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ityProperty
Values Up by
Quarter Million

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an investigation and report back
to the council.
The other complaint was Harold
Tyler, who represented Mrs. Irene
l.. Rutledge of Sierra Madrc. Cali.
and inquired concerning a piece of
residential property. No action was
taken.
Friday night sAmeeting, the fifth
this week, was the briefeSt in many
months. 1t was adjourned shortly
after $50. Virtually the only item
of council business was the further
discussion of the clerks budget,
during which the question of time
saved by recently installed machines
in the water department came up.
Eventually, when the staff be-
comes accustomed to them. they vii,
save time. won't thcy?" Hatton m
quirod.
Chief Deputy Mrs. Pearl Burke
answered the question:
There will always be more work
to getting the work out by machine
than by hand"
The announcement caused a stir
around the council board with
Councilmen Herbert FaWcctt and
p. l.. Moore, old members of the
board, repeating heatedly that the
had been purchased on
the understanding that they would
save time as well as insure accuracy
and guard against Irregularities.
Gavin suggested trying out the
present machine setup further until
the staff becomes more Skillful and
to believe that economies
would follow, eventually.
The council will meet again Mon
Gay night to confer with a COM
mlttee of the Taxpayers association
on budgets and tax rate At that
time list of the association mem
bers, requested Thursday night by
Councilman raWcctt, was slated to
be presented.
The tax rate will be set WcdncS-
day night at the regular council
Mayor Hatton said
Imperial Valley press., 1940-07-14

long as we remain there nobody will ser
iouSly considering buying land here.
,. Speed up drainage for our farm
lands. Acreage gone bad is out of produc-
ton Other acreage is threatened by a
rising water table. Drainage is the most
serious need of the valley. 1t must be
developed with all haste
3. Hasten the solution of the power
program. Whether the All American
Canal can pay for itself by power sales
is a moot question. Most of us think it
can and will. But we've got to PROVE
ii and remove doubt.
4. OBTAIN INCREASED CREDIT
FOR IMPERIAL VALLEY FARMERS.
at lower rates. This need speaks for it
self, and is largely dependent upon the
previous three subjects. Before we can
hope for materially improved credit for
our farmers. we must have a good credit
rating as community, we must climi-
nate the drainage threat TO our farm
lands and we must have the All Ameri-
can canal operating successfully and the
power program a proven success rather
than a politicians dream.
5. We must improve Farmer Owner
ship. If only 40 per cent of farm land
is titled by owners, and the balance of
so per cent is titled by tenants. we can
not expect healthy, happy, prosperous,
continually-improving condition.
6. We must bring here, to the most
promising farm area in the U.S.A, more
capable, trained farmer owners TO till
our acres. and thus stop the trend toward
larger holdings in the hands of fewer and
fewer successful people
The balance of the DrOpram * dnnpnd-
ent largely on the foregoing. 1t consists
of getting our present house in order and
properly opening up the Mesa lands; of
merchandising the valley as it should be
merchandised-i.e., an area of rich and
successful farming whose acres are worth
two, three and four times what the poor
farmer is forced to accept today 1t also
includes the development of our poten-
tials as a winter resort but doing so in
an intelligent, buSincSSlike method that
has a good chance of succeeding.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-07-14
Defense Program
Seen as Solution
ToLabor Dispute

WASHINGTON, July l3. CUP
White House Secretary StephenE
Early said today that labor po
advisory committee pledge OF
cooperation in the national defe
program holds out hope that ,
program may be the means
bringing together the warning I
tionS of organized labor.
The pledge. signed by 16 RailI
Brotherhood, American Federal
of Labor and Congress of InduSt
Organization leaders, was prcScn
to the national defense commiSS
and through it 10 President Ro
welt.
Early said that receipt of the !
ter has made the president rat
happy
at is the nearest thing To Il llul
front that we have had SlnCss
AFI, and CIO split" Early SAID
holds out hope. at least. that !
tional defense may be the means
bringing labor together. 1t is
most representative thing that
White House has received in yc
from organized labor as who
The labor executives. chosen
their own organizations, serve
an advisory body to the Gtfct
commission which is handling
national drive to rcarm.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-07-14
Willis Thorntons Editorial On:
Does Gold Rust?

One of the properties of gold is
that it does not rust.
So the chemist will tell YOU
But there may be another side
to tnat If to rust is to deteriorate,
to waste away to disintigrate. per-
haps even gold will rust.
The United States now has 500
0OOOOO00O worth of gold. That is
between 70 and 80 per cent of ali
the sold IN the world. The last bill
lion has been accumulated since
MD May.
AS this horde aCCumulateS, so III
tereSt mounts as to what to do with
it. Monetary experts disagree.
Some say we are rapidly ap-
preaching the day when this gold
will be useless as money. If one
country has it all, or practically
all. 1t seems clear that others must
find a means of conducting trade
without it. Already German papers
like the DeutSche BcrgWerkszeitung
are saying, The gold standard has
for us only historical interest"
That is not braggadocio. Already
the goddess German mark is the
standard currency of the whole
continent Of Europe Because 1t IS
not traded IN international dealings,
one may say that tho mark is prac-
tlrallY worthless, But If the bayonet
can make IT good throughout all
Europe rand It haSD then 1t Is not
worthless. And If barter dealing and
economic pressure can mako it good
uJ Other farthcr-aWay places. then
It !, not worthless there, either.
II is becoming Increasingly clear
to more and more people that gold
IS Useless unless it is used. So the
Republican platform has suggested
ITS dlctrIhutiOn at home and abroad
The Democratic declaration IS, OF
cour5c. not vet available.
But If the United States I5 tn
compete IN international trade after
EurOpcS war is over. it IS clear that
there must be- countries whose mon
oy bears recognizable relationship
to our own. 50 that exchange is pos
elblc.
Every passing month points more
clearly to the idea Of distributing
part of this gold to countries whose
trade and friendship iT sought, and
Imperial Valley press., 1940-07-14
100000 Suit
Transferred Here

Damages totalinG more than 5000, =
600 were asked Friday in suit
transferred from Riverside to I'M
pcrial county.
Katherine lie VaSSeur and Clara
Moore, wives of the men killed in
an automobile accident near Indio
April IA, 1899, their daughters, and
lie Vasseur's mother filed the suit
against Allen Coborn and 18 other
defendants. The four plaintiffs each
asked $4,000 damages as we'll as
repayment of money spent for bills
incurred after the accident.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-07-14
Germany, Italy
Hammer British
Rule Of Seas
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London made it obvious that the
British were giving greatest atton-
ton to the problem of food supply
but the German claims were DIS
puted and there was as yet no oct
mite basis for comparing the in
creased rate of shipping losScr tc
the worst period of the World war
when more than 100000 tons was
sent to the bottom IN one month
In the aerial attacks on the Brit
iSh Isles, the German high com
mand again claimed to have eff
GENTLY bombed many importan,
arms factories. harborS and air
fields, including such vital center
as Portland Newport and Dundee
quayS and Billingham and Nov
castle factories.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-07-14
Hitler Discusses
Finance Alignment

BERLIN, July l3. CUP)-Adolf
Hitler was reported today to have
conferred with DR.. Hjalmar Schacht
famous German financial expert on
the progress of plans for economic
reorganization Of Europe after the
war
The fuehrcr met Schacht in south
ern Germany, it was said, for a long
discussion several days ago The
former Reichsbank head reported
on the plans which he has been
working out for economic rehabili-
tation 1t was understood that he
had been drawing up the plans over
a period of months at HitlcrS or
derS.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-07-14
A REFLECTION OF
CONDITIONS

Whether the decline is the result of the
condition of dairying, or the tendency to-
ward larger land-holdings. or whatever
it might be, remains to be ascertained by
careful, expert analysis. And there
should be such an analysis as quickly and
as soon as possible by all interested agen-
cies including county board of supervis-
orS, district board and the chambers of
commerce.
Whatever the cause or causes the popu-
lation decline reflects an unhealthy con-
dition in our agriculture and farm-popu
lation economic Setup and we had better
get to work and correct those causes
before they further and more seriously
injure us.
II is not news that business in 1mpe-
rial Valley hasn't been what it should
Chambers of Commerce may object to
such statement Of fast, but lets have the
truth and then get TO work. Business
can't be good until the condition of the
farmer is good. And his condition can't
be improved unless nor until the farmer
and the business man and public officials
combine their. resources. their abilities
and their energies (and there's plenty of
each in Imperial Valley and get to work
correcting fundamental causes of this
decline.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-07-14
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION
Nj. a. No. O53083
District Land Office
IoS AnpCJcS California


juno 7, ~
Notice is hereby given that .I(A
TyCrCtC Chemical Corporation.
Louis A. Tycc, president. of Chl
Vista. California. has made app
cation for patent to the VIII
Crystal No. placer mining clai
embracing Ei2 SCI, MEL Sec.
and White Crystal No 2 plat
mining claim, embracing SW' NV
NW'i Sec. Is; SELL NE NEh S
l6 all in T. II S., r. f. 81
containing 40 acres. in the FL &c
trO Mining District, Imperial Cou
ty, California. There are no a
joining or conflicting claims. Te
location notices are recorded
Book $50, page l48 and Book 3.
page 1875, and amended notices a
recorded in Book $50 page 4f
Book 400, page 489. and Book 4;
page 563, official records of ImW ,
lal County, California.
PAUL Is. WITMER,
Register.
rJl l-A20 inClD
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Did You Know?
Isaac Pitman was a schoolmaster

Isaac Pitman was schoolmaster
by profession a teetotaler and a
vegetarian by habit Pitman de-
viscd the most-used system of short
hand.
During the past two years. pro-
ductiOn of crude petroleum from
Canadian wells has been quad
ruplcd.
In Iceland. volcanic steam is
harneSsed for the purpose Of heat
ing homes.
The Bridal Veil waterfall
falls over a North Carolina high
way.
In the Samoan islands. whole
villages often pack up and go on
excursion visits to 9th. islands
as far as co miles away. The trips
often last six months.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-07-14
WHAT TO DO

1t is unimportant that almost a year
ago this newspaper sensed what was hap
pening and publicly stated what it pleas
ed to term program. Later, the FL Cen
tro Chamber of Commerce adopted such
a program. Other chambers agreed that
such a program would really do some
good That program is aimed at basic
factors in the valleys development and
should Immediately be made working
plan for rebuilding the agricultural and
economic health of this area which is
destincd-as soon as these things are
accomplished TO be that fine, prosperous,
growing community we want it to be.
We reiterate that program here for all
to see and think about.
!. HURRY UP AND REFUND THE
DISTRICT DEBT. The bad credit repu-
tation Of the Imperial Valley, resulting
from the uncompleted refundng pro
gram. is the valleys biggest retarding fac
tor. We are in bankruptcy court, and as
Imperial Valley press., 1940-07-14
ANSWERS TO
(R1EIJM CRACKERS

]. 'aD Latin for Pcnn'5 woods
Ha'nrd for the father Of William
Penn; rbJ named after the Utes,
IN Indian tribe; (cD named for
Klng Louis XIV Of France; Id
Spanish for mountainous.
2 "a Goldea California;; tb)
Nutmeg - Connecticut; (c) Blue
Grass-Kcntucky; odJ Panhandle
West Virginia
3. Persons rc3Idirg IL the Dis
tmct Of Columbia do not give up
their voting residences in the states
from which they come.
A. The ila" had A. stars in 1900
:. AH"on1 va admitted FEB. Ia,
1912.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-07-14
French Fear
Base Attack

MARSEILLES, France, July l3
cUPD-The newspaper lie Radical
asserted today that Toulon, the
great French naval base of the
Mediterranean was alarmed over
the possibility of an attack and that
danger zones had been cleared of
civilians.
Authorities forbade the sale of
strong alcoholic drinks as a measure
10 assure firm morale, the news
paper said, and only wines ana
beers were now available.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-07-14
Bruce Cation in Washington
Dissects the News

able work of stout adminiStra'
ton southcrnCr like Smiths co.
slater. Senator Jimmy ByrneS
harmonic the distrust felt by sucl
old-line Democrats as Senator
George, of Georgia?
And, in that connection, how
about the bright young men of the
inner circle New Deal-thc Tommy
CorcoranS Ben CohenS and the
rest? Will they be running things
or will they get frozen out il
favor of the practical politicoS like
Senator Byrncs and Speaker Bank
head?
WHAT ABOUT
WHEELER'S THREAT"
What will the spectre of Willkic
do 10 the convention? Will 1t
force adoption of a red hot" plat
form plank on public power? Will
the strategy in general be to stand
pat on the New Deal record, or
will il be aimed more specifically
at what may be supposed to be
weak spots in Willkie'S armor?
Much more important what
about Senator Burton x. Wheeler.
who has promised that there will
be peace party in the field this
fall if the Democrats fail to take
sharp keep-out- turn at
Chicago? Will his fight fail or
will his third party threat force a
toning- down of FDR'S foreign poll
cy? How much support will he get
If he bolts, how many Democrats
Will bolt with him?
Will Jim Farley stay hitchcd2 ,
VIII Garner 60 along with a Roosc-
vclt- dominated convention? Will
tho New Dealers force selection Of
a man like Supreme Court Justice
Douglas for vice president. or will
that nomination go to a man like
BvrncS or Bankhcad? What part
will Paul V. McNutt play?
You can make pretty good
guess about some of those answers
now. Others can be answered only
after convention has got under way.
In any case, there arc enough of
these questions to show that this
convention is by no means likely
to be t-and-dricd affair.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-07-14
Quake Reported
On Oil Island

MOSCOW, July 13 'U1p- The
newspaper Pravda reported today
that volcanic eruption, accom-
panied by heavy earth trcmors, on
Gil producing SvinoY island, as
miles southeast of Baku. Bakli
is on the west coast of the Cas-
plan Sea.
The eruption caused the inhabi-
tantS of Svinay island to flee,
Pravda. official organ of the Com
munist party, said.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-07-14
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT
IN THE SUPERIOR COURT
THE STATE OF CALIFORNI
IN AND FOR THE COUNTY {
IMPERIAL


No. 2987
Notice of Sale of Real Estate
IN THE NATTER OF THE F..
TATE OF BEVERLY T.. PARKS, a
SO known as b. L. PARKS,
DcccaSc
NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN III
the undersigned executor of Il
above entitled estate will sell
private sale, to the highest biddt
Tor cash, and subject to confirm;
ton by SAID Superior Court. &
wednesday, July u. 1910, at Il
hour OF 1000 O'Clock A. M. or att
SAID day, at the law office of IT..
Muller IN the Rchkopf Buildln
III the City of FL Centre, Count
of Imperial, State of Callforn
all the right. title, interest al
estate OF the said Beverly f. Park
also known as B. +. Parks at Il
tlmc OF his death, and all the rlch
tltIc and interest that the "a.
estate has by operation of Saw d
otherwise acquired. other than. G.
IN addition to that of the said Bey
erly F.. Parks, also known as B.
Parks, at the time of his death
and to that certain parcel of Ian
particularly described, as follow
o-wit:
Tract 43, Township 16 South.&
Range Is East, SBM., except
ing the West 80 feet of the
South 80 feet as decided to the
County OF Imperial, all located
in the County of Imperial.
State or California.
| BldS or offers are invited for sal
property and must be in Writin
ana Will be received at The law OF.
iicc OF Lee Nuffcr, Rchkopf Build
ing, FL Centre, California, attornc
for said executor, or may be file
WIN the Clerk of said Superio
Court of the State of Californi;
IN and Tor the County of Imperia
or delivered to the said execute
! personally, at any time ALTERS, tn
llrSt publication of this notice. afii
before the making of said sale.
Terms and conditions of sole
len per cent Q0%t) of the purchas,
price to be paid at the time of thl
submission of said bid. An addi
tional forty per cent (402s) of sait
purchase price to be paid on con
flrmation of this sale by the court
balance of said purchase price ID
be secured by trust decd and to bd
paid, onc-third on or before thr
lSt OF July, l941, onc-third on ol
before the 1St of July. 1912. and
onc-third on or before the 1st nj
July, l943, including interest or
the deferred payments at the rate
OF SIX per cent C6%) per anum
payable semi-annually from July n
1910.
Title charges to be at the expensd
OF Seller. Property to be sold s,,S.
Jcct to 1946-4l taxes and assesS-
mcnts and rights of way of record
Dated this lst day of July, 1910
ALLEN P. NUFFER,
Executor of the will and
estate for above deceasad
LEE SUFFER, Attorney tor Y
S"e'u'oF' Ul-l6 incl)
Imperial Valley press., 1940-07-14
Barbs

Before military tcChnlrians stop
matching wits WcJl 500 warShips
which carry planes, which carry
tanks, which carry planes, which
carrT--Oh. we'll
mouse trap has bCcn invented
which prevents the mouse from
stealing tho cheese. One Wav to
rcScind a dinner invitation.
Europe faces famine and NAV
be forced to rely on substitute food
products made from wood giving
tcrmitcS chance to exercise SQUAT :
tors rights in a ham sandwich.
Camouflagc in it's most subtle
form has nothing on the gold
digger who tries to keep the fact
from that big coal and iron man.
Burglar stops to cook himself a
meal before fleeing victims house.
says news item. Another version
Of grabbing a bite on the fly.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-07-14
Uranium Crackers
About the States

About the States
Her" are five qu".tions dealing
with the states of the union. How
many Of tho answer % you know?
l. Can you give the origins of
the names Of these states? "a Penn
aylVania; 'bD Utah; rcb Louisiana;
CdD Montana.
2. OF what statos are these the
nlcEnamcs? raJ Golden; CbD Nut
meg; 'c' Bluegrass; (d) Panhandle.
; WLrrr do residents of the Dis
trc' Of Columbia vote?
4. How many stars had the Unit
70 States flag at the beginning Of
the 2D'f century,
i. Winch Of the az states was
admitted 10 the union last? When?
Imperial Valley press., 1940-07-14
Nazis Make 1900
Arrests in France

LONDON, July l3. CUP)-Thc
Exchange Telegraph tBritiSh) News
agency said today it had learned
reliably" that the Germans ha 1
made 1900 political arrests in
France.
The agency said the Germans
might occupy all of France atteE
the French government moves TO
Paris, which would mean the Ger
mans would impose order by the
Well-knoWn method of the machine
gun"
Imperial Valley press., 1940-07-14

whose money can thus be put in re-
lation with our own. We do not
want to set up a monetary bloc with
the bayonet. But we must not much
longer refuse to use that other more
peaceful weapon, our own surplus
gold stock. We should put it to
work while there is still strength in
it, before that rustless metal has
rustcd away in manner that not
the chemist but the economist may
understand.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-07-14
Clipper Completes
End Leg Of Hop

HONOLULU. r. H.. July 13-uJp,
The American Clipper arrived
over Honolulu from Los Angeles to-
day completing the second hon Of
It's 3OO8-milc maiden air mail fllgnt
over Pan American AirWays new
trans-Pacific route from San Fran
cclSco to Auckland, New Zealand.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-07-14
PWA ENGINEER SPEAKER
AT 1O-3O MEETING

Wright l.. Felt, project cngin{
for the PWA, was the prlncl
speaker at the FL Centre 90
club at their meeting this we
Felt discussed the supply of natu
gas in the United States
Imperial Valley press., 1940-07-14
So They Say

It's swell to be married any old
way.
Sonia Henie. ice and film star
during the hurly-burly of her
marriage to Dan Topping.
When is the great, hard angry.
shouting razzbcrry laugh of the
American people going to yell down
tho west wind?
interior Secretary IckcS. urging
reply to Old World orators who
picture the United States as dc
generated"
We arc Interested in building Am
erIcan unions to pursue the lJrals
and objoCtlvoS ot American work
ing men and women in behalf of
Americans
Vice President Philip Murray. c.
l. O.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-07-14
WILL PRESIDENT
WRITE PLATFORM

Beyond that are some other
questions no one is quito sure
about.
Will the convention be a ono
man show" That is, will FDR
write the platform. name the vice
presidential candidate, and in
other ways dominate all the pro-
cccdincS. or will there be room for
dissent, compromise and a few
old-timc Democratic party scraps
How about tho conservative
southern Democrats one of whom
Senator Cotton Ed Smith of
Southern Carolina. has already
said he would bolt the party if it
GOES for a third term? VIII the
Imperial Valley press., 1940-07-14
thoughts For The Day

Watch therefore for know neither tho day nor the
hour wherein the Son of man comCth-MatthcW
25l3
Imperial Valley press., 1940-07-14
Famous Sayings

our Lord has written the promise of the resurrection
not in books alone but in every leaf in Spnngtimc.
Luther
Imperial Valley press., 1940-07-14
THE CHALLENGE

The CENSUS figures have given us our
challenge.
Let's accept that challenge and get to
work.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-07-14
MEMBER

American Newspaper PUP
fishers Association. Nati0nal
Editorial Association. Call
fornia Newspaper Publish
ers Association.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-07-14

WASHINGTON July 10 BY
contrast with the Republican con-
ycntion. which was a Wideopen
riddle from the start With the
answers known only to familiars
of dream books. the Democratic
convention looks easy a one
man show whose story might rs
we'll be written in advance.
Actually thouIh, it isn't that
simple. There are lot of queS-
tionS which cant be answered
Until the chips 90 down. and on
their answers can depend much
of the Country'S immediate poll
tlCal future
First and foremost of course. Is
the question: VIII FDR run for Il
third term
1t is taken for granted by most
people that he will but no onc
Is dead certain. Lately there has
been an upSwing in the number
of rumorS which say he wont:
stories saying he told this or that
friend that he was weary and
wanted to step down. ill-natured
guesses that he's loath to run
against Wendell Willkie. lunches
that he will bow out at the last
minute in ultra dramatic style.
Most politicians think he'll be no.
minated, but have their fingers
r,CSNCI
Imperial Valley press., 1940-07-14

Notice of Sale of Real Estate
IN THE MATTER OF THE F..
TATE OF BEVERLY +. PARKS. a
SO known as B. T.. PARKS,
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-10-25
Big Business Of State Is
Stingy In Contributions
To Demo Campaign Fund

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