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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-08-29
SCIENCE NEWS

Georgia leads all other states
In the planting of farm trees un-
der the ~Clsrk-McNsry law, ac-
cording to the department Of
agriculture. All together farm
ers in Il states and Porto Rico
and Hawaii have more than
doubled tree planting in the last
four years Last year $780, 900
trees. distributed by the forest
service, were planted, compared
to 2e, $50. 900 trees in 1885. the
first year the act was In effect.
Included in the activities are
seedlings and transplanted trees.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-08-29
CONDITIONS NOT SAME,
WRITER TELLS
I~SOLATIONISTS


Editor, The Times: With i'm
pressvely persistent perversity
our isolationist friends continue
to quote Washington's advice
against inducements with other
nations as though conditions OBJ
tanning practically 200 years ago
and those of today are identical,
and Washington's casual obser-
walton in his day was the last
word. 1t is as though time, con-
ditions and circumstances could
evolve no alterations and what
might have been wise enough
temporary expediency becomes
an irrevocable law for all time.
A week. periodical of nation
al circulation which cherishes
the isolation notion most ardent
ly. advances the contention that
Washington was nearer to for
eign interests and influences and
dangers than we IRE today be-
cause Spain and France and
England had substantial terri
torial holdings in the western
hemisphere in his time. But
title to the French holdings vas
on the point of passing out Of
existence and coming to us. The
Territory under Spanish influ-
ence was a thousand times as
far away in point of communica-
ton a the remotest place on
the globe today. We had no
business with them, no common
interests. Those on the North
American continent under the
British crown, settled down be-
side US in peace and concord and
have been brothers with us and
mutually helpful patrons ever
since. 1t does not appear that
this close Internationally has
been harmful or dangerous.
In washington's day we were
a weak little half-united handful
holding by q slender thread a
great territory which any sub
stantial and determined Euro
pean nation could have wrested
from US easily, notwithstanding
the CORVALLIS surrender. We
in no sense dependent upon
large foreign trade. Foreign
relations were of little moment
to us then and might be fraught
with dangers.
At that time We could know
little or nothing of what was
going on in the rest of the
world. Practically three months
YER required to communicate
with any Of our ambassadors
abroad and receive reply. To-
day IL is q matter Of seconds or
at the most of minutes. Days.
weeks or even months were re-
quired to 20 from m settlement
in our own land 10 another
where hours. or less are suffi-
cient today and electrical COM
munication u immediate. We
had relatively no mobility and
knew no telegraph or telephone
or radio and even were prac-
tically without mail service. We
were Just a wobbly child Of a
nation and our little govern
ment. truly enough. had quite
distinctly its own small knitting
to attend to right at home.
This Is by no mesns the pic
ture or the status today. Among
the nations Of the world now
! inevitably intsrdepsndent and
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-08-29

wild onions growing in a canyon
near Newhall, Los Angeles
county.
Pulling some for supper, he
caught on the roots the CLEAN
of gold. Within two weeks the
onion patch was covered with
miners tents - the gold rush
had started.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-08-29
MR.. FIxIT
He Fixes Things

To receive attention In this coll
Inn lsttsrs must give name and
address Of writer ONLY initials
viii be published when reuuestsd-
Mr.. Fixit: 1 would like 10
know II there Will he a kinder
garten class at jefferson park.
II so. when viii II open and
register children Also. II an
1871 Republica Oriental Uruguay
10 centesimo coin of any value:
G. ". c.
The city viii have no kinder
garten In that district, but II
Ia expected that WPA will con-
duct a ~pre-school recreation
group In the clubhouse there.
under sponsorship of the Met
ropolitan park board. There Is
no information available yet,
but If you watch carefully, you
should see some notice of the
opening when the class is ready.
A iatin-American coin OF such
small denomination, worth less
than a dime in its own country.
may be of some value to you as
. keepsake. but hardly can bring
you any profits.
Mr.. Ffxit: We r interested
In institutIng = private home for
semI-invalid, orphan girls, etc.
We will appreciate any informa-
tion ~ TO the requirements for
q home of this type.
X. u. d., Langley.
You can get some advice on
that sort of thing from your
county welfare administrator,
who Ia Irving II. Markusson, at
Coupeville.
Mr.. F1xit: Was Al Hostak
knocked down by Allen Mat
thews when they fought? Could
you tell us where We could
reach Freddie Steele, Jack Me-
Omber, Al Avila and Henry
Armstrong; l.. p. n.
May we suggest you direct
your boxing inquiries when they
come 10 such volume. to some
one like Jack Connors, at the
Lincolnshire hotel. We r in
formed that Hostak was not
knocked down in that fight.
Mr.. Fixit: We have a place
consisting Of two houses and IL
acres Of ground, and n few years
ago n road was put through so
II runs through our place, hut
now II Isn't used for a public
highway any more and all kinds
Of cars come into our place and
picnic by the river. They are
having picnics right on our place
and even camp for days. We put
up mo trespassing" signs but
they pay no attention, just go
right by the signs. Now, a we
start charging them parking:
They have made a public park
out of our place and 1t Is becom-
ing q nuisance.
MRS. II. r., Elbe.
We see no reason why you can't
charge the campers, If they r
parking on your place. II it is
az desirable as that. maybe will
be worth something to you. If
you post the place with signs
and put up fences, and the camp
ers break them down, you can
have them arrested for destruc-
ton of property. but It won't
be much satisfaction.
MIR. Ffxit: Could you please
tell me where l could get hold
Of discarded merry : go : round
horses here In the Northwest?
j. T..
We haven't been able to find
you any. You might be able to
find an ad in Billboard maya
zine by some dealer. They don't
seem to get into IL second
hand markets around here.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-08-29
ONION STRIKE

California for years was the
land of "El Dorado" to Spanish
explorers, but no record Of gold
found on the west coast lin
California; exists prior to 1892.
In that year a Mexican, Fran
cisco Lopez, m~ayordomo of the
San Francisquito rancho, saw
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-08-29
TIP O. THE TONGUE

President Roosevelt's policy is
one of the greatest elements for
world disturbance.
Giovanni Anssldo. Italian po-
iitical spokesman.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-08-29

For Whst Ais Us
Modern Pioneers Find
Treatment Helpful
Live Like First
Settlers and Like II
About Quitiine-Preach-
ers Can't Do II Either
IT might not work everywhere,
but in the township of Rhine
beck. New York, a lot Of people
have turned the pages back to
the days when every man obtain
ed part of his living from the
soil. The story is told by VIII
liam A. Seabrook, newspaper
reporter, adventurer, soldier OF
fortune and writer.
The population of Rhinebeck is
about 5000. Out of that num-
Der there are only about 20
ablebodied persons who have
been compelled to apply Tor
WPA work relief.
More than a hundred families
live in small houses on a few
acres of land. They produce
enough so that their cash re,
quirements for a year do not ex-
coed $3.50.
These people do not live In
poverty. They raise their fruit
and vegetables or obtain them
by exchange with their neigh
bors. They raise chickens
rabbits, pigs and keep a COW
or two. The surplus Is sent TO
Ne city and produces part OF
the cash income.
There is no worry about now
they are going to get through
the winter. Every cellar is filled
with canned fruits and vegeta-
bles. There is salt pork In the
brine and hams and bacon hang
ing from the rafters.
It is true that all of these fami-
lies do not have all the luxuries
Some families do not have cars
nor electric lights nor modern
plumbing; but, says Seaoeck
neither did our pioneer ancestors
They do have security and free
dom from anxiety over how the,
shall obtain their food or cloth
ing. They have freedom from
the desperate driving haste of tn
cities.
Some of the homes are loI
cabins. Few of them represen
an investment of more than $50
for material and labor. The in
side finishing in most cases wa
done after the family moved II
Among some of the independ
ent Rhinebeck suburbanites ar
a number of business people VIII
before the depression were com
fortably wealthy. A member o
a bankrupt wholesale drug fir
and his wife moved to a piec
Of uncleared land in 1884, bull
a two room shack with $l2
worth of material. The frs
year they cleared an acre of lanc
bought a few chickens an
raised a pig. The next yea
there was an addition to tn
house and more land was cleared
They heat their house wit
wood cut on their own LIANT
They still use kerosene lamp'
The doors have wooden latche
similar to those made for tn
log houses built by the ~colonistl
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-08-29
YOUNGEST
cspv. 1873 " usissS vsstvrs ~svnds~sts. Ise. -
In. Res. Z. .. PAT. On-Al rfshis re<erve1 DE-

At 5 months Is days, Richard
j. Lewis Bird was deputized as a
sheriff by his grandfather, now
commissioner of taxation in AL
bany, n. Y. Reason: For the
protection of his father and
mother"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-08-29

German officials are admitting foreigners only to a
eeries Of lectures on Nazi work. They're probably afraid of
revolt If they let natives find out just what is going on.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-08-29

come, Sleep, and Nth thy sweet dece'e'"9'
Iork me IN deliqht dWhiIe.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-08-29

To receive attention In tnis col
urnn lsttsrs must give name and
address Of writer Only initials
will be published vhen requested.
Evening star., 1939-02-19

"The fact that the population of the
United States has passed the 100 900 900
mark" says the Public Health Service
analysis of these figures, possesses
peculiar significance because of the rap
idly decreasing rate of growth of the
population of this country In the de-
cade from 1880 to 1890, the population
increased 25.5 per cent, or at q rate of
2.3 per cent a year. Four decades later,
in the period from 1920 to 1890, it in
creased by 1877 per cent, or at rate of
is per year.
During the eight-year period follow
ing the 1890 census, however, the annual
average rate of growth has been less
than half that of the preceding decade,
or only OF per cent year. This marked
decrease is attributable to the declining
birth rate on the one hand and on the
other to the decrease in net immigra-
ton which has resulted, for the first
time in the history of this Nation, in a
net loss of population to foreign coun-
tries"
Deaths Dropped With Depression.
census with a certified population of
122, IT'S ,046-an increase of more than
1900 900 in 10 years. This actually rep
resented the status for 1929. During the
year of the census itself there was an
estimated increase Of l ,190, 900 persons
relatively enormous increase due
largely to q high birth rate balanced
against q relatively low death rate. The
number of deaths actually decreased
with the onset of the depression, while
the effects of the economic slump were
not reflected in the lower birth rate until
the following year.
The lowest annual decrease during the
eight-year period was for the year end
ing July l, 1888, in which there was
net gain of only $4,000 persons, or oe4
per cent. This was partly due to the
very small excess Of births over deaths.
Also 10000 more persons left the coun-
try that year than entered it. For the
whole eight-year period, by the way, the
United States lost 10000 in the emigra-
ton immigration exchange.
With this calculation, the Census Bu-
reau announced, it Is through making
estimates until the actual returns Of the
1910 nose counting are available. BY the
end of the year an army Of workers will
have been recruited for this job. and
elaborate machinery will have been set
up. Estimates are made by applying to
the mathematical formulae Of the known
laws Of population growth such correc-
lions as are furnished from all Official
sources. The magnitude Of an error.
however. tends to increase as time goes
on, making necessary the actual counts
every 10 years.
Evening star., 1939-02-19

The population, the estimates show,
remains very unevenly divided over the
country as a whole. The distribution is
approximately as follows:
Imperial Valley press., 1939-11-12
Sheridan Downey to Lead
Townsend Plan Drive
SAN FRANCISCO

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. Il. (UP)
Sen. Sheridan Downey, D., of
California is not candidate for
either the vice presidential or pres
idential nomination next year. but
he will campaign for the next
month for the pension plan of DR..
Francis E. Townsend, he said to-
day.
Sen. DoWney came here to con-
fer with Gov. Culbert L. Olson, his
running mate in the 1888 election
with whom he has broken on many
important political projects.
DoWney said he does not favor
a third term for President Roose-
velt. Olson has backed a third
term. Downey. originally a backer
of the defeated Ham and Eggs"
pension plan, stayed out of this
falls campaign to boost the Town
send plan.
The senator said he would open
q campaign for the Townsend pen
sion plan in Pittsburgh on Nov
Imperial Valley press., 1939-11-12
BUILDING SECTION
Questions
And
Answers

More questions. More answers.
You tell your building troubles
or ask questions concerning them
and Dick Smith building expert for
Whiting Mead will answer them.
This weeks list:
@. lis it safe to wire a house
that is already built? How can
wall plugs be put in place without
tearing up the wall?
A House wiring today has i'm
proved to such an extent that a
good electrician can do the job
with so little disturbance that the
holes he makes in the walls and
floor are completely hidden. The
wire is encased in flexible cable
so there is no danger to the present
structure.
O. 2-The canvas on my flaps is
still good but is starting to show
pin holes. Is there any way to
make the canvas last little longer
as we plan to put in new windows
next year?
A. Dissolve shaved paraffin in
turpentine, one pound to the gal
lon heat solution and paint it on
the flaps, starting at the top and
working down.
@. 81 bought what I thought
was very good lacquer to paint my
little girls bed 1t looked fine when
finished but next morning it was
all wrinkles. The paint salesman
SAYS it was the fault of the old
paint. How could this be?
A. 1t is a mistake to use brush
ing lacquer over paint, as the
lacquer contains materials used as
paint removers which soften the
undercoat. The only remedy is to
smooth it with sandpaper, or better
still clean it to the bare wood.
Lacquer works well over new wood.
You can use paint over lacquer but
not lacquer over paint.
@. 4-How can I remove rust
stain from my cement porch?
A. This is a difficult job, but
can be done with lots of patience.
Buy some powdered Sodium Citrate
at the Drug Store. Use one part
to six parts water, add little
glycerin and enough powdered
Whiting to make paste. Put this
on the stain like poultice, using
the same mixture minus the whiting
to keep the poultice damp. In three
to five days the stain will dis
appear.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-11-12
Secret Diplomatic
Negotiations with
Brazil Revealed

WASHINGTON. Nov. II. CUP)-
The state department intervened in
1924 to prevent Brazil from con-
structing navy which, had it been
built, might be capable of patrolling
that country's sector of the all
America safety zone. hitherto secret
Correspondence revealed today.
A volume of official correspond
ence of United States foreign re-
lations for the year 1924 made pub
lie by tho state department, show
ed that the then secretary of state.
Charles Evans Hughes. threatened
to recall a naval mission from Bra
zil if that government persisted in
carrying out long-term naval
construction program.
The program would have given
Brazil two new battleships, $4,000
tons of destroyers, 5000 tons of
submarines and 10000 tons of cruis-
erS.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-11-12
Harvard Attacked
For Browder Snub

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. Nov. 10.
tUP) = Asserting that even Col.
Charles A. Lindbergh has travelled
under an assumed name" the Civil
Liberties committee of Masachus-
etts today challenged Harvard uni
yersity's right to cancel a speech
by Communist Leader Earl Browder
because he is under federal indict-
ment for allegedly falsifying pass
ports
After ALL" the committee said
in a statement, IAN indictment is
not proof of guilt; it is not even
evidence of guilt under a legal
system which presumes innocence
until guilt is established by convic-
tion :. The reason for the denial
OF permission to Browder is be-
cause his political views are repug-
nant to the officials of Harvard
university, as they are to most of
the people in the United States.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-11-12
THE MOST WORTHWHILE
THING IN LIFE IS To
"0WN YOUR OWN HOME"
New Spurt in
Building Forecast
In Ell ICentro

With the November special cleo
tion out of the way and with the
defeat of the $50 every Thursday
pension plan. Ell Centro building
material houses and contractors
looked for another squirt in building
to climax record year.
Builders Supply reported begin
ming of construction of new home
for Waldo Simpson at 5th and El
Centre. Mark McClelland is the
contractor.
The Simpson home will be a two
bedroom house, featured by strictly
modern construction and designs.
Interior walls will be plaster. ex-
terror, stucco. Steel sashes and
hardwood floors throughout will add
to interior attractiveness.
Sones lumber company was busy
with remodel job of its own. All
office floors were torn out Satur-
Imperial Valley press., 1939-11-12
Driver of Death
Car Charged
With Negligence

WESTMORIAND. Nov. IL
Jesse A. Herndon of Indio was ar
raigned in justice court here Fri
day on a charge Of negligent hon.
icide filed against him as the driver
of car in which two persons met
death in a traffic accident south Of
here Oct. q.
His injuries were so severe that
he could not be removed from the
county hospital for arraignment un-
til FRIDAY, officers said.
His wife. Dolores Herndon. and
R. H. Webb, Indio apartment house
operator. were killed when Webb's
car missed a bridge, hurtled can
al, and crashed in a field.
Webb before his death told High
way Patrolman Walter Walsh that
Herndon was driving. Herndon said
Webb was at the wheel.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-11-12
NeqV Books

Books to be released Nov. 10 at
the FL Centro public library in
clude:
FICTION
Four-part Setting, Ann Bridge;
Back Roads, Katharine Haviland-
Taylor: The Revolt Of Henry, Hugh
Herbert; The Ownley Inn, Joseph
c. and Freeman Lincoln; Escape,
Ethel Vance; Calling All Suspects,
Carolyn Wells; The Face of a Ma
ton, Thomas Wolfe.
NON-FICTION
Contemporary World Policies,
Francis j. Brown. ed; Lumber,
Ralph C. Bryant; Corn, Paul En-
gle; Men and Women Who Make
Music. David Even; Fabulous
Stamps, John w. Nicklin; Switzer-
land In Real Life. Aurel Schwabil;
Liquor the Servant of Man Walton
H. Smith; I Lost My English Ac-
cent, C. v. r. Thompson; From
Another World, Louis Untermeyer;
Foremost Films of 1898, Frank
Vreeland; Amusements and Sports
in American Life, Robert 3. Weav-
er.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-11-12
Nobel Prize for
Literature Given

STOCKHOLM, Nov. II. up
The 1899 Nobel prize for literature
was awarded today to Franz Emil
Sillanpaa, 51-year-old Finnish au-
thor best known for his novel THE
Maid Silja' which has been trans
lated into many languages.
Sillanpaa, born of humble parents
and now one of the central figures
in the artistic life of Finland. is
the author of several volumes of
history. In speaking of his humble
origin he once said that his parents
with the help of God and good
humor made ends meet"
Imperial Valley press., 1939-11-12
British Planes
Defeat Germans

LONDON, Nov Il. CUP)-The air
ministry announced today that Ro-
val Air Force planes engaged two
enemy aircraft off the east coast
Of England this morning and fore
ed one down. which later sank
Members of the crew were captured.
The second German plane mar
aged TO escape, the ministry said
The engagement took place over
the North Sea.
Observers had seen RAF planes
flying out 10 sea and surmised that
they were pursuing German recon-
naissance ships. No air raid alarms
were sounded.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-11-12
Permits Boosted
ToToD Mark Set
Last Year

Building construction in Ell Cen
tro continued to rock along ahead
of last years pace, statistics from
the city engineers office disclosed
Saturday as permits for $3025 were
issued during the week.
Additional construction boosted
the seasonal total to $364,854 as
compared to a total of $361,783 on
the same date one year ago.
Permits issued during the week:
Sones Lumber, alterations, $125;
Jesse Simpson, 582 Ell Centro, $2660,
new home; NJ o. Best, North End
street, $40, new lettuce bin; VIM.
Reed, 653 Sandalwood, chimney,
S35; Freedman Shed, lettuce bin,
S165.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-11-12
Hardware Adds TO
Iona Beach Store

Construction work to increase the
size of the Long Beach branch of
the Imperial Hardware store was
announced in Ell Centre Saturday,
by Harry Hovey, valley advertising
manager for the firm.
The new store, when completed,
will be the largest and most modern
hardware department store in Cali
fornia, Hovey said.
Newest type of display fixtures
are among the up-to-date improve
ments in the store, Hovey said.
The construction work will be COM
pleted by Dec 25.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-11-12
Children Cannot
Be Compelled TO
Salute U.S 5. FLAG

PHILADELPHIA, Nov. Il. up
A ruling by the third y. S. circuit
court of appeals held today that
school children cannot be compelled
to salute the American flag if such
action is contrary to their religious
beliefs.
The decision, concurred in unan-
imously by one Jewish and two
Episcopalian judges, upheld a lower
court decision by Quaker jurist
that such compulsion violated the
guarantee of religious freedom.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-11-12
untrusfWorfhv
Trusty Jailed

Another trusty who couldn't be
trusted was transferred from the Ell
Centre Jail to the county Jail Sat
urday because he abused the pri-
vileges accorded him.
Vowel Jackson, %. eX-boXer, was
given the duty of admitting in-com-
ing prisoners to the Jail, officers
said.
He was arrested at Fifth and
Main streets Friday night, slightly
intoxicated and with the Jail keys
in his pocket He was sent to the
county Jail to serve the last six
days of his sentence.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-11-12

Is. and following close on the PENN
sylvania campaign at Philadelphia
on Dec. 13, will move on to New
York. Ohio and Illinois.
DoWney said the Ham and Eggs
election further indicated the need
for a rational national pension
plan" such as the Townsend plan.
He said he would introduce a bill
in the senate providing for a pen
sion program to be financed thru
a two per cent transactions tax.
Downey planned further confer
ences with Olson and Patterson,
sponsor of a $50 pension plan, be-
fore his departure on the Townsend
tour,
Imperial Valley press., 1939-11-12

9neW DulIulIl8 do CoIIIPfIfou 70 vf
161 last year, $246, ,065 in 1897, $2l3,-
254 in 1896, $77,317 in 1895.
In 1881 the building totaled $46O,-
1896 at the end of ten months.
Residential construction for the
ten month period this year was
also ahead of the 1888 record with
Sc new homes built as comparep
to SO last year.
Highest previous total was re-
corded in 1929 when SO homes were
constructed during the entire year.
Last years seasonal total was 85
homes.