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Imperial Valley press., 1939-03-02
Take 1t from Me, Mr.,
There's a Lot to This
Feathered Foul F0llies'
BY THE COCK OF THE SHOW


Just between us chickens, there
is lot of difference.
BY that I mean, there are no
kWo chickens alike; and it simply
burns my feathers and makes my
comb as red as a fireWagon to see
someone meander into the poultry
building at the Imperial County
Fair and hear that someone say:
MY! Lookit all the chickens,
Why this champion" meaning me
- doesn't look a bit different
fLpm my old rooster at home!"
But that's where the someone
is wrong Very wrong. We chickens
\e2ch have a personality of our
Very own. Some are flighty and
some are jealous and some are a
bit mean, like No. l in my harem
at home. If you don't believe me,
ask that gentleman over there, the
one with the moustache. That's
c. J. Russell, the superintendent
of this department, and he's a
pretty dandy fellow, I'll tell you.
l guess he knows blood when he
sees it! Gave me a first in-but
l win so many 1 forget
It's Pretty Plain
If you Just use your eyes you
can see for yourself the difference
between the chickens here. or
course, its pretty obvious the diff
ference between me and the rest,
Do l crouch in the corner of my
cage when the judge comes around?
l should say not! I dress UP my
! feathers and put my best toe for
ward. Then, when he takes me out,
do ! struggle? Nossir. l wait until
| he sets me down and then as
soon as I get my breath I let go
with an early morning "cockle- doo-
dle-doo" that makes the judges
chuckle and the girls in the gallery
giggle. That's what gets 'em.
OF course, not all chickens are
as we'll trained as 1 am, but that's
because I've been showing since l
was a cockerel. A cockerel, you
know. is a rooster under a year
old. After that you get to be a
cock. Also, female is kng@n as
pullet until she gets to be year
old. Then she becomes a hen.
Something About Chicks
While we're speaking of sex q
knew we'd get around to it sooner
or later, didn't youO here's some
thing I'll bet you didn't know
about chickens. CThe hens can skip
Tive balance of this paragraph, if
they're mind to- A chick has to
grow about month before you can
tell the difference between a male
and a female leghorn. That is, un-
less you want to go into a technical
analysis that Mr. Russell can tel
you more about than 1 can. And
it takes two or three months be-
fo'e you can tell the sexes in the
heavier breeds
Where were we before sex reared
its head? Oh yes, the matter OF
well behaved chickens. Poise in q
Imperial Valley press., 1939-03-02
There's More to Dairy
Business, Too, Than Just
Milkman's Morning Call

'sMother, is there a milk man
running around here?'
mo, Junior dear, why do you
ask?"
Then how did that milk and
butter and stuff get in that place
them"
"Oh, that is the dairy products
exhibit, but let's go to the midway
to get you something to eat so
that you will be quiet while"
With that, a mother who is try
ing to see every one of the thou
sands of exhibits in a single day.
Jerks Junior toward the midway
and leaves a tall man at the
showcase who has been around
the fair dairy department display
every year since the agricultural
exposition was moved from Braw-
ley to Imperial in 1929.
His name is Walter Macdonald
and besides being the county dairy
inspector, the president of the U.
s. Highway 80 chamber of COM
merce and a member of the El
Centre chamber dairy committee
he is the superintendent of the
dairy product department.
Tells a Lot
Mac will tell you the whole his
tory of the Imperial Valley dairy
industry if you will let him, be-
Imperial Valley press., 1939-03-02

cause he has been working for the
improvement of the dairy situation
in Imperial Valley for the past
ten years.
First he will tell you that more
and more dairymen are becoming
interested in the establishment OF
the Imperial county fair as one
of the southwest's greatest agricul-
tural shows. Then he will point
to the increased number of exhibits
from valley distributors and to
the increased number from out-of-
valley distributors.
This year the Raitts Sanitary
dairy of Santa Ana, the Excelsior
Creamery of Santa Ana, D. Huff
of Orange, Arden Dairy Farms of
San Diego, will be among the en-
tries from outside the county and
the Quality dairy, Golden Valley
dairy, Gibson dairy, j. F. Mayfield
dairy, the Sunland dairy, Imperial
Valley Milk Producers assn, and
the Arrowhead creamery will rep
resent the county.
More Than That
But back to Macdonald and the
dairy situation.
Most people think of dairying
solely in the terms of the man who
leaves the daily quart at the door,
step sometime early in the morning
Imperial Valley press., 1939-03-02

it goes bad!
NY toes have to be correct, I
must have my spurs, must have
zillion other things, so you can
see it's no cinch picking up those
blue ribbons of mine.
Some Competition
This same rigamarole goes for
every other breed. Now here at the
Imperial County Fair We don't have
all the breeds represented but we
Go have some dandy competition in
about ten varieties and good
many more classes. There are Ply
mouth Rocks in lot of claSsifica-
tions, Wyndottes, Rhode Island
Reds, Leghorns and MinorcaS, and
several more.
That little pullett told me this
morning that Billy Montgomery of
Calexico has entered some Cornish
game cockerels and pullets and
that ought to make it interesting
l hear Alfonso Martinez also had
some fine birds entered. I haven't
heard if Mrs. w. H. Haun of I'M
perial has entered her barred rocks
or Mrs. John Scott of Westmorland
her Rhode Island Reds. 1t cer-
tainly was blow to us when Mr.
Frank Dowden of BraWley moved
away. She won't be entering hei
White Rocks and black Minorca'
and l miss them at this show.
Yes sir, there are lot of faces
that I don't see at the show thi'
year. But on the other claw, there
are lot of new ones. Particular,
from the coast. I don't think 1 eve
saw so many foreigners in the val
ley before. Superintendent Russell
Imperial Valley press., 1939-03-02
NO FOREIGNERS AMONG COUNTY FAIR
SWINE THIS YEAR; SPACE TOO DEAR

The little pig that goes to market
from the Imperial county fair this
year will be strictly a local product
because the swine barn at the fair
grounds is already filled, and there
isn't foreigner" listed in the
outfit.
The biggest swine problem facing
the fair strategy board at the pres
ent time, according to George Win
wright, superintendent of the de-
rartment, is the problem of cutting
entries, that have already been
promised, to the space available.
While the cutting down Of entries
will assure an improved swine show
at the county fair, it also indicates
something far more important to
the welfare of the county, accord
ing to George Winwright.
1t indicates that Imperial county
is again turning to the enterprise
that first made the valley famous
as an agricultural section-livestock.
No Serious Problem
Swine raising in the valley has
been OH the increase ever since
1884, Winwright pointed out. fol-
lowing the perfection of a vaccina-
ton to combat cholera.
While cholera has never present.
ed as serious a problem in the val
ley as 1t has I'm other sections of
the United States, valley farmers
were reluctant TO take the risk until
the vaccine was perfected, Win
wright said.
Imperial Valley offers an ideal
setup for the swine growers, Win
wright declared, because of an
abundance of cheap feed, because
of a low overhead cost and because
of proximity of the Los Angeles
market.
Increase Predicted
Winwright predicted an addition
al increase in hog raising in the
valley during the next few years
and forecast an equal increase in
fair space for swine exhibits in
future years.
The 1889 county fair show will
be represented by the Howe ranch
which will enter a string of Hamp-
shires; by the Loveland ranch, b
L. Harwell and c. E. Pitzer, who
will enter strings of Durocs; and
Bob Mercereau, who will enter
Chester Whites.
Size of this years Swine show
will rob the county fair of its usual
number Of sheep exhibits, Win
wright said. All available space in
the livestock barns, usually set
aside for sheep and swine, was
taken by swine entries this season
Feeding Sheep
The valley sheep raising program
is a bit different from that EN-.
plOyed i'm other sections of the
Imperial Valley press., 1939-03-02

Judging of sheep and swine Is
an art that is confined to the ranks
of college agricultural professors.
The head, body, shape of legs, and
all the history of the animal except
the brand Of tobacco it smokes, is
used against it In selecting win
ners of the various divisions of
competition.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-03-02

told me the other day that this was
the best entry from the coast they'd
ever had. Which is all right for me.
/ was running out of competition
anyhow.
Look Around
Now if you're tired of us fowls.
you might drop down the line and
have a look at the rabbits. They
are very nice this year. Never make
a sound. If you are hard up you
might take a look at the pigeons
and if you are really hard up for
amusement, take a gander at the
turkeys. They're all here. But be-
fore you go, did I show you my
blue ribbons?
Imperial Valley press., 1939-03-02

country, Winwright said.
Imperial county is used primarily
as winter feeding ground by the
large sheep owners because it is
much more economical to purchase
stock to feed in the valley than II
is to produce the animal here.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-03-02

pen is something that few chickens
have the minute they leave the
egg. I had it, but. of course, I'm
different. You can see that by
the blue ribbons. Most chickens
have to be trained. Coop trained,
they call it. 1t is most disagree
able process. Breeders continually
poke at chickens with a stick until
they teach them to stand up
straight and look their best. They
also pick them up and put them
down until the chickens realize
they aren't going to be hurt and
50 will not ruffle up like a powder
puff when the judge comes around.
Wise Guys
I've heard my fellow cocks squaWk
about how judges were blind as
roosting hens, but you can take
it from me that most of them know
their business. Only ones I've ever
known that were blind were two
that gave me seconds. In the main
Judges have to stick close to the
American Standard of Perfection
which is a bit more than Ten
Commandments to us fowls. It's a
whole bible!
That's Perfection!
The Standard Of Perfection sets
forth just exactly what is perfec-
ton for each one of the scores ol
breeds. And the things that that
book expects us to live up tol
Now I happen to be single-comt
white Leghorn and to begin with
/ have to be all white, except fol-
my comb, which is red, and my
ankles and feet which are yellow
(not bad, eh kidd. After I've been
weighed and qualified in that re-
spect I have to be judged on con-
dition, general symmetry of my
body beautiful, comb, beak, eyes
wattles, neck, back, tail, breast
legs and toes. For every misplaced
feather there is a point comes of
my score and also for every dis
! colored feather. If one is broken
Imperial Valley press., 1939-03-02

Refundng
refng Imperial Irrigation Districts bonds for the
with bondOders
and
following
Cd has the sufficient number of bonds in
cmummed quickly and economically.
favorable
bndhode
( bar from asking further relief conditions justify such
Signed
w. }. Gress F. Pollard C. O. Hoober
Howard P. Meyer Scott B. Fouds JE Brock
A. O. Doson Harold w. Hunt c. @. Halliday
v. Edwards J.. {. Hahman A. j. KsEn
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1939-12-08
miles, was reduced to 81.

A party of 80 gentlemen, includ-
ing 40 members of the Virginia
Legislature, was conveyed by
steam on the Petersburg Railroad
from Belfield to Petersburg, a
distance Of Al miles, in one hour
and fifty-eight minutes.
A new post office called Urbana
was established seven miles from
Frederick on the Washington road
with Lorenzo B. Windsor as the
postmaster.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1939-12-08

Milton Kohler, this city, has Il
very interesting collection of pho
tographs. having reference to the
early days of Hagerstown. One
of these pictures, taken by B. w.
T. Phreaner, shows Braley and
Ulrich's tobacco store Adjoining
on the west was the F. j. Posey
JeWelry Store. Here is the KOh-
Ter JeWelry Store Of today. Ad-
joining the tobacco store on the
east was the James |. Hurley res
idence In front of this tobacco
store, which was on West Wash
ingtOn street, were a number of
residents of that day, seated and
standing. Mr. Kohler recognizes
some of the men as follows:
Richard Sheckles. we'll known
auctioneer of that day; William
Logan, Daniel White, John Shock
and George Smith, the last named
wearing a high hat Of huge proper
tons. A large figure on pedes-
tai was located in front of the to-
bacco store.
Mr.. Kohler also has among his
valuable possessions, a lament, in
the form of a poem, written by
the late Frederick j. Hahn, in
1914. The poem is entitled,
Harry Martins Indian" and is
as follows:
What has become of the Indian
Beside the door
OF Mr.. Harry Martins
Tobacco store?
For DER generation
We saw it stand,
A tomahawk and stOgies
In either hand.
Inviting all the passers
Who use the weed,
Where genial Mr.. Wilson
supplies In6lr noeu,
But now it's smile is absent,
And tomahawk-
Did some bold youth adjust her,
Or did she walk?
asked our police captain,
Whose answer graphic
Informed me she impeded
Pedestrian traffic.
And SO her genial gesture
Well see no more
Inviting tobacco seekers
To Martins store.
'Tis we'll that Little Heiskell
Is up so high
He'll not impede foot traffic
Up in the sky.
Else he, with Martins Indian
Would have to go
And dwell among the relics
Of long ago.
A paper of 1882 carried notice
Of a meeting which was held in
the Town Hall by a member of
young men for the purpose of
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1939-12-08

the clothes ration
September 1910 Ration
100 units clothing purchase during that period Thus between
mufier Between April
September purchase shirt collars
under o q units
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1939-12-08
RADIO
W-J-E-J-PROGRAM

900 Market Basket.
$50 Shippensburg
1000 Special.
1915 Melodies of Yesterday
1890 AT the Console.
HOO Civic News of the Air.
HIS Shoppers Guide.
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day and Wednesday,
Sis Supper Chat
5:45 Sports
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6:15 Melodies
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SUNDAY
8:45 Voice Of the Gospel
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Walter Kenton of Detroit found
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1939-12-08
HORSE AND BUGGY
. . DAYS j..
By the Old Lamp Lighter

forming a fire company, to take
charge OF the suction engine and
hose. William English was chair
man and Dr. II. Kennedy. secre-
tary.
Under the caption important
News From Europe" this was
copied from The New York Cour-
Ter and Enquirer Of December 20
1892: THE French army has en-
tered Belgium. We received at a
late hour Paris papers of the 18th
of November, brought by the brig.
Mary Jane, making the announce
ment. 1t appears that much I'M
certainty prevails in France in re-
gard to the part which Prussia
will act. 1t appeas certain that
the latter power has collected an
army on the Rhine and Belgian
frontier
Among the proceedings of the
House of Representative was the
following resolution: Resolved,
that the committee on the post
office and post roads be instruct
ed to inquire into the expendiency
of establishing a post road from
Williamsport, Washington County,
Md, through Clear Spring to Lou
don, in Pennsylvania"
This was about ''War." "The
disgraceful scenes enacted in
Washington at the last session of
Congress, are about to be renew
ed with equal vigor this session.
Duff Green publishes a statement
in which he says he was attack
ed in (of course) a most coward
ly manner by General Blair, a
member of Congress from South
Carolina, and SO beaten that he
Woo tuC IICCIoo1Cy VI hCCp-
ing his bed - he had one arm
broken. The cause of alteration
was a paragraph in the Telegraph
calling the Union men, in general
terms, 'Torries' We hope this is
the last fracas we will have to re-
cord"
Under the date of January 16,
1888, it was stated the Reading
Chronicle said it was so warm in
that neighborhood for a few days
that snakes crept from their
holes.
In January 1888, a meeting was
held to form a "Union Rifle Com
pany. Peter Artz, Jr, was chair
man and Captain Zwisler, secre-
tary. These resolutions were
adopted: Whereas, it being the
opinion of this meeting that the
times are portentious, that the
Union of these States conceived
by the wisdom and cemented by
the blood of our fathers, it be-
hooves every friend of his coun-
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1939-12-08

Walter Kenton of Detroit found
a quart bottle of liquor on his
porch when he went to take in
the morning paper.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1939-12-08

forming a fire company, to take
charge OF the suction engine and
hose. William English was chair
man and Dr. II. Kennedy, secre-
tary.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1939-12-08

The stage fare between Boston
and Providence, a distance of 40
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1939-03-20
Empire Ads Pay.
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Jr.. Ida Lupino.
3. Luise Rainier and Bette Davis.
q. (s) "Carefree"; (b) "BoIero";
(c) "Flying Down To Rio; (d) The
Gay Divorce"
S. Paul Mum; (b) Mary Astor; (c)
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GAMES
AT DOUGLAS TONIGHT

Douglas High School cagers are
scheculed to play the Haines Gov
rlnent School team at the Nata-
,oriun this evening, starting with
4 preliminary game at z O'Clock.
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DOUGLAS
NEWS
/, UNERaL SERVICES HELD
FOR FRANK ii. PEARCE

Last rites for Frank II. Pearce
we're held at the Douglas Episcopal
Church Sunday afternoon with in
terment following in the Evergreen
Cemetery in Juneau Services a.
he church were conducted by Dean
Charles e. Rice. Douglas Eagles
assisting with the ce1 emony.
Ernst Oberg. at the organ, played
Consolation" and "Halleluja h
Chorus" and also accompanied Mrs.
Glen Krkham who sang just for
Today" and Nearer My Cod, to
Thee The church was overfilled
~ the large number of friends Of
the deceased and abundant and
very beautiful were the floral offer
ings.
The palbearers were: active-Jim
cole. Dan LIVE, Norris Richardson,
". E. Cahill, Jack Guerin, Oryille
Guihaugen: honorary-John Clark.
Robert Fraser, Alex Gair, Sam De-
gon. John Mills, Charles Schramm,
August Aalto, John Marshall
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1939-03-20
ES7EDETIi In
WITH 7 FROM
ISLAND PORTS

Seven passengers came in from
island ports on the motorship Este
beth yesterday returning from its
weekly trip to Sitka.
Arrivals were. from Killisnoo-A
j. Martin, Mrs. Ed Ridley, Oscar
Boyd, Clyde Boyd, Freddy Boyd.
From Tenakee-A. Banillin.
From Hoonah-Leslie Melvin
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1939-03-20
RIVERS COMING

Guy Rivers of Fairbanks is a pas
senger on a PAA Electra which is
scheduled 70 arrive here today. Riv-
ers will attend the sessions here of
the Board of Public Welfare.
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YUKON BRINGS
In SEVENTEEN
OVER WEEKEND

Seventeen passengers came in
from Westward and LINN Canal
ports on the steamer Yukon last
night.
From Seward "A. 3 Belts. Dell
Felt, H. A. Gerstman. Mrs. " Han
son. Carl Hall, Sam shucklin, J
R. Werner. Harry Adams
From C6rdova-Mary K. eau
thorne
From skagwag-N. Clarity, J.
Glenn. K Eiolm. Harriet S. Pullen.
F Suffecool
From Haines.C. G. Burdick, D.
Hagerty Glen Rensidar
Fifty ono passengers embarked
here for southwsrd ports when the
Yukon sailed early this morning
from the Alaska Juneau wharf.
For Seattle. passengers were f.
w Chrisioo George Sarantos, Mike
Kosofi Lucille Wilson. a. W Quist
Donald Mcdonald MI w w.
Council Dr W. w. Council Mrs.
James Cooper Mrs James Davis
J. II. Ferguson. +. Annas jim Free
man
For Ketchikan Mrs Ed Ridley
Henry Rod. Stanley Oaksmlth Frank
Paul Dwight Cramer f Hesbeih
Ernest Ridley. Conrad Ridley. CLYDE
Boyd. Oscar Boyd Fred Boyd w
A. Swenson.
For Wrangell Mrs. II. NJ. Otteson.
For Petersburg Mrs L. Sisson,
Less Elkins, B. Heusie, John Greb
stad. d. z. Croker w. D. Gross, S.
Israelson, w. J. Moe Alex Waite,
w Georgeson. H A. Gerstman,
Floyd Petersen, Bill johnson, Harold
Lee Bob Elkins, Palmer Peterson,
Tom Thompson, Verna Israelson,
Alex Warto, Barney Johnson, A.
Mathison, Ken Oyama. r. Stenslid.
Tom Wanberg, l. Wingard
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FETT ARRIVES

Del Felt, General Paint salesman.
arrived in Juneau on the Yukon
and is calling on his trade today.
fett viii TAX tne I.or... Ooas, W
Sitka tonight
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1939-03-20
PETERSBURG BOYS ARE
ENTERTAINED IN DOUGLAS

Miss Vera Kirkham entertained
It her home Sunday afternoon with
dinner party for three OF the
Petersburg boys who were visiting
IN the channel as members Of the
basketball team representing the
high school at Petersburg.
Guests included Harold Lee, Bill
johnson, Tom Thompson. Jennie
Johnson, Mr.. and Mrs Glen Kirk
ham and son Glenward.
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reaav's News TpnaT -rrnpIrr
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ELECTpAS DUE
TODAY WITH II

Two Electras OF the Pacific Alaska
Always system are scheduled to
bring in twelve passengers from
Fairbanks this afternoon, weather
permitting.
Pilots of the two ships are AIonsen
and Lien and Knox and Savory
Passengers are c. Boglin, T. r.
Lambert, H. Cremidas, F Wright.
r. Lajoie, 1. K. McWilliams, Mrs.
E. Shranck, w Barber, C. Driscoll,
Marie Mcclure. Guy Rivers and Mrs.
@, Chamberlain.
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MIKE RIESER is FIRST
NEW REGISTRANT, DOUGLAS

Mike Rieser, who was recently
granted full citizenship privileges
IN this country, was the first one
TO register for the forthcoming city
election, according to Clerk Charles
Tuckett.
As all registrations previously on
the books are permanent, few new
ones are expected this year for
The April 4 election.
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BIG hALIBUT
FLEET READY,
1899 SEASON
Three Hundred Vessel
Manned by $500 Are
Preparing to Sail

SEATTLE. March 80. The Seattle
halibut fleet win be increased by
1870 craft manned by more than L.
coo fishermen for the coming sea-
son according to Harold E. Lokken
Manager Of the Fishing Vessel Own
ers Association.
Twelve Of the new vessels viii join
the North Pacific Fleet
There is expected to be total Of
more than 300 vessels in the hall
but fleet operating in all areas. The
500 vessels will be manned by APP
$500 fishermen.
The fishermen earned S34O0,0O0
last season.