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Imperial Valley press., 1939-01-29

who receive an allowance only 1Ol
polishing shoes, tending the fur
mace, making beds, and other fam
lily chores.
Young people who sell maga-
zines. or who obtain jobs from
neighbors or who work to earn
money during summer vacation
tend to have stronger personal
tiles than those who do not. The
importance of such activities lies
not in the reward, or money, re-
ceived. but in the habits and at
titudes which they develop. These
habits are such as to transform
the character of an individual from
that of a sponge to that of a giver
from being "a consumer to being
a producer
If a child earns money instead
of having it given to him, he Will
have these advantages, according
to DR. Link:
l. He will acquire skill through
talking and dealing with the people
for whom the work is being done.
3 In looking for work, in ask
ing questions. or in suggesting pos
sibilities, he will learn the habit of
initiative. When this is developed
it will become an important power
through life.
3. He will acquire the habit of
paying attention to the desires and
interests of other people
4. He will learn the habit of self
control in dealing with equals and
superiors.
5. Instead of acquiring the at
titude that his family, or the world
owes him a living, or an oppor-
tunity to make living, he will ac-
quire the attitude of personal re-
sponsibility, including the obliga-
ton to create his own opportunities.
The important thing is not to
give money outright. If necessary,
make work for your children. This
is especially hard to do in a city
where there are not many chores.
Create as many as you can. If you
can't create them, pay your son,
or daughter, for some imaginary
service. I know one father who
hired his son to read aloud to him
from books of travel. The father
said his eyes troubled him, and
that he wanted to know what was
in the books. 1t worked SO we'll
that the father and son grew much
closer TO each other than they pre-
Viously had been.
The next time your child begs
you for money think a moment.
At the ZOO when they want to de-
Velop a monkey-they place the
food just beyond his reach so that
he will have TO pick up stick TO
draw it toward him. The monkey
whines at first and thinks he's ter
ribly mistreated, but pretty soon
he settles down to business and
earns his dinner without any fuss.
These monkeys become smarter
than the ones who have food poked
in to them.
The next time your child makes
a request for money, think before
you poke.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-01-29

A light against eStabIlShmenI OF
preferential freight rates on Texas
produce shipped to eastern markets
was launched in Imperial Valley
this week.
News of the Texas bid for prefer
cntial rates on lettuce, melons, and
vegetables was received by the FL
Centro Chamber of Commerce and
Immediately relayed TO valley grow
ers and shippers.
Texas growers and shippers filed
a complaint with the Interstate
Commerce commission alleging that
Imperial Valley press., 1939-01-29
Railroad Boards
Agents in Valley
Checking Truckers

Investigators for the California
Railroad commission are in Imper-
ial Valley checking truck trans
portation companies to ascertain if
they comply with state regulations.
The Investigations are a part of
a statewide survey ordered by
Warren K. Brown of San Francisco,
director of transportation. A suit
to collect $4,000 in penalties from
two trucking concerns was the re-
suit Of a similar survey in San
Diego county. The two defendants
will. be prosecuted under the high
way carriers act, Brown said.
Anyone interested in discussing
state regulations may contact the
investigators at the Planters hotel
in Brawley next week.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-01-29
Bruce Cation SAYS
Honesty the Best Basis of Sound Government

This is the way the world prog
resses; it jogs comfortably along
until there is some terrible disaster.
Then there is a great hue and cry,
and something is done to remedy
the conditions that caused the dis
aster. Usually not enough is done,
and even some of that advance is
usually lost later. But not all.
We never give up all our gains.
We move forward three steps and
slip back two, but we are still one
step ahead And that is social
progress.
It is not futile to lock the barn
Imperial Valley press., 1939-01-29
ChiIders Elected
To Head LAWYERS

Charles L. Childers, Ell Centro
attorney, was elected president of
the Imperial county bar association
at the annual election held in Ell
Centro Friday.
r. B. Whitelaw, also of Ell Cen
tro, was elected president and
Leslie Burr of Imperial was re-
elected secretary.
The new Chandler bankruptcy act
was discussed for bar members by
r. H. Hunt of Los Angeles, author
ity on bankruptcy.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-01-29
THE NO. ; MUST
FOR IMPERIAL VALLEY

Business administration of Imperial
Valleys public power system, without
taint or hint of politics, is an absolute
necessity if the valley is to end 1889
with clear conscience and prosperous
outlook.
1t follows refunding and drainage only
because these two are basic programs
dealing with the existing credit structure
of the community. In the light of the
future, it is equally important with them.
1t is regrettable that political organi-
cations never operate as efficiently nor
as economically as private corporations
1t is, nevertheless, true. This is why
development and distribution of public
power in the valley, before it assumes
the proportion of an established fact,
should be placed on a business basis as
widely separated as possible from the
inescapable political character of the
Imperial Irrigation District.
1t is in the hands of the district direc-
tors unselfishly to place power distribu
ton in the ranks of business, divorced
from the realm of politics. They can do
so by establishing the power division
as a separate entity, operated under the
management of experts in the power
business. These eXperts-and they will
be high salaried men, because power
experts are never anything else-should
be given full latitude in employing or
discharging personnel. Without such
latitude they will be hamstrung from
the beginning.
The best Of executives cannot operate
the best of businesses if he must use
inferior employees who obtain their jobs
through political friendship. Nor can
the public expect efficient operation of
its business if it insists on the employ
ment of this man or that simply because
he is popular, and with no regard to his
qualifications.
This matter of business administra-
tion of the power division is two-edged.
The public, as we'll as the district direc-
tors, must do its part to bring it about.
If politics is to be kept out of the
power division, the people can help keep
it out. By the same token, they can in
still politics into the picture.
Once it is operating on a valley-wide
scale, the power division should be look
ed upon by its customers as a business
organization, not a political subdivision.
They should expect no more, and no less,
than they would from a private concern.
Because their power is shut off if they
fail to pay BILL they should not be-
come angry at district directors, not
attempt political reprisals for purely
business incident.
The district directors can and should
place the public power business on
sound economic and business basis. Once
they have done so, the people should
see that it remains there.
The obligation falls equally on direc-
tors and public.
Unless the obligation is fulfilled, we
may yet regret the fact that we have the
thing we should be proud of-public
power.
Opposition to public power was based
on the charge it would become politi-
cal football. We should've must prove
that charge unfounded.
0..% N,,~ w.~x
Imperial Valley press., 1939-01-29
Chamber of Commerce Launches Fight
AGAINST Preferential Freight Rate

rates ON produce from their state
to eastern markets are unreasonable
in comparison to rates on similar
commodities shipped from Arizona
and California. The Texans asked
for lower rates than those apply
ing to California.
Chamber of Commerce officials
urged a vigorous fight against the
granting of the lower rates and
quoted the disastrous results when
Arizona was granted 10 per cent
cut under California freight rates
to the east.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-01-29
Legal Advertisement
NOTICE OF SALE OF PERSONAL
PROPERTY TO SATISFY LIEN

Notice is hereby given that the
undersigned Percie C. Thacker,
d.b.a. Pioneer Truck & Transfer Co.
Warehouse, State st. & S.P. Rail-
road, Ell Centro, Calf, will sell at
public auction to the highest bidder
for cash at the above named place
on Saturday, February 25, 1899, be-
ginning at 1000 AM, the following
property:
A. L. Argoa, household goods, $4,000
j. Dinmick, boxes ..............-. 1000
Bob Foster, | dining table and
leaves -....-........-... 1913
N. S. Gray, box and Grated
sewing machine .................... $500
II. I. Hunt box and trunk .. $3.50
Mrs. Walter Tripp, trunk w 27.25
Mrs. Estella Keeler, box and
trunk acknowledgements. 27.OO
Chas Mccormick, ice cream
cabinet, beer cabinet, Fri
gidaire, unit for same .. 81, 90
Robert Leslie, household goods, $500
Floyd Mccoy, piano and
household goods ..............- 1920
M. Prince, trunk, boxes, suit
cases .......................... ........... 1890
Mrs. E. M. Palmer, beauty
parlor chair and house
hold GOODS ........................... 155.O0
Miss Ailene Paulos, 2 trunks - 1000
C. c. Rost, 3 trunks, boxes,
etc. ......................................1O 10000
L. L. Stroupe, household
goods .............'......................1OO. 10000
Modestine Smith, household
goods ....................................100 10000
Chas. Sherwood, trunk ........... 1900
Miss E. Wheeler, cartons
personal effects ....-............ 1850
Mrs. E. L. Young, boxes and
trunks Observation-Disclosures. 6U.OO
Geo. Wilson, tool box .............. 1875
Nelson Long, electric range .... 35.0O
j. S. Duff, cedar chest, laun-
dry hamper ............................ 4O.OU
A. M. Abbott, Q boxes, tool box, 20.OO
Cutler Horn. trunk .......... $500
C. M. Delameter, 2 trunks 80. $500
All of the above to satisfy lien
for storage under Section 3051-3051-
A 3052 of the Civil Code of the
State of California.
All parties listed above may ap-
pear and settle accounts or make
satisfactory payments up to day
before sale.
(Signed) PERCIE C. THACKER,
Proprietor Pioneer Truck & Trans
fer Co.
Dated at FL Centre, Calf, this
25th day of January, 1899.
j. 90, F. S. ~
Imperial Valley press., 1939-01-29

book, The Re-
d S C very of
Man says:
Our nation
W i d e S tu d e S
show that chill
dren who receive
an a lilo W a n ce
from parents, as
a m a t t er of
course, tend to
have W e a k e T
per on a Ii ties
than do children
Imperial Valley press., 1939-01-29
Hints ON Etiquette

You can cultivate culture, even if
you have no money, position in life
or family background These things
do not necessarily imply culture.
Read good books, go to interesting
lectures, cultivate a taste for the
best things in life and you can at
tain il.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-01-29
Deserfion CHARGED
In Divorce Suit

In a divorce complaint failed Fri
day, Paul B. Benson declared Dor
othy ". Benson irritated and dis
turbed him, reviled him in the pres
ence OF others, and finally deserted
him last December
They married in Los Angeles July
80, 1886, and she deserted him Dec
81, 1888, he alleged
Imperial Valley press., 1939-01-29
TOdaY'S horoscope

Is your birthday on this date?
You have an eventful year ahead
of you. You may lose your position
because of office or shop intrigue,
but do not be discouraged, as this
bit of i'll fortune will be followed
by some remarkably good luck. The
child born today will have a COM
pleX character. but will be lucky.
He will be kind-hearted and good
natured. He will be in danger how
ever, of being diSillusioned in af-
fairs with the opposite sex.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-01-29
Uoroscope for Sunday

A condition Of mixed and com-
plicated emotions may be expert
enced by the one whose birthday
is ON this date. Business prospects
are good for the coming year, sue
cess being brought about by new
and novel ideas and methods.
Strong -willed and determined chill
dren will be born today They Will
also be original and intuitive, but
very independent. They will have
distinguished careers, and there i
an indication of success in the oc
cult sciences.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-01-29
LEARN HOW EASY"

Ours is an Auto Financing plan
that actually makes a New Cars
paying off-burdenless! You are
not asked to stretch your means
to meet the payment schedule. The
payment plan is scheduled to meet
your means-and your preferences!
Come in and we'll really 'help"
you buy that much desired New
Car.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-01-29
One-Minute Test Answers

1. Each represents one of the 48
states in the Union.
g The United States bureau OF
standards says that such a roof, if
properly grounded, will give pro-
lection from lightning.
3. Waves rarely go higher than
so feet, but they have been record
ed as high as 80 feet.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-01-29

Authorities in Haifa, Palestine
forbid residents to appear in public
places with their hands in their
pockets. That should attract Scot
tish coloniStS.
In Cleveland the newspapers have
been asking the fans to give their
opinions of the local ball team, the
Indians. 1t might not be bad
idea also to ask the Indians what
they think of the fans.
Sam GoldWyn says the films have
great responsibilities to go on to
greater things. And a great way to
go?
Sam Riddle has dismissed Char
ley Kurtsinger and hired Wayne
Wright to ride War Admiral He's
hoping the new jockey will give his
horse the Wright kind of ride.
An editor in Rome challenges an
editor in Paris to a duel. Choose
your pens, gentlemen!
The village of Dosquet, Quebec,
has no mayor or aldermen. 1t must
be dull town, with nothing to in
vestigate.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-01-29
GRAB BAG
One Minute Test

l. What does each of the stars in
the United States flag represent?
g Will a galvanized iron roof give
protection in a lightning storm?
3. How high do high ocean waves
go?
Imperial Valley press., 1939-01-29
On Imperial Valleys Must List
For Completion in 1899

No. 1-An adequate bond refnancing pro-
gram for the Imperial Irrigation Districts S15-
100000 debt
No. "A comprehensive drainage program
10 protect and restore Imperial Valley farm lands.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-01-29

If you happen to be an artist and
sculptor, you can assure yourself of a
pleasing headstone for your tomb. Mrs.
Margaret L. Kappelhoff of st. Peters
burg, Fla, is carving one for herself and
husband. who is still living.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-01-29
SEE WHO THREATEN
TO STRIKE NOW!
Grants Pass Courier)


Folks will notice the change of mood
as their radio comedians and actors, so
full of fun and frolic on the air. step
out of character to become deadly serious
over their pay.
Two thousand of our professional ra-
dio entertainers are reported ready to
strike for higher wages.
Ordinary, work-a-day folk will feel
They are offered S15 for each 15-
minute broadcast but they would be eX-
pected to rehearse two hours without
additional charge. 1t isn't enough, they
say.
The actors, singers, announcers, in
strumentalists, producers and sound eff
feet men want their SIS for fifteen min
utes plus Sc an hour for rehearsing, a
scale their employers say would give
even minor actor on l5-minute show
S185 a week.
that dollar a minute is pretty steep
wages for some of the talent they listen
to over their radios.
A dollar an hour would be a more nor
NAL wage, and the average wage over
the U. S. is whole lot lower than that
Well, radio actors must eat. At the
rate they should eat to match their pro-
posed wage scale it is easy to see that
radio advertising is going to get a lot
more expensive one of these days soon.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-01-29
Faetographs

In Jamaica there are nine kinds
of whistling frogs Each is said
to have a two-note repertoire. The
female lays two large eggs out OF
water, which hatch two little frogs,
instead of going through the tad
pole stage as other frogs do.
Midget parents usually have
children of normal size. Most
midget marriages are childless, how
ever.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-01-29
DALE
CARNEGIE

Do you give your children an
allowance?
Would you like to hear what
great psychologist says about it?
Professor Henry C. Link in his new
Imperial Valley press., 1939-01-29
Words of Wisdom

The seeds of repentance are soWn
in youth by pleasure. but the har-
vest is reaped in age by pain. -
Cotton.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-01-29

Englishmen call the hood of an auto
mobile the bonnet.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-01-29
COLLECTION SUIT

H. T. Neidiffer filed suit Friday
to collect $77907 he alleged Paul
Emmitt Edwards and Matte Ed
wards owe him for merchandise
furnished them.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-01-29
You're Telling Me -

During a truck strike in Detroit
taxicabs delivered barrelled beer
from breWeries to bars. That's get
ting the business both ways.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-11-11
FLEMING STREET METHODIST
tUpiown) CHURCH
Rev. Jim Lilly. Pastor

Rev. Jim Lilly, Pastor
Fleming at William Street
Church School meets at Gas a.
m. Norman j. Lowe, general
superintendent.
Morning worship, IL o'clock
Hi-League meets at $50 p. m.
Miss Frances Lowe, in charge.
Young Peoples Epw h
League meets at $50 p. m. Miss
Margaret Neff, president.
Evening service, 7:30 o'clock.
Mid-weck Prayer and Bible
Study, Wednesday, 8.O0fp. m.
Choir rehearsal, Wednesday,
600 p. m. T. B. Klehsattel, di-
rector of music.
Tuesday evening, 7:45 o'clock,
Brotherhood Banquet, 619 Viii
liam street.
You are cordially invited to at
tend these services and bring a
friend.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-11-11
PEOPLES FORUM
THE MONUMENT OF
DEMOCRACY

/ Editor, The Citizen:
! The eleventh day of November
entered an ephemeris in the an
mails of the worlds history, to the,
credit of American Democracy.
With this great monument was
erected and the sculptor was
President Woodrow Wilson.
On the morning of April Q, of
1917. President Wilson appeared
before Congress with the follow
ing words on his lips:
i 1--WE have no quarrel with the
German people, but only with the
military despotism of Germany.
The world must be made safe for
! democracy. We desire no con-
quest or dominion. /. We are but
one of the champions of the
rights of mankind. We shall be
satisfied when these rights have
been made as secure as the faith
and the freedom of nations can
make them.
Stoically as if drowning within
his soul the sorrows caused by
the marching of our youths to the
butcheries of Europe, President
| Wilson addressed them upon their
! departure for mo MANS
| LAND:
'The eyes of all the world will
be upon you, because you are in
some special sense the soldiers
of freedom. Let it be your pride,
therefore, to show all men every
where what good soldiers you are,
but also what good men you are.
Keep yourselves fit and straight
| in everything, and pure and
clean through and through.
Upon the landing of the Amer
lean Expeditionary Forces in
France; General John j. Pershing
affectionately known as BLACK
jack, visited the tomb of the
young French idealist of Ameri-
can Democracy, Marquis de La
Fayette, and simply said: LA
Fayette we are here. Just as
President Wilson saw it in his
mind, the American soldiers, sol
diers of freedom, fought ferocious-
| ly for the same liberty and de-
mocracy their fathers taught
them from infancy.
/ With their blood they fortified
the fields of France and with
their bodies they hallowed the
soil of Europe for the continue
ton of freedom of the Americans
unborn; certifying therefore the
monument of American Democ-
racy.
DARIO GARCIA.
Key West, Fla,
Nov. II, 1899.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-11-11
ExTRAVAGANT OLD AGE PENSIONS

While there seems to be no reason to
suspect that logic or statistics will dim the
ardor of those who advocate generous
pensions for the aged, it should not be for
gotten that under the Federal Social Sc
curity Act, persons over sixty-five in need
can receive pensions towards which the
Federal Government will contribute half,
up to $4,000 month. In a short while,
persons over sixty-five, even though not in
need, will begin to receive the benefits of
the Federal Old-Age Annuities. These
payments may not be as large as those
promised by various schemes but they are
more certain.
The proposed beneficiaries of ex-
travagant pension schemes will do we'll to
weigh the results that will follow break
down of the schemes. An old-age pension
law that exceeds the ability of State to
pay will inevitably collapse and the con-
dition of the aged in such a case, will be
worse than before. While thoroughly con-
WINGED of the justice of old-age pensions,
we believe that the amounts to be paid
should be kept low enough to guarantee
the permanency of the scheme. In time,
if economic conditions warrant larger pen
sions. they will be forthcoming.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-11-11
SAINT pAUL's CHURCH

Duval and Eaton SITS.
Services during the winter
and until further notice:
Morning Prayer, GAS o'clock.
Low Mass with Communions
TOO a. m.
Sung Mass with Catechism
9:30 a. m.
Sung Mass, Short Sermon. II
a. m.
Evening Prayer, Sermon, Bene
diction of the Blessed Sacrament
8 p. m.
Weekdays
Morning Prayer, GAS o'clock.
Low Mass, 700 a. m.
Evening Prayer, $50 o'clock.
Wednesday,
Low Mass, TOO a. m.
Morning Prayer, GAS o'clock
Low Mass, 8 a. m.
Evening prayer, $50 o'clock.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-11-11

It is no disgrace, even yet, to be SEN
sible, remarks L. P. Artman, able editor
of The Key West Citizen. The Island
City editor adds, however, the admission
that the possession of bit of brains is
liable to make the possessor mighty lone
some" 1t does seem sometimes, that
braiBlessness bring premium on today's
market Perhaps, though, it may be just
another illustration of the difference in
times and peoples" Man, today, may &C
complish-withm modern mechanical aids
as much in few hours, as would have re-
quirea a day. net many years back. Run
ming ALTHOUGH our civilized" set-ap, this
gives him much more time for foolishness,
and trivialities-which were formerly rule j
out by woEk,-Times-U Union.