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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-03-16
c. Houston Goudiss Reveals Several Reasons Why
Food Sometimes Disagrees; Warns Against
Ea+inq When Tired or Worried
BY C. HOUSTON GOUDISS

A GREAT many people have the unfortunate habit of
warning friends and acquaintance against this that
food, the ground that it is difficult to digest sis
almost digestive Distress especially
the wrong time of day in combination with the wrong
foods Indeed, to hear and recount the
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-03-16
Through Trials

''It is true saying that man
must eat a peck of salt with his
friend before he knows him. -
CeryanteS.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-11-10
KEhFBKR
VICIOUS MISUSE OF THE
RECALL ELECTION LAW

While misuse of CALIFORNIA; elective
machinery is spotlighted as a result of
the Ham and Eggs election. it might be
wise to consider the possible vicious mis-
use. of laws governing recall elections
in the state.
Never was there more vicious misuse
of such recall laws than that proposed
in petitions aimed against Governor Cul-
bert l.. Olson.
The extent to which abuse of the laws
goes is demonstrated in the fact that
disgruntled Ham and Egg promoters,
seeking straw man to blame for the
defeat which was administered them by
virtue of California's predominant COM
mon sense have Joined forces with poll
ticiar1s seeking to recall the governor for
purely political reasons Thus two
groups with nothing in common except
selfishness join to attempt to bring about
thing which should result only from
spontaneous public protest
We do not believe Governor Olson will
be recalled We do not believe he has
done anything to Justify his recall. He
Is still the same man who was elected
last year His basic policies are un-
changed. He has done nothing criminal
while in office. The people voted him
into office, supposedly because they lik-
ed the. policies he propounded.
If the people now find that they do
not like these policies, they can blame
it on lack of foresight. They will have
an opportunity to say so at the next
gubernatorial election. In fairness to
Olson and his. administration, they should
wait until then to express themselves
We do not agree with most of Cover
nor Olson's policies. We did not favor
his election last year. We believe he has
made some very serious mistakes since
he was sworn in But those are matters
of opinion, and debatable The COVER
nor's policies, and what we believe to be
his mistakes, are ones which everyone
could foresee before he was elected They
offer no excuse for a recall.
Recall laws were written to provide
last resort when there is no other way
to get scheming. inefficient, grating
politician out of office. Those adjectives
cannot refer to Governor Olson.
Olson. as governor. deserves the sup
port of the entire state against those who
attempt for purely political or selfish
reasons to cause him embarrassment.
Those sponsoring the recall move fall
into that category, we believe. 1t is
against them and not against the COVER
nor, that the states protest should be
aimed.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-11-10
SOME GOOD COMES OUT
OF THE ELECTION

The Ham and Eggs election, after ALL
might have been the best thing in the
world for California's life polite 1t re-
suited, at least, in statewide movements
to amend initiative and referendum pro-
cedure to keep crackpot schemes from
cropping up year after year time with
out end, on the ballot
Starting simultaneously in Los An
geles and San Francisco, movements are
under way to amend the states consti-
tutional requirements so that a measure
such as Ham and Eggs cannot be pre-
sented at a special election, SO that it
cannot be presented except with many
more signatures on its initiative petition,
and so that it cannot bob up again the
very next election after it has already
been defeated twice.
Such restrictions would save Califor-
MIA taxpayers millions of dollars, relieve
business from an almost intolerable
strain, and prevent unscrupulous pro-
moters from making a handsome living
at the expense of deluded citizens under.
the guise of campaign contributions"
Imperial Valley press., 1939-11-10
THE CENsORS
GET NERVOUS
Nevada State JournaD

The argument between the United
States Chamber of Commerce and the
British censors over commercial mes
sages in code wakes hotter with no ap-
parent solution in sight. Though France
has abandoned for the most part similar
restrictions placed upon business mes
sages from the United States and else
where, the British intelligence depart
ment stubbornly clings to its original
ruling. Code messages are too dangerous,
1t claims, to be allowed to come through
promiscuously. The government says it
must forbid them.
This ruling, if adhered to, places an
unwanted burden on international trade,
not only to shippers and receivers in
America but in Britain as we'll, for cable
messages are expensive, and commercial
firms for generations have sent their
messages in shorthand of their own,
wherein certain cryptic words stand for
whole orders. Britain, seeing foreign
agents at work in every corner now turns
to the innocent trade order as a thing
to be suspected and dreaded.
The intelligence services of the various
countries have repeatedly made the
claim that no code message can be so
framed that they cannot interpret it.
That has been particularly true of Brit
ain. 1t may take time and it may take
work, but the censors maintain that what
the ingenuity of man can put together
the ingenuity of man can take apart
Have these dealers in Codes ciphers and
invisible writings suddenly lost their
cunning that they should fear anything
so prosaic as an order for cotton, flan-
nels or tea? And might they not easily
have on hand the key to the commercial
codes, if they lacked the time to decipher
these themselves? The restriction on
short-worded cablegrams, whereby the
worlds business has been able to save
millions in charges and hours in the send
ing of messages, seems to be merely an
other case of the jitters among frater-
nifty which has boasted that no one could
outwit it.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-11-10
EXPENSIVE GOVERNMENT
(Hanford Sentinel)

According to the best available infor-
nation, total collections of federal, state
and local taxes in this country for the
fiscal year which ended in 1888, were
in excess of S14,80O, 100000. According to
treasury figures, this represented 218
per cent of the entire national income for
the same period
Total tax collections in California for
the year in question have been estimated
at 1913, 100000 by the California Tax
payers Association. This represents an
increase of more than 100 per cent since
1888, and the association forecasts total
in excess of billion dollars by 1941.
According to the associations Tax Di-
gest, "The gross income produced by all
of our basic extractive industries in Cal
Notwithstanding agriculture, mining
and OIL lumber, and fisheries-was 1884,
100000 in 1888 Taxes collected were
almost equal in amount to the entire
value of products of these industries
During the height of prosperity, in
1929, tax collections in this state amount
ed to 585,000,000 or IL per cent of total
personal incomes of all residents of Cali
forna.
I'm 1888, year of relative depression,
tax collections amounted to S918,000,000
or % per cent of income. Tax collections
in California increased l per cent from
1887 to 1888. In the past three years
tax collections have risen from Is per
cent of personal incomes to the present
total of % per cent of incomes.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-11-10
Bruce Cation in WASHINGTON
Dissects the News

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. the neu-
trality debate several senator's and
congressman urged that the United
States government try to get pos
session of British and French is
lands in the Caribbean Sea in re-
turn for cancellation of unpaid
war debts.
From a strategic point of view
this might be very sound. The
army and navy think highly of
outlying island bases in this era
OF aerial power. But from o
straight dollars and-cents view
point the deal might not prove
very satisfactory.
So far, the islands which the
United States already owns in the
Caribbean have cost this govern
ment a great deal more than it
has ever got out of them.
Puerto Rico has been a net ex-
pense to the U. S. Treasury for
years. From 1927 through 1898,
for instance, net expenditures in
Puerto Rico by the U s. govern
ment-that is, the excess of outgo
over reseipts-have averaged over
s2,500,000 a year.
In 1884 costs shot up rapidly
rs depression relief money began
to be poured into the territory
U. s. expenditures in Puerto Rico
went I'D to Slightly more than
100000
By 1926 the figures had climed
to S32, ,938.000 about tWo-thrids Of
which was for the work of the
Puerto Rico Recovery Admins
tration.
The story is similar in the Vir-
gin Islands. The United States
bought these islands from Den
mark IN 1917 for S25,000,000.
Annual appropriations by the
federal government for those is
Imperial Valley press., 1939-11-10

lands have since then ranged be-
tween a low OF 100000 and a
high of $643. COO; last year they
stood at $265,OOO.
This Virgin Islands illustration
is pretty good example, for
Britain owns many islands in that
group and information here is that
their economic condition is even
worse than that OF the American
islands.
While 10 cents a day is consid-
cred fair rate for labor in the
American Virgin Islands, Negroes
from the British Virgin Islands
consider themselves lucky if they
can get to the American islands
because their own wage scales are
SO much worse.
Should Uncle San suddenly null
tiply his Caribbean island hold
ings by score or more, there would
almost certainly be large added
drain on the federal treasury.
There would be conpensations,
of course.
The army and navy consider the
Caribbean Islands of vital Stra-
tegic importance The big new air
base under construction in Puerto
Rico will it is felt, make the east
nrn approach to the Panama
Canal fairly secure. But it is no
secret that the strategists would
be happier if it could be supple
mented by bases on some of the
other islands not now under the
American flag.
Trade and commercial compen-
sations would be equally impor-
tant. For all its cost to the u. S.
Treasury, Puerto Rico happens to
be the sixth best customer of
American exporters.
The little island bought S84,-
100000 worth of U. S. made goods
in 1893, and supplied the United
States with goods worth $79000,-
600. A considerable stream of cash
flows into American pocketbooks
each year in the form of divi-
dends from the big sugar companies
on Puerto Rico
The island has an insular and
municipal bonded indebtedness OF
approximately $40,000,CnO Prac-
tically all of this is held in the
Uniteo States and the interest is
paid punctually.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-11-10
Willis Thornton's Editorial on:
London Children Profit from Exile

"deloused'; others lost their clothes
because they were much too dirty
to be cleaned. Britons who never
before knew how the "other half
lives were startled.
Out of it all comes new deter
mination on the part of the British
to do something about the somber
conditions they found when they
turned London children out into
the pastures. Whether or not some
of the children ever see another
countryside after the war ends,
England is already contemplating
steps to care for disease-ridden,
under-nourished children and obli-
viate unhealthful social conditions
in congested areas of London.
Since the evacuation early in Sep
tember, the British government has
spent more than million follars
weekly on its "exiled" children.
That cost is fractional when 1t Is
compared to the cost of the war in
general. War or no war, it is money
we'll spent because it has brought
to the foreground conditions of
which To Englishman can be proud.
No one in the United States hopes
that American city children need
ever be removed from their homes
for the same reason the London
children were sent to the country.
But it sounds like good idea to
ship them out of some of our
larger cities just for the fun of it.
Despite the hundreds of summer
camps, there are still too many
youngsters in this country's own
slum areas who have never seen
tree that wasn't overshadowed by
skyscrapers and have never inhaled
a breath of air that wasn't saturat-
ed with SCOT and city CRIME.
Americans living in clean air and
healthful surroundings might get
severe jolt when the small fry
descended upon their homes and
farms. They might find that Lon
don slum children aren't the only
ones who need "delousing'.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-11-10

SUM M ONS
No. 1869
In The Superior Court Of The State
OF California, in and for The
County of Imperial
VIOLET STORJOHANN.
Plaintiff
WILLIAM sTORJOHANN.
Defendant.
Lee Nuffer, Attorney for Plaintiff.
The People Of The State Of Califor-
mia Send Greetings to-:
WILLIAM STORJOHANN,
Defendant.
You Are Hereby Directed TO Ap-
pear and answer the Complaint in
an action entitled as above, brought
against you in the Superior Court
of the County of Imperial, State
of California, within ten days after
the service on you Of this Sum-
mons-if served within this county;
or within thirty days # served else
where.
And you are hereby notified that
unless you appear and answer as
above required, the said plaintiff
will take judgement for any money
or damages demanded In the COM
plant, as arising upon contract,
or she will apply to the Court for
any other relief demanded In the
Complaint.
Given under my hand and the
seal Of the Superior Court of the
County OF Imperial, State of Cali
fornia, this 21st day of September.
1880.
w. j. McCLELLAND,
SEAL) County Clerk.
BY Eleanor McGirk,
Deputy Clerk.
q. % 2o--o. Q 10 40 27--ae. B 10 N.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-11-10

now she is 55 years old-and gong
strong.
AS a child she liked entertaining
others. Parties intrigued her. When
she was fourteen years of age her
family moved to San Francisco,
where she made friends and ac-
quaintances. and was invited to
many parties. When it came her
time to give party she decided
to give one that was different. In
stead of giving a nice ice-cream-
and-cake affair. she hired q ScoW
that was anchored in San Francisco
harbar; and for her music she en-
gagged a musician to wander up and
down the waterfront playing an
accordjan. The party was big Sue
cess: the talk Of her set for days.
Her father died. Adversely sat
on her doorstep; and she had to
go out and earn a living. She got
a job playing the piano in movie
theatre in the days when it was
called a "nickelodeon." She had to
watch the picture on the screen,
and improvise music to fit the
scene.
Elsa Maxwell resolved to see the
world, and in no time at all she was
in London In no time after that,
she aWoke one morning in Cape
Town, South Africa. There she was
invited to a sWanky party. met Lord
Gladstone and SO fascinated him
that he invited her to one Of his
parties. She believed she could give
more interesting parties than the
ones she attended, SO she waited
her chance. Back in Europe she
met Arthur Balfour, famous Bri-
tish statesman, and sent him an
invitation to a party of hers She
hired the swanky Ritz, and spent
all the money she had. It was a
sensation. 1t was noticed in the
London papers. She attracted more
attention in one night that most
women do in a lifetime.
A bit of luck came her way, and
she received $1,000 as a present. She
took the money and gave another
party-With Fritz Kreisler. the not
ed yiolinist. to play.
She came home TO America and
in New York gave the most elabor-
ate parties given in that city in
twenty years. At one of them she
invited the guests TO come dressed
as the person they hated. More
headlinesi Elsa Maxwells parties
became a sensation.
To one of her parties came a
movie man from Hollywood She
was short and fat, and weighed 200
pounds; but he saw possibilities.
She had personality; she was diff
ferent; striking. He signed her TO
take part in Hotel for Women
She was so well received that she
has been signed for another picture.
She may become another Marie
Dressler.
Elsa Maxwell got to the top by
doing the usual thing in an unusual
way.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-11-10
Famous Sayings

London children. in later years
may be grateful to the war for at
least one thing: Indirectly it was
the war that introduced many of
them to trees and green grass and
the peace of country life.
Many of the children evacuated
from London came from the citys
grimiest slums. Many never before
knew about milk coming from cows
and apples growing on trees. Some
were ridden with diseases that had
never been treated; many had to be
Imperial Valley press., 1939-11-10
LEGAL ADyERTI0EMENT
S U M M o N S

u M M " ~
No. 1898
In The Superior Court of The State
of California. in and for The
County of Imperial
IMPERIAL IRRIGATION
DISTRICT, Plaintiff
E. j. PIATT, ct al,
Defendant
The People of The state of Cali
fornia Send Greetings to:
E. j. PIATT. M. H, COLLINS,
GRACE L. BEAL, as Administrative
of the Estate of w. F. Beal, De-
ceased GRACE L. BEAL, CREDIT
BUREAU OF SAN DIEGO, INC,
a Corporation, INLAND WATER
DISTRICT. a Corporation, JOHN
DOE, JANE DOE, RICHARD ROE,
JOHN DOE COMPANY, a Corpora
ton. RICHARD ROE COMPANY, a
co-Partnership, j. DOE as Admins
traitor or Administrative of the
Estate of r. Roe, Deceased, De-
PENDANTS.
You Are Hereby Directed to Ap-
pear and answer. the Complaint in
an action entitled as above, brought
against you in the Superior Court
of the County of Imperial, State Of
California, within ten days after the
service on you of this Summons
If served within this county; or
within thirty days if served else
where.
And you are hereby notified that
unless you appear and answer as
above required, the said plaintiff
will take judgment for any money
or damages demanded in the COM
plant, as arising upon contract, or
1t will apply to the Court for any
other relief demanded in the Com
plant.
Given under my hand and the
seal of the Superior Court of the
County of Imperial, State of Cali
fornia, this 17th day of May, 1899.
w. j. McCLELLAND,
(SEAL) County Clerk
BY CITHA LAMSON,
Deputy Clerk
SIS. 20. 29-o.6. 13. 20. 27-N.3. 10 IT
Imperial Valley press., 1939-11-10

London? On Fifth
A We n ue, N e "
York? In Biar-
ritz, France? No!
II Keokuk, Iowa,
A wonan's age
is a delicate SUBJ
5ect ordinarily.
But not in Elsa's
Ease. She not
only tells it, but
will shout it, May
oath, 1888. So that
Imperial Valley press., 1939-11-10

Russia made the mistake of writ
ing love notes to the United States
last April. Any young suitor could
have told the u. s. S. R. that such
m.ssives are likely to bounce.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-11-10
TOday'S Horoscope

Influences at work on this day
augur success in business, love, mar
riage an dealings with elders; also
gain by inheritance. However, you
are warned to safe guard your
health A child born today will be
clever, artistic and enterprising, but
somewhat easily discouraged when
success is in sight. The law is sug-
gested as being the most suitable
vocation.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-11-10
Grab Bag
One-Minute ,Test

l. Whose portrait is to be added
to those already in the white house?
2. What president of the United
State married Alice Hathaway Lee?
3. How many gills are there in a
gallon?
Imperial Valley press., 1939-11-10
THOUGHTS for the Day

And Saul said unto Samuel I have sinned for have
transeressed the commandment of the Lord and
Thy words because I feared the people, and obeyed
their VOICE. Samuel 1924
Imperial Valley press., 1939-11-10
Hints on Etiquette

Repetitions of "See,' or you
know" or "See what l mean?" are
irritating to persons to whom you
may be talking and should be
omitted.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-11-10
Dale
> ~ III
CARNEGIE

Elsa Maxwell has made most
unusual career for herself. Giving
parties!
Where do you suppose she was
born? Ii the fashionable MaYfair in
Imperial Valley press., 1939-11-10

Allied troops are making gasoline
bombs out of beer bottles. Drink
up, boys-we're running short of
ammunition.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-11-10

No matter what you think about
Louisiana politics you must admit
it's not a dull life.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-11-10

And the man at the next desk
says it won't be such bad war;
after all, if pretzels replace hard
tack.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-11-10

History, according to an editorial
on the war is simply repeating it
self. Don't tell us civilization has
been caught in a revolving door!
Imperial Valley press., 1939-11-10
Words of Wisdom

God help the man who won't
marry until he finds a perfect wo-
man, and God help him still more
If he finds her.-Ben Tillet.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-11-10
You re Telling Me-

Heavy rains have prevented the
contemplated German drive on the
western front, according to news
stopies. Hattie blitzkrieg proves
to be just an old stick in the mud.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-11-10

zadok Dumbkopf thinks the rea-
son the big fight hasn't started
in real earnest is because both sides
must be counting to ten.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-11-10

Paradox: A man builds an ultra
modern house and then loads 1t
with antiques.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-11-10

Russell @. Osgood, American
lecturer. was born in Shanghai,
and when a boy was once made
city shuttlecock champion in the
town of Chu Chow, near Nanking
Imperial Valley press., 1939-11-10

The torch of the Goddess Of
Liberty, Bedloe Island, N. Y, con-
tains fourteen 1,000-watt lamps.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-11-10

There is a town in North Caro-
lima named Thanksgiving.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-11-10
Photographs

The last narrow-gauge CONNER
cial railway in eastern United States
is operated in western North Caro-
lima.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-11-10

A man was robbed of 500 just
Is minutes after he had won it in
a beano game Next time, perhaps,
he'll be lucky enough not to win.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-11-10

Mexico has no intention of re-
turning oil lands taken from British
and American companies. No i'm
mediate crisis is expected, however,
in the cigaret lighter fluid market.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-11-10

With both fairs closing and con-
gress talking about quitting again,
Americans may have to resort to
reading books for their entertain
ment.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-11-10

Once the hair has lost it's color,
there is positively no means known
~ science 10 restore tfiat csJi1a.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-11-10

Police arrested man who was
found tearing up $5 bills and throw
ing them away. Racing fans do
practically the same thing, but a
little less ostentatiously.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-11-10

2. Theodore Roosevelt
8. TniIty-two.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-11-10
Barbs

A grandmother is reported en-
ployed as a taXicab driver. They
Just will not be satisfied with their
knitting these days.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-11-10
One-Minute Test Answers

/. That of Herbert Hoover,
Evening star., 1939-08-19
Oslo Group Adopts
Fish Peace Plea
In Revised Form
Resolution Coils Upon
Europe to Settle Its
Disputes Peacefully
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
OSLO, Norway, Aug. l9.-The In
terparliamentary Union Congress
agreed unanimously today to the re-
vised resolution of Representative
Hamilton Fish of New York that
Europe try peacefully to settle its
disputes in a spirit of justice and
good will"
Mr.. Fish. whose original proposal
called for a 30-day war moratorium
and negotiations among Germany
Italy, France and Britain, said the
revised resolution was all right with
him as it urges my ideas of peace
full settlement"
The original resolution by Mr..
Fish, who came here fresh from a
visit to Germany in plane lent by
Foreign Minister Joachim Won Rib
bentrop, stirred sharp controversy.
Several delegates opposed Mr..
Fish's truce plan as one that might
inspire another Munich" Chief
opposition came from the British and
Polish delegates.
Mr.. Fish said acidly any "allega-
ton that my action was made in un-
derstanding with Won Ribbentrop is
an atrocity of the same sort as Brit
ish war stories from Belgium"