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Imperial Valley press., 1939-04-26
San Diego Voters Approve
All American Canal Plan
y AMBLING
IMPORTER
yOw You See 1t, Now You Don't

Now You See 1t, Now You Don't
Sometimes Mrs. Lisle Beckman
of Calipatria and Mrs. Alvin Immei
Of Holtville bear a striking re-
semblance to each other. And
sometimes they don't.
At recent party the guests were
amazed at how much they look
i alike and pointed out that the fact
that they both wore long hair,
knotted in the back, added much
to the resemblance.
a few days thereafter Mrs. Beck
man met Mrs. Immel at another
gathering and Mrs. Immel's eye
broWs jumped an inch.
What have you done to your
hair?" she asked. Mrs. Beckman' S
hair was bobbed and considerably
altered. Mrs Beckman smiled slyly
and confessed;
That long hair you saw the othc
day stays part of the time in the
drawer of my dressing tablet"
TaiIy-Ho-
do you notice anything?' RR
was asked while Strolling along The
sidewalk east of the courthouse
Notice was too mild a word. Only
a person with corks in his nostrils
: could fail to detect an odor hither,o
associated only with dumps and the
like.
That comes from grass cut from
the lawn and left in the street 10
decay, believe it or not!" we were
informed. We investigated and be-
iieved.
All of which is a word TO George
: Tally.
A Bit of Jitters-
Charles Allen, the Brawley stu
dent vino TOOK over the Job Of polio .
desk sergeant at Brawley in cen.
nection with Youth Week, will necd
a bit of practice before he can nold
down the Job permanently. A Post
Press reporter, phoning for details
on a death, asked Charles for in
formation and White, that's his
\ nickname, answered
"Whhhhhhhut do you mean?'
Egged on, he could only stutter
and Coroner Herbert Hughes finally
bad to help him out.
Getting Closer
RR got a laugh and so did the
witnesses and the jury when Mrs.
j. L. Davis took the stand in a
police court trial An attorney tried
to get her to tell approximately how
wide is her living room and she re-
peatedly sidestepped, explaining she
had no idea of feet and yards.
I'm terrible at figures" she said
"All / know is my nine-by-twelve
rugs won't fit!'
Safety First
Ray Smith, now of Orange who
used to be in the valley, was remin-
iscing about old times in 1919 and
20 when he helped Uncle Sam play
hide and seek with Pancho Villa.
"The government fed us salt
pork" Ray recalled, land we used
to trade it to the Mexicans for beef
We always made the Mexicans leave
hoof on the beef, though, so WeG
know it wasn't burro meat!"
Imperial Valley press., 1939-04-26
Chamberlain Acts
To Answer Ndzi
Insult to Might
Fuehrer Says British Cannot Defend
Selves, Much Less Others; Forced
Military Training Answers Charge

LONDON April 26 (UP) Prime Minister Neville
Chamberlain today that Great Britain had de-
cded to conscrpt all between the ages OF zo ana Il
for six months of military training -
Conscrption he said, would be provided in bill to
Imperial Valley press., 1939-04-26
Hoppers Swarm Over Streets of Boom
Town. Devour Plants, Relish Cloth
Put Out TO ProtectPrize Shrubs
Avena Residents Patrol Yards with Every
Available Weapon; Plague Covers Hundred
Mile Front in Western Fresno County

AVENAL, Calf. April 26 (UP)-Crawling hordes OF
grasshoppers swarmed outlying streets and districts
of this nine year old oil boom town today and defed Ell
forts of townspeope to drive them back.
Part of millions of hoppers nhe march in western
Imperial Valley press., 1939-04-26
Assembly Split on Budget Healing.
Passage Expected Today as Senate
Clears Decks TO Receive Measure
Compromise Bill Due for Approval; Health
Insurance Proposal Recommended for yes
Vote: Wrestling Tactics Criticized

SACRAMENTO, April 26. (UP)-Opposing assembly
factions appeared to be nearing agreement today Gov
Culbert Osons budget bill with prospect OF compromise
and passage late this afternoon
Full details of an amended budget bill released
Imperial Valley press., 1939-04-26
Suspect in Four.Year-0Id Texas
Murder Case Found Serving 50-Day
Jail Sentence Here for Petty Theft

Elmer McCuley 81, prisoner in the Imperial county
jail for the last 80 days left for Texas late Tuesday to
face charge of numbering of his friends four years
ago He in custody of Deputy Sheriff B. E. Sailor
of Bay City Texas. and T E. Davenport Texas ranger
Imperial Valley press., 1939-04-26
Baseball Results

AMERICAN
St. Louis .......................... ITO Oil 10
Detroit ............................ 900 300 O3O
Newsom and Sullivan; Kennedy
Coffman, Harris and Tebbetts.
Chicago ................ 0O4 900 001-5-9-0
Cleveland ............ 900 900 001-1-8-l
Dietrich and Silvestri; Broaca,
Dobson, Humphries and Pytla&.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-04-26

Butter: Los Angeles. 23laes but
terfat, Imperial Valley fob. ranch,
grade A, 3OIac; manufacturing milk.
24c, route gathered cream, 2ilsc.
LA. Hay: U. 5. No. 1, sl4-1i.5Oi
No. 2 Ieafy, S1S.50-14; No. ?, Si1-t2.
Minneapolis flax May Sl.72.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-04-26

NATIONAL
Imperial Valley press., 1939-04-26

Total cash, checks and drafts sent
through the two I'll Centre banks.)
Glacier County chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1931-1940, 1939-08-18
Treasure State Name More STEPPED i'm Antiquity
Than Is That of Amy Other State i'm the Nation

meaning a mountainous region. Mrs.
Douglas, a noted linquist, was called In
and she corroborated General Denver's
definition.
That is all right" said Senator
Douglas. II will Just call it Montana"
The bill was introduced, about 1858,
but 1t ran into trouble Of some kind
and was never passed.
When the bill to organize Colorado
was introduced the names Montana"
Idaho" and Colorado" were suggest
ed. Colorado" was accepted because
two rivers of that name drain its
slopes.
Too Deep for Solons
When territorial organization of
Idaho was considered by congress, the
original territory including a part of
what Is now Montana, both Mon
tanA' and Idaho" were suggested.
Despite many explanations of its Latin
Spanish meaning, most members of
congress were unable to grasp the
Glacier County chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1931-1940, 1939-08-18

the creation of Idaho, was sent by
presidential appointment as the chief
Justice of the territorial supreme
court: Reaching Bannack in the fail
OF 1868. he found the mountain passes
closed to safe travel by the primitive
means at hand. With his family he
settled at Bannack for the winter.
Within short time the demand
Of the miners for a new territory was
so strong that s2,5O0 in gold dust and
nuggets was collected to send a rep
resentative to Washington to work for
its creation. Edgerton was the only man
who was acquainted in Washington,
and he was persuaded to undertake the
mission. Instead of cashing his gold
and using the money, he used the
precious metal as a display to impress
congressman with the importance of
the territory.
Ashley Supports Name
Writing in 1886 from Ohio to Col.
Wilbur F. Sanders regarding the NAM
Glacier County chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1931-1940, 1939-08-18

tional crowd There was not much else
to do on a hot summer afternoon in
the late ninetieS and so the ball game
was the thing. Today it's easy to jump
into a car and speed to. some cool
mountain resort for a Sunday holiday.
But old fans believe that the present
revival of the game will catch on
soon and that night games will draw
large crowds.
While there was probably great diff
ference in the stands, playing fields
and crowds in those days, there was
and those of today. There were and
are youths who like to play ball, both
for enjoyment and in hopes that per-
haps they may become good enough to
some day step up into organized ball
and the majors.
1899 that was honey" Deciding that
it was about time the city had team
that could make other clubs in the
state respect it, business men subscribed
to a fund with which salaried ball
players were obtained.
After bowling over a half dozen
neighboring teams, the club took to the
road for several weeks, meeting the
best teams in western Montana, Idaho
and Utah, and returned with record
of II victories in % contests. The
club, was crowned champions OF me
NORTHWEST, dlio IIICLS WSAS ~" WAN
disputed this title.
The club defeated every Montana
team it met each time with the eXcep--
ton of Helena In eight games played
between Billings and Helena, each
team won four. Out-of-state mines
thumped by Billings that year were
Sheridan, Wyo.; Pocatello, Idaho, three
times; Ogden, Utah and Salt Lake
City, three times. Ogden was the only
foreign club to beat the locals on
the transforming tour.
Ladies days are now fixture IN
all baseball leagues, but when base
ball was in its swaddling clothes In
Billings, the attendance Of women at
games was rather a novelty and news
papers never failed to- mention that
there were several ladies In the
Other teams at Billings were the
Yegen Brothers club of 1900, the Bill
lings Sugar Co. team Of 1907, and the
Eagles club of 1906, all pictured on
this page. The Yegen outfit played
such good ball that 1t established q
reputation throughout the Midland
Empire as a KILLER" The Sugar
Tramps," as they were popularity
known. were q leading team later.
Montana and wyoming clubs had great
respect for the Eagles outfit. The
team was noted for its batting prowess
and had q roster Of sluggers, each Of
whom weighed over 200 pounds.
Glacier County chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1931-1940, 1939-08-18

ing of Montana, Governor Edgerton
said: 7 cannot tell who first men,
toned the name. but the man who
fought most earnestly. for it was Hon.
James M. Ashley, chairman of the
committee on territories (of the house,.
When I left Bannack to secure the
separation from Idaho it was well un-
derstood what the name Of the new
territory would be, or at least what it
ON Dec. IA, 1868, Ashley introduced
his bill to provide a temporary govern
ment for the territory of Montana. 1t
went through the committee on ter
ritories. and was placed before the
house for action March IA, 1864. The
the name came in for another test.
Ashley explained the Montana" was
a Spanish word signifying a noun
famous region. Cox of Ohio, asked for
more significant name-"An Indian
name perhaps"
After long period of argument dur
suggested, including Shoshone (Which
means "Snakes'J and others humor-
GUS and otherwise, Webster of Mary
land interposed with:
Il think every father has the right
to name his own child, and as this
on territories, think they should have
the right to name it."
The bill was passed by the house, and
in the senate the name Montana"
begged the bill down again. Senator
Howard of Michigan came to the res
cue with Latin dictionary showing
that the word was of classic origin
and meant mountainous region,
name indeed appropriate to noun
! tain country.
The bill, finally passed. was signed
by President Abraham Lincoln May
26, 1864, and Montana" as a name
had come into its rightful heritage.
| Sidney Edgerton, erstwhile chief JUS
tice of Idaho, never assumed his office.
| Instead, he was named the first gov
ernor of the territory of Montana and
members of his family lived out their
lives in this state. Congressman Ashley
of Ohio, who so valiantly defended the
himself as a territorial governor Of
Montana.
Wilbur Edgerton Sanders, an early
librarian of the Historical Society OF
Montana, who gave painstaking efforts
to record the history of naming OF
the Treasure state, concluded his
treatise with this paragraph:
THE word Montana is no less beau
tiful than significant. That it was
selected to be the distinguishing name
and characteristic for the territory that
was set apart from Idaho and organ
lied into seperate government on the
Goth day of May, in the year of grace
1864, and admitted as an equal into
the Union of states on the eighth day
tation and loyal pride to all Mon
tanans for thus their beloved noun
farmland became possessed of title
that is peculiar in its descriptive fl
deity. Because of the exceeding eu-
phonic beauty of the word, Montana
{ &c i,,I
names of states whose stars adorn the
azure field of freedoms banner. 1t is
a slightly and simple name, to the pro-
nunciation of which the comparatively
numerous novels that go to make UP
the word bring forth liquid richness
musical rhythm and consonant
flow of sound that is delightful. 1t is
Beyond all titles, and a household
name,
Hereafter, through all times"
Glacier County chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1931-1940, 1939-08-18

significance of such name; they con-
sidered it meaningless. Most Of them
could, however, understand the sign1fi-
canoe of "Idaho''-"Gem of the Noun
tains." So Idaho became a territory
March 8. 1868. Montana" was still
being kicked around the legislative
halls, sort of Legitimate waif, looked
upon with contempt and wanted by
no one who had vote in comforting
territorial names.
BY the summer Of 1868 so many
people had entered the mountains
around Bannack and Virginia City
that a keen need was felt for local
government Idaho officials at Lewis
ton, far away to the west, were sep
arated from the eastern communities
by endless ranges of mountains, and
there was no organized government for
hundreds Of miles to the south and
east. Pressure for a new territory on
the eastern slope grew strong.
Sidney Edgerton of Ohio, soon after
Glacier County chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1931-1940, 1939-08-18
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Glacier County chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1931-1940, 1939-08-18
Yellowstone Park Sets
Tourist TraUel Record

Travel records for Yellowstone park
headed toward a new record with 276,-
1856 visitors counted on July 81.
Supt. Edmund B. Rogers said the
record would top the half-million mark
for the first time in history unless
some unforeseen condition arises 10
slow up travel.
The 1889 season total to date is LOG
percent ahead Of 1885 total Of 249,794
and percent ahead of July 81, the
record year of 1887.
Visitors entering by the south gate
showed the largest increase, 1913 per-
cent.
Glacier County chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1931-1940, 1939-08-18
HEADS SAWMILL GROUP

Nelson Weaver Of Somers was elect
ed president of the Inland Empire dis
trict council of lumber and sawmin
workers at the convention in Kalispen.
ispell, vice president; E. L. Terlson,
Lewiston, Idaho. secretary; Otto Greip,
Libby, Mont, conductor; Perry Decker,
Troy. warden, and Norbert Rossignol,
headquarters, Idaho, trustee for q
three-year term.
Glacier County chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1931-1940, 1939-08-18

in the nineties and while there were
less than 1000 persons residing In the
city, games that attracted crowds Of
near 1000 were not uncommon. Today
the city has a population Of upwards
Of $4,000 and now 1000 Is an excep-
Glacier County chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1931-1940, 1939-08-18

centennial of baseball, Billings can
look back over approximately 50 years
that the game has been played there.
In Billings and their playing fields to
tho present Midland Empire league
that Is operating In one Of the most
Glacier County chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1931-1940, 1939-08-18

modern, lighted parks in the
northwest. Games were all played on
Sundays In those days and there was
not q thought that someday 1t would
be possible to play after dark.
Baseball interest was high in Billings
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1939-08-19
Doing Great Work
DR.. Theodore K. Lawless, Dermatologist,
Has Fine Record At Northwestern Univ.

CHICAGO-Moden transportation and the discov-
cries Of research chemists have combined to make the
work of skin specialists steadily changing one accord
ing to DR.. Theodore X Lawless of Chicago Dr. Lawess
who is regarded of the countrys outstanding der
matologists recently told of his work in the study and
treatment of skin diseases.
The speed of modern travel, he says has spread
throughout the world diseases which confined
to certain localities And research chemists have deve
opsd processes which harmful to the skin of
employed in many industrial fields Skin special
lists find it necessary to discover methods treatment for
these new disorders
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1939-08-19

During the Civil War. "Aunty'
Sojourner. as she was widely
known. moved 10 Battle Creek.
She was a favorite with soldiers
at Detroit, where she visited fire.
quently.
Stirred TO Last Fight
II was on her visit to President
Lincoln In 1864 that she was
stirred to begin the last fight OF
her life q fight she continued
futilely until her death. In Wash
ingston. Sojourner found the city
crowded with freed Negroes. living
wretchedly in novels and getting
their food from breadlines. She
began an immediate campaign TO
have the Government set aside
land in the West where these men
might establish themselves.
Although the fight was unsuc-
cessful. Sojourner did bring train
loads OF Negores from the East to
the West and descendants OF many
of these still live In Michigan and
other nearby states.
"Sojourner incidentally. she
took that name in 1S43 when
starting out as preacher-was
undoubtedly Michigan's most ia
nous colored person" Mrs. Lewis
says. And. eventually. II Is GER
tain her memory will he httlngly
honorcd."
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1939-08-19
They Have
Served In All
The Wars
Won Distinction
With jackson And
Commodore Perry

Colored soldiers have served
with distinction In every war that
the United States waged. Free Ne
groes and slaves were employed
on both sides during the Revolu-
tionary War, serving In the same
regiments with the whites. There
were approximately 5000 colored
soldiers employed by the Ameri-
cans.
Colored were with Commodore
Perry at the Battle OF Lake Erie in
the War OF 1912. and also with
General Andrew Jackson at the
Battle OF New Orleans. Three
months after the battle General
Jackson issued proclamation
ITO the Free Colored Inhabitants
OF louisiana" for "valorous sup
port"
There were In the neighborhood
OF 1889 colored soldiers in the
Civil War, In 16i regiments, OF
which 14l were infantry. seven
calvary. twelve were heavy artil-
lery. and one light artillery. There
were also a large number OF col
ored soldiers serving under the
Confederate flag.
In 1866. Congress passed law
that colored regiments should he
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1939-08-19
Baptist Meet
In Worlds Fair

NEW SyORK-The National Bap-
list convention. led by DR.. Ia X.
Williams OF Chicago and his stan
OF Officers and multitude OF fol-
lowers. will invade the Worlds
Fair here. Sept. H. The conven-
tion. with one OF the largest MEM
berships OF any Negro group In the
world will close its sessions in
Philadelphia Sunday night. Sept.
10. and move into New York early
Monday morning in readiness for
the convention fair day.
The headquarters for the meeting
will be al the Mount Oliyet Baptist
church. 120th street and Ienox
avenue, DR. o. c. Maxwell. pastor.
The New York Minister'S confer
ence. the New York Baptist con-
veniion and the New Jersey and
Pennsylvania conferences and con-
ventions are already formed into
committees TO make the Baptist
Day at the fair one OF the biggest
and most colorful days the fair has
had.
All Baptists and their friends
are asked TO meet at exactly 2:15
pm. at the Temple OF Religion.
The Temple OF Religion will he
the meeting place where the relig-
ious services will begin and where
there will be delivered a message
to the world by Or l.. X. Williams.
president OF The National Baptist
Convention. Inc.
The music for the occasion will
be furnished by the Concord choir
OF Brooklyn. directed by Prof.
Boatner. and the Mount Olivet
choir OF New York. directed by
Prof. Dyer. and the convention
choir ~ Philadelphia. directed by
Prof. DorsSy. There will he pa
rade from the Temple Of Religion
TO the Court OF Peace.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1939-08-19
Pushkin Greatest OF
Russian Poets A n d
Founder Of Culture

One OF the first colored poets to
win recognition was Alexander
Sergueyeyich Pushkin, the greatest
poet OF Russia. and acknowledged
to be the founder OF modern Rus
Sian literature. Pushkin Is not the
founder OF Russian literature. hut
is the father OF Russian culture.
He was born 1899 OF noble Mos
COW family and inherited African
blood from a maternal ancestress.
He died In 1887.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1939-08-19

part OF the regular army. This
was the beginning OF the Twenty
fourth and Twenty-fifth infantry,
and the Ninth and Tenth calvary
regiments. These regiments dis
tlnguished themselves during the
SDanish-American War in 1898.
From June 5. 1917 10 September
10, 1918, there were 2.2s0,527 col
ored registered for service in the
I'nilcd States army. Exclusive of
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1939-08-19

those secured through elective
draft. there were the four regular
army regiments, and National
Guard units as follows Eighth. IL
linois. Fifteenth. New York. Ninth
Battalion. Ohio First Separate Bat
talon, District OF Columbia. Sixth
Massachusetts Infantry and COM
panies from Maryland, and Ten
ncssec
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1939-08-19

AN unusual tribute to the faith.
"A full and intelligent service Of
one man was given at Wilmington,
N. c., recently when civic officials.
executives OF the North Carolina
Division OF the Standard Oil Com.
pany OF New Jersey, prominent
Negro citizens and fellow employees
honored William Frank Dodd. Negro
plant man. on the occasion OF his
retirement.
Mr.. Dodd. who retired on an an.
nuity, had attained q remarkable
record OF nearly "A years OF service
with the company. In the first SS
years and nine months OF his SER
vice. he had never had an accident.
and was absent through illness only
nine days during his long career.
]. +. l.. Wade. commissioner OF
public works at Wilmington. repre-
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1939-08-19

scented the mayor OF the city at the
banquet and ceremonies. Above.
G. M. Byers, North Carolina man.
ager for the ESQ Marketers, who
led the group OF company execu-
tives at the banquet. is shown pre-
senting Mr.. Dodd with check COW
ering his balance in the Company
Thrift Fund. North Carolina en-
ployees OF the company presented
Mr.. Dodd with gold watch and
chain. suitably inscribed.
During his years OF service. Mr..
Dodd put three OF his four children
through college. Two OF his daugh-
ters now teach In the Wilmington
public schools.
Present at the banquet to honor
Mr.. Dodd were eight colored en-
ployees whose service, combined
with Dodd's. equalled 20i years, six
months and three days.
Evening star., 1939-01-14
Public Relations Bureau
Is Started by Firm

Establishment of a public rela.
tions bureau, with Joseph w. Mar
shall, former director Of the WASH
ington Better Business Bureau, in
charge, was announced today by the
real estate firm of w. C. e. A. N.
Miller. The new department is de-
signed to stimulate public interest
in better-type homes and to fur
nish information to persons con-
templating real estate purchases.
The Miller firm invites civic
groups. business organizations, clubs
and fraternal bodies to avail them
selves of the speaker service which
will be an outstanding feature of
the new department. Informal talks
are available without cost to Or
ganizations on such subjects as
Putting the Community in a Test
Tube" Jerry Building VS.. Your
Moneys Worth" Home Site Selec-
tions," Lighthouses of Lasting Sat-
isfaction" and Methods of Home
Financing"
Mr.. Marshall, until recently di-
rector of the Better Business Bu-
reau, has had considerable expert
ence in relations with the public
and possesses understanding of con-
sumer demands. He has served as
assistant advertising manager of
J Woodward & Lothrop and of John
Wanamaker, in Philadelphia.