial Or.
Stop Mourning Market Lost Forever

a,ate and more direct. Farmers III
one-crop areas are beginning 70
rea1ize that the great European
avnort market is lost for good.
There is not, and cannot De-
anv permanent future in proouc-
ing for a market that is gone, oe-
spite any generosity the govern
n1ent can muster. More and more
such farmers. directed by wise ana
forward-looking local leaders, es-
pecially in the south, are turning W
crop diversification, raising vesee-
ables, or dairying, TO supply thinss
now generally missing from the
diet of the people
A manufacturer who stuoporniy
went on building 42-cylinder auto
mobiles that nobody could buy, anu
niling them up in a warehouse,
would be considered cracked. But
a farmer who continues to raise
cotton and wheat that nobody can
buy is Just unfortunate.
More and more of them are
thinking hard about raising things
that people can buy. The soy eean
has gone from a novelty into an
important staple within 10 years.
Many a farmer has found that
well-tended woodland on his farm
Welded him more than fields IN
unwanted crops. The domestic neeo
for vegetables and dairy products
in many regions has never peen
supplied at all.
Before the problem can be solved
it must be faced. Realization that
the European markets of the ls2Os
are gone forever is the first step
Imperial Valley press., 1939-03-30
We MIGHT as well lace II.

We might us we'll lace 1t.
The great European market,
which took off our hands vast
surpluses of farm products in the
l920's, is gone forever.
II never did exist, really, be-
cause during the World war the
need was abnormal, and after
ward the trade was largely sup
ported by huge loans.
Eyer since the war, men have
been dreaming of the return OF
this market to a normal" Which
never was normal. Desperate
moves toward f-snfficiency by
all European countries, the rise oil
new and competing producing
areas, the walling up of trade areas
by totalitarian countries-all these
have combined To destroy mar
ket which once took the products
of 50,000000 acres of American
farm land.
Secretary Wallace admits that
this market is gone forever. The
present trade difficulty with Ger
many, while it will cut down Ger
man imports here, will also further
reduce export of cotton, for which
Germany was a good customer
Overwhelming surpluses of cotton
will continue to pile up.
There are two ways OF facing
this problem. One is to develop
insofar as possible. markets in the
western hemisphere to replace
those lost in Europe. Secretary
Wallace is hard. at work on this
and it is possible that some gooo
can be accomplished in this way
But it will take time, planning
and government money. e.
Another approach is more imme
Imperial Valley press., 1939-03-30
You re Telling Me-

For many European statesman
Hitler's prophetic book, "Mein
Kampf," has become very unkampf-
table reading.
An "X" formerly marked the spot
where the crime took place. Today
it's annex.
The average American, says an
editorial, today has more confidence
in himself, Why not-after listen
ing to all those radio quiz pro-
grams?
The earth'S surface, We read, per-
iodically expands and contracts.
That wouldn't be a sigh of woe, now
would it?
Meanwhile, spring is going right
ahead, just as though we weren't
far too busy with our talk of war to
notice her budding beauty.
A new cocktail of gelatin, scien-
lists have found, doubles mans
strength. The very fact that he'd
swallow the stuff proves his will
power is also doubled.
That Egyptian pharaoh pulled a
boner 5000 years after his death
He should have known better than
to have his mummy found when
Hitler and Central Europe con-
troiled the front page.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-03-30

head and anOtler at lle loot' llaSAS
should have been only one.
Roy De Vaun could have sad To
him.
you stupid fool. You've been
making pullman beds for Il years,
and you put two holsters IN TINS
bed. Can't I ever pound any sense
into that thick skull OF yours.
If Roy De Vaun had said that,
YOU know what the other mans
reaction would have been. Anger.
Resentment. Sulking the moment
the head porter's back was turned.
What Roy De Vaun did say was;
You are too good porter TO
make a mistake like that
And he smiled a heart warming
smile as he said it. So what did
happen? A smile in return. The
second porter had been praised.
He felt good. He had been given
a good reputation to live up to.
You may be certain that he would
never put two holsters III u pull
man bed again.
Struck by this adroit and unu-
sual method of critici2ing a man,
l asked De Vaun where he learned
this.
He replied, Il learned it from w.
K. Bixby. I used to be his valet.
Mr.. Bixby was an awful smart
man-one of the biggest business
men in St. Louis, a director IN
several banks and had something
to do with the American Car and
Foundry company. often watched
the way ne handled people. He
never raised his voice, never got
excited. II you made a mistake
he never told you about it before
other people. II he saw you were
confused, he would wait until the
next day before saying anything
He loved to praise people; anc
when anybody did anything wrong
he told him about it in such 9
kind way that he made him wanl
to do better next time. I learned
more from being Mr. Biyby's vale
than I did by going to high schoo
four years and attending Kansa.
university two years. He went OF
to say that no man in st. Louis
had better service in his home
than Mr.. Bixby did; that all o
his employees would have gone thru
hell fire for him.
If you have people working fo
you, ask yourself this question:
Would they go through hell fir
for me?"
If the answer is NO. maybe
you could profit by employing thu
methods of the late w. K. BiXby
Are you bored with life? Hav'
you suffered some heart breaking
tragedy? Then throw yourself int
some work you believe in with al
your heart, live for it, die for il
and you'll find a happiness tina
you had thought could never b'
yours.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-03-30

n f incident
occurred on one
OF the new San
ta Fe streanline
trains. My por-
r oy d e
Vaun. h a d an
other p ort / e +
II pin g him
IN a k t up the
bertl1s. His help
er had put two
holsters in my
bed-one {. the
H. f11t Tbara
Imperial Valley press., 1939-03-30
Hints on Etiquette

II you are a persnickety eater,
don't spoil meal for others by
picking the dishes TO pieces-figur-
atiVely, of course and recalling
your distastes, dislikes or illnesses
caused by particular foods. If you
can't enjoy a meal it is good man
ners to let others do SO.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-03-30
Grab Bag
One-Minute Test

l. What is the name of t1e side
of a right triangle which lies oppo-
site the right angle?
2. Why does cream rise to the
top of milk?
3. Which state of the United
States produces the most wheat.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-03-30
Today's Horoscope

II your birthday is today your
year, on the whole, will be fortu-
nate. Be very careful in all bust
ness deals with those older than
you. The child born today will be
worry wart", fretting without
cause. He or she also will be rest
less but intuitiye. Care must be
taken TO avoid accidents and ner-
Vous disturbances.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-03-30
Dale


II you want 10 master the art
OF calling peoples attention to
their mistakes in way TO make
them want 10 do rs you suggest.
YOU will be interested in this story.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-03-30

Martha Washingtons viii was
stolen by a company of Union sol
diers, during the Civil war, who
raided the courthouse at Fairfax,
Va.
A fnll-blooded Eskimo lived Sow
eral years in New Jersey but re-
turned to Alaska stating that the
New Jersey winters We're too cold
for his comfort.
Korean etiquette forbids a ma
tive TO speak the name OF parent
or uncle.
It takes ten tons of onions to
produce a pint of the volatile oil
that gives the vegetable its OBJ
jectionable odor.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-03-30
Words of Wisdom

He. is incapable of a truly good
action who finds not pleasure in
contemplating the good actions of
others. S.-LaVater.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-03-30
Photographs

In New York City professional
beggars are said to collect around
$4,000 a day
Imperial Valley press., 1939-03-30

One-Minute Test Answers
l. Hypotenuse.
2. Because it is lighter in weight
than the milk.
8. Kansas.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-03-30
Thouohts for the Day

one generation passeth away and another genera
ton cometh: but the earth abideth for ever
BceIesiastes Ia.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-03-30

It's Hitler, not Chamberlain, who
needs that umbrella. He has SO
many to protect.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-03-30
Barbs

One woman paid the government
one cent too much In her income
tax. They could clean that up by
sending her a notice on a penny
postcard.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-03-30

Flower scientists have added nose
appeal to gladiolus. Hay feyerites
would like them to do the same for
ragWeed.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-03-30

LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT
NOTICE OF TIME AND PLACE
APPOINTED FOR PROVING
WILL AND HEARING APPLI-
CATION FOR LETTERS TESLA
MENTARY.
In The Superior Court of The State
of California, in and for The
County of Imperial
In the Matter of the Estate of
CALVIN w. DICKERMAN,
Deceased
Notice is hereby given that a petit
ton for probate of the Will OF Cal
vim w. Dickerman, deceased, and
for the issuance to Earl Dickerman
of letters Of administration with
the will annexed, has been filed in
this court, and that the 7th day OF
April, 1899, at two o'clock PM, OF
said day, at the courtroom OF said
court, at the Courthouse in the
City Of Ell Centre, County of Inn
perial, State of California, has been
set Tor Tic lIearing OF said petition,
when and where any person inter
ested may appear and contest the
same. and show cause, If any they
have, why said petition should not
be granted.
Dated March 25th, 1899.
w. j. McCLELLAND,
County Clerk.
BY ELEANOR McGIRK,
Deputy Clerk.
Clarence B. Smith, Attorney for
Petitioner. M. 27-A. 6 incl.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-03-30

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SELL farm produce through
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-02-03
Legislature Turns
To Bottled Drinks
For Greater Income
Public Hearings To Be
Held Next Week on
Crown Tax; Six Spe-
cial Judgeships To Be
Continued; New Com
mission, New Institu-
ton Proposed

Raleigh, Feb. 3.-(AP) THE Joint
legislative finance committee an
nounced today it would hold a pub
lie hearing Tuesday on a proposal
10 impose crown tax on bottled soft
drinks.
The committee is engaged in
hunt for revenue to offset budget re-
Communications for tuition increases
for North Carolina residents at
State-supported colleges. The tuition
proposal is expected to be defeated,
though prices may be raised to out
of-State residents.
Representatives passed and sent
to the Senate a bill to give the gov
ernor continued authority to appoint
up to six special superior court
judges. The measure went to the
Senate.
House members debated a Senate
passed bill to tighten laws on inde-
cent exposure, then re-referred the
proposal to committee later Repre-
sentative Clegg, of Moore, had argu-
ed that, as drawn, "this bill is abso-
lutely prohibitive and destructive of
human rights" Representative Pick
ems OF GullIOrd, sought to amend the
act to make it unlawful to disrobe
in public" place in the presence of
third person, contending that the
bill as drawn applied to any place.
The Guilford solon contended his
amendment was not intended as
joker when such charges were made
by Moore, of Pitt.
The first bill to change election
laws to pas q either house got ap-
proval of representatives today and
went to the Senate. It would put
Burke county under the State pri-
mary law.
Senators passed and sent to the
House bill to permit governmental
units to compromise tax claims
against any State-controlled railroad.
The measure is to benefit the Allan
tic & North Carolina railroad.
Representatives Butler, of Burke;
Seeley, of Carteret, and Moore, of
Wilson, introduced a bill to create a
five-member commission to study the
feasibility of erecting an institution
Continued on Page Five)
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-02-03
Explosions
In 2 Subways
Shock London

London Feb. 3.-(AP)-Bomb ex-
plosions in two subway stations in
the center of London today signalled
the renewal Of series of anti-Eng-
lish outrages attributed by Scotland
Yard to Irish Republican agitators
The blasts occurred almost stimuli
taneously about 6 a. m. in the Leices-
ter Square and Tottenham Court
Road subway stations, about quar-
ter of a mile apart. Apparently the
bombs were timed to go off before
the rush hour began.
Squads of Scotland Yard detectives
and police hastily blocked the en-
frances to both stations, turning away
thousands of puzzled office workers.
London's complex transportation sys-
tenn was thrown into a snarl. A ticket
collector at the Tottenham station
was seriously injured and five per-
sons were hurt at Leicester Square.
So strong was the blast in the Tot
tenham station that telephone receiv-
ers in a long row of booths were
blown from their hooks. Dynamite
had been placed in the baggage room,
the wall y' which were shattered.