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Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1940-08-01

Uncle Sarn-No, darn it! I've
grown so soft it's going to be ter
rife battle to get into shape.
John OIL feel pretty habby, too.
Say, why did you let me get this
way?
Uncle Sam (indignantly)-How did
I let YOU get this way! What I
wanna know is how YOU let ME
get this way.
John Q.-You're the boss; I just
do as I'm told.
Uncle Sam-That's your story, and
we're both stuck with it. You're
the real boss.
John Q.-Who? Me?
Uncle Sam.-I only reflect your
wishes and opinions. And for years
got the idea all you wanted was
plenty of white meat.
John Q.-Don't blame it all on me,
Sam. Every time I looked at you
you were busy on plans for the
more abundant life. Instead of
tough, wiry old guy with his fists
clenched and his sleeves rolled up,
you were like a fat spendthrift, yell
ing that life was just bowl of cher
ries and asking everybody to step
up and help himself.
Uncle Sam-That was your fault.
You got SO you thought I was a
SLOT MACHINE. And you were al
ways looking for the jackpot.
John Q.-Why, listen, when you
you should have been down to brass
tacks, developing your muscles and
hardening yourself for any contin-
gency, you were behaving as if all
anybody had to worry about in this
world was a bigger recreation pro-
gram.
Uncle Sam - There you've got
yourself mixed up with me again.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1940-08-01

wont. Only a few minutes had
passed when she saw youth riding
up toward the rancho. She sprang
to her feet. She knew the figure,
screamed, and, as the lad turned
toward her, waved her arms fran
tically.
1t was young Alfredo, the pet of
the Rancho Los Alamos, tall and
fine for his twelve years, son and
heir of his father.
Alfredo" she cried, 'come
quick! I am Monica! Quick, quick!"
He ran to her. AS he stared, dis
mayed at the sight of his uncon-
scious mother, Monica clasped him
in her arms. Hardly had the word
"Indians!" passed her lips when,
fiinging down his gun, he threw him
self on the breast of his mother,
raining kisses on her closed eyes
and calling to her passionately to
speak.
Monica, kneeling beside him, told
the boy in broken sentences of the
fearful tragedy of the brief hour
after he had left the rancho to hunt
quail in the nearby foothills.
She cut short Alfredo's frantic
grief. "Now," she exclaimed, "you
must be a man, Alfredo! AS fast as
you can, run to the preside for help.
Send the soldiers! Quick! Quick!"
"But my sisters? Tell mel"
"Gone, Alfredo! The Indians have
stolen them. The soldiers! The sol
diers! Make haste! Help me save
your mother
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1940-08-01
CHAPTER II

The morning sun was high, but
the padre in his brown wooden habit
plodded steadily on, sustained by
the thought that Rancho Los Ala
mos could now be only a little way
ahead. There, he promised himself,
he would find rest, little refresh
ment and some pleasant converse
ton with Don Alfredo and his lovely
wife, Dona Juana, before he contin-
ued his southwark journey with the
patient Indian neophyte now trudg-
ing by his side.
Hardly had the pleasurable
thought crossed his mind when the
neophyte halted and, cupping his left
hand above his eyes, looked toward
the hills beyond the river.
Padre Vicente Pasqual paused
"What do you see, Diego?"
Smoke, Padre"
"What smoke? I see none"
Diego pointed. "Across the river.
Toward Alamos. Smoke"
"Your eyes are younger than
mine, Diego. see no smoke"
White spirals of smoke were ris-
ing lazily and swaying dreamily in
the hot sunshine.
''It is SMOKE" repeated the Indian
solemnly.
There is no matanza, nothing to
cause smoke at Los Alanos. But
we shall soon be there. Lower your
pack moment and rest your Shout
ders."
81 am not weary, Padre. Let us
60 on"
Curiosity was stronger than a
sense of fatigue with the Indian. He
quickened his pace. Smoke at Los
Alamos-Diego said no more, but
he thought much.
Just before the ranch buildings Of
Los Alamos were to come into view
Diego stood still 81 am afraid,
Padre" he said slowly, 1--WE shall
see the work of bad Indians at Los
Alamos."
"What do you mean, my SOM"
"Bad Indians
eyes, but WHAT"
They followed the trail through a
field of wheat. "Look." Diego point
ed. The ruins of Rancho Los Ala
mos were in full view. Padre
Pasqual stared in amazement and
grief. His staff dropped from his
grasp. His hands parted in horror.
"Merciful God!' he cried in ago.
ny. "What has been here?" He fell
on his knees, and, with face uplifted
and eyes sightless, prayer poured
from his trembling lips.
1t was some moments before he
could compose himself. He held out
a hand for Diego's help-the PADRES
knees were old-and, regaining his
feet beside the silent Indian, took
from his hand the crude staff. 'We
must hasten, Diego, hasten," he ex-
claimed nsteadily. "Why do you
hesitate-why?"
ITO BE CONTINUED)
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1940-08-01

over now. I guess we've got to cut
out the petting party and get on our
own.
Uncle Sam.-Waddaya mean you
GUESS!
THE NAMES FAMILIAR, BUT
The head of the French-German
armistice enforcement board is a
colonel named Stuepnagle. The Ger
mans think of everything, don't
they?
t'Brazil Will Cooperate With Us,
Says Hull. Headline.
Wanna bet?
AS a baseball club owner Mr..
Farley will at least never be in
doubt about a third run being
strictly Okay.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1940-08-01

You were the fell
low who demand
ed tile bathrooms,
an orchid bed in
every back yard,
three days a week
for auto trips
and a guaranty
against slippery
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1940-08-01
Transformation of
Grams Old Buffet
Bv RUTH WYETH SPEARS

YOU have heard quite a good
L deal in these articles about
Grandmother, who is just "Gram"
to her family. Also about her
favorite grandson, Bill, and his up
and-coming bride, Marty = the
same for whom Gram made the
stunning rag rug in Sewing Book
3. Then there is Bills kid sister,
Betsy, who streamlined the old
iron bed illustrated in Book 8. You
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1940-08-01

roads, cold nights and sand in your
lettuce.
John Q.-You babied me so much
got to like it, I admit.
Uncle Sam.-All you wanted was
the brass ring, caviar with the free
lunch, government distribution of
Strawberries and cream.
John Q.-Why did you cater to me
so much?
Uncle SAM wish I knew. Ev-
ery time I thought of letting you
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1940-08-01
To Know Others

To Know Others
He that knoweth himself knows
others; and he that is ignorant of
himself could not write very
profound lecture on other mems
heads.-Colton.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1940-08-01

shift for yourself
you'd start wiring
me for aid in ev-
cry crisis, from
falling hair to a
leak in the radia-
tor.
John Dwell,
L guess it's all
Imperial Valley press., 1940-02-20
Famous Sayings
Bruce Cation in Washington
Disseets the News

WASHINGTON.-The whole ar
gument over the basic organization
of the u. S. Navy-the system which
is blamed for those much written-of
"top-heavy destroyers" and so on
is about to get thorough overhaul
ing by Congress. Out of it may come
a long overdue revision of the entire
navy Set-up.
A special Subcommittee of the
House Naval Affairs committee is
currently beginning hearings on two
plans for navy reorganization-one
submitted by Congressman VinSon
of Georgia. chairman of the Naval
Affairs committee. the other by
Congressman Mas of Minnesota,
the ranking Republican on the COM
mittee.
These bills differ widely in details,
but both are aimed at the same
defect-a system under which the
navy lacks a central professional
authority and does its work through
a set of almost completely inde-
pendent bureaus.
AS things stand now, the navy
actually has no one military head.
The chief of naval operations is
the highest ranking officer. but he
is only in charge of the operation
of the fleet and the preparation of
war planes. The nine bureaus
through which the navy's routvle
work is done are not responsible to
him at all.
Each one is headed by rear ad-
miral who is named by the presi-
dent; each bureau has it's own ap-
preparation.
The bureaus. accordingly, are to
a great extent their own bosses. The
secretary of the navy has authority
over them, but when there is a
conflict between two bureaus he is
apt to get saddled with an intricate
technical problem he is not qualified
to decide.
Out of all of this. according to
competent critics. come such things
as the top-heavy destroyers. tThose
destroyers aren't really top-heavy,
by the way. in the sense that they're
unsafe Sea-boats)
One bureau-Constructio and
epair-designs hullS, armor plate
and SO on. Another-Engineering- -
is responsible for propulsion machi-
merry. A d-Ordinance-iS res
ponSible for ornaments.
Suppose Construction and Repair
starts a new cruiser. 1t consults
with the other two bureaus. finds
out what they're going to put in
the ship, and where they're going to
put it, and goes ahead. Some months
later the design is finished. Mean
while, advances in engineering and
gurnery have been made.
The Bureau of Engineering speci-
fies certain new machinery; Ordin-
ance decides to make few changes
to install, for instance, set of
Imperial Valley press., 1940-02-20
He Likes Horses

Dr. John Edmund Hasson of Bath,
N. Y, still makes his daily rounds
with a horse and buggy. He says
he knows it's a bit old-fashioned,
but he Will continue to use his an
Cient means Of transportation for
two reasons: because he loves horses
and because Il have reached state
of mind where l propose. for the
residue Of my days, in SO far as pos
Sible. to follow my inclinatiOnS."
If he can get away with 1t, tho
6ood doctor win be dong what most
of US never quite have the cOurag 9
to do-living his own life, all by
himself, unmcved by the new auto
mobile Of the people next door or
the picturesque bonnet of the neigh
Dor TO the right.
Perhaps it isn't strictly ACCORDING
TO the code of progress; but DR..
Hasson happens to like horses, and
so he's gong to keep his. He does
Mt care a hOot how the JOncScS live.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-02-20
MR. RICHARDS FIGURES
AND STATE RELIEF
(Santa Monica Outlook

The most remarkable phase of the
relief discussions going on at Sacrament
to Is the lack Of unity among Governor
Olson 5 lieutenants in regard to the val
idity of the demands he has made on the
legislature for funds.
The governor has asked for and rec
commended a total of S96,000000 to car
ry his relief program to June 30. l94l.
But Hon. John r. Richards. who is Gov
ernor Olson'S director of finance. went
on record before the assembly committee
on revenue and taxation Tuesday. with
the statement that S66,000.000 would be
a liberal allowance for the remainder
of the biennium
Mr.. Richards is a well-known and
highly respected Los Angeles business
man. He was the chairman Of Governor
OlSonS 5 board which made a special study
of relief problems. His judgment is re-
celved with respect by those who know
him or are familiar with his reputation
Mr.. Richards not only considered S66,-
100000 liberal but told the committee
that sum could be shaved "by careful
planning and strict economy
This reputation of Governor Olsons
figures by one of his chief advisors
raises number of confusing questions.
AS director of finance, Nh Richards
presents 1lgureS that are S3O,OOO.OOO
less than Governor Olson has said was
necessary. Was Governor Olson wrong
or did he purposely ask more than he
expected the legislature would give him?
Mr.. Richards said before the committee
that he was expressing his own views.
He did not pretend to reflect the gov
ernor'S ideas. But how can two public
men who presumably have had access
to the same official data, reach conclu-
sions which show discrepancy of $50
100000? 1t raises questions of capabili-
ty and sincerity in the Olson administra-
tion that are difficult to understand and
more difficult to explain.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-02-20
WHAT'S BEHIND THESE
GAMBLING RAIDS?

Yes, people Will gamble regardless of
laws and gambling raids.
But that is no reason for making gam
bling easy.
Last week-cnd'S raids by the sheriff's
office brought out the hoary old argu-
ment that, since YOU can't stop gambling
by legislatng against it, you might as
well let ii go on openly in places readily
available to everyone.
If you re going to Go that. you'll have
to abandon the theory underlying our
entire legal and social system
You might as well argue that. because
men go on killing their fellows, we should
abolish laws against murder.
Laws are made primarily for two rea-
sons: to protect society as a whole from
its ruthless unprincipled members and
TO protect morally weak members of
society from themselves.
Anti-gambling laws have been enacted
chiefly to protect the weak-willed ones
from themselves Possibly it would be
more truthful to say they have been
enacted to protect the families of the
weak-willed ones. We all know Of in
stances in which men have gambled
away the very money they needed to
buy food and clothing for their families.
For them, gambling is a vice worse than
any other. AS long as gambling is easily
available. they will practice the vice.
If law enforcement officers cannot put
a complete stop to gambling. at least
they can drive it 50 far under cover that
every morally INDECENT citizen does not
have temptation constantly under his
nose.
Open gambling attracts the worst form
of human life. inevitably brings heart
break in its wake. and is sure sign of
disregard of the law by the very ones
sworn to uphold it. 1t is not up to the
officers to decide whether they like a
law and act accordingly: it is up to them
to enforce the law whether they like it
or not.
Officers who conducted the gambling
raids in Imperial county last weekend
were doing the job they took an oath
they would do. That is what was behind
the raids
Imperial Valley press., 1940-02-20
3O80 VOTES
{ Boston rraveler)

To fill congressional vacancy caused
by the recent death of Rep. Sirovich of
New York, a special election was held.
The Democratic candidate got 1862
votes; the Republican $685., and the Com
munist 1880.
The Communist is Earl Browder, now
out on bail pending appeal from a con-
viction for a passport fraud. for which
he was sentenced to four years. The
New York Times said that Mr.. Brow
der, despite vigorous campaign. ran
poor third in a three-cornered race"
The more important fact is that out
of total of about $4,000 votes, the con-
victed Communist leader got 3O9O votes.
In this country of ours, and in the face
Of the fact Of the alliance between Ger
many and Russia 3O8O American citi-
zens voted for Browder. And these 3O8O
votes came out of one relatively small
neighborhood of New York City.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-02-20
IT WASN'T JUST COINCIDENCE

Captain Frank Oswalt's California
Highway Patrol officers conducted an
extensive drunk check" during the week
end.
Imperial county had no automobile
accidents at all during the Weekend
Coincidence? 1t hardly seems so. Few
wcck-ends have passed since the first of
the year without a fatal accident. In al
most every case liquor was a contributing
factor. Fewer Week-endS have passed
without any accidents at all In every
case neglect of some traffic law was a
contributing factor.
The drunk check removed from the
highways ten drivers who were under the
influence Of liquor. 1t served warning
to 55 more to be careful. BY word of
mouth, news of the check got around to
nobody knows how many more drivers
The result was that motorists used
care in their driving, obeyed the law,
and did not mix alcohol and gasoline.
There were no accidents.
1t is d sad commentary hat the
presence Of patrolmcn is necessary 10
make motorists be careful.
The danger of death should be enough
and 1t Is ALWAYS present.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-02-20

new IL antiaircraft guns where
it originally planned to put much
lighter so caliber machine guns. Re-
suit a ship whose stability factor
isn't at all what was originally plan
ned. It's nobody's fault; simply hap
pened because Of the system.
Navy Secretary Edison has been
striving to set things right. He
has made some shifts in personnel,
and has designated the chief of the
Bureau of Construction and Repair
as co-ordinating officer.
Both Vinson and Mas agree a
fundamental change in 5et-up is
needed, although they differ on the
nature of the change needed.
Changing the navys organization
is tough job. Back in 1914 an as
sistant secretary of tthe navy named
Franklin Roosevelt was named head
of committee to study the system
and recommend improvements.
The committee worked hard and
made recommendations, but nothing
ever came of it.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-02-20
Letters
To The Editor

EDITOR, THE POST-PRESS,
DEAR SIR:
Now that the April elections are
coming nearer, maybe we can get
some action here on the north side
in the matter of trash and garbage
collection.
1 live in a good neighborhood
where most of the people are inter-
ested in having good looking homes.
Some of us even 60 to a great deal
of trouble to keep our trees and
lawns trimmed-but bit by bit we're
getting discouraged
The trouble is that when we
prune tree, for instance, we get
the foliage out of front yards into
the alleys-and there it stays for
days without end. l have seen dry
ing branches from pruned trees
remain in the alley for two weeks
before they we're hauled away by
the city. Grass cuttings remain even
longer, sometimes.
AS to garbage-it does not stay
SO long, but it is worse while it
lasts. Maybe the collectors have
Il regular schedule. but it is hard
To believe they live up to 1t. III
you don't believe ME, just drive
down one of our alleys in the north
side, and use your nose!
What good does it do for the
people to try to make their city
attractive if the city government
doesn't try to help?
l know the north-side is not pre-
ferred by the social elite, but the
rest of US DO pay our share OF
taxes, and we'd like our share of
service TOO.
A NORTH-S slider.
Name withheld by requestJ
Imperial Valley press., 1940-02-20
Among
Our Yesterdays

Imperial Valley Press readers OF
Feb. 20, 1920, had chuckle over a
feature story in which brave
matador from down Mexicali way,
turned burglar, was caught in the
act and turned over to authorities.
The Press story read:
From Bullfighter to Burglar
was the title of scenario enacted
at Calexico yesterday with plenty
of action, but no camera, as Mar
garlic Lusa played the dual title
role supported by star cast con-
siSting Of Justice of Peace Roach,
Assistant District Attorneys Bitler
and Scott and other minor charac-
terS.
whether or not bull fighting
had become too tame a game for
him with the name of feminine
sound, or whether his last appear
ance as the brave matador had
failed to bring forth a sufficient
number of shekels to satisfy those
whose profiteering adds to the H.
c. L. is not known, but Margarito
QeClUeU IllS WdIuIOUc WdS UcCOtll =
ing too scant for one of his promi-
nence, and he decided to replenish
1T by an attack on the home of
H. NJ. Rouse.
Breaking into the screen door,
while the family was away, he pro-
ceeded to help himself to the cloth
ing, silk dresses coming in on the
apparel that attracted his eyes.
An unexpected return by men,
bers of the Rouse family, caused
Lusa to take flight, but he was
soon run down and caught with
the stolen clothing in his posses
sion"
(Which might indicate that it is
easier to dodge the bull than the
bullS)..
The census bureau announced its
first figures Cincinnati pOpu-
lation was listed as 401,15 a ten
per cent increase in ten years i.
A page one announcement declared
stores would be closed on Washing
tons birthday
Imperial Valley press., 1940-02-20
Willis Thorntons Editorial On:
A Job ii Few Applicants

The City of New York has per-
fectly good $4500-a-year teaching
job open in its school system-but
there were only three persons on
hand prepared to take an examina-
ton for the post.
The job is that of teaching radio
communications. New York has
plenty of people who could use a
s45OO job. Apparently it has only
three qualified to try for it. The
same situation developed a couple
of times before when teaching posi-
tions were available in other techni-
cal fields.
The trouble is that those people
in the radio communications field
haven't got the necessary credits for
Imperial Valley press., 1940-02-20

teaching. And those people with
the academic preparations aren't
qualified for technical subjects.
People who take up radio and other
technical subjects usually do SO
through the medium of short-term
courses. Those who spend more
time in school shy away from tech
nical subjects and concentrate on
the more popular fields.
How much more needs to be done
in the field OF vocational guidance
is evident whenever something like
the New York situation pops up.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-02-20
FEWER WORDS MORE Sense
pan, New, / IimeS)

Z O1IUPd1I, NV, I1IItS1
Everybody would be much better off
if lawyers, drawing up legal documents
would eliminate Is per cent of the words.
That's not the radical, crack-pot recon-
mendation Of some disgruntled ayman.
who's just had a summons slapped on
him. Instead, the idea comes from Char
les a. Beardsley, president Of the Amer
lean Bar Association.
A lot Of legal documents don't make
sense to anybody, not even TO the lawyers
who draft them. They include a lot Of
phrases and words that have accumuIat-
ed an aura Of tradition and have lost all
meaning.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-02-20
CARNEGIE

In November. 1914. a woman in
Washington. D. c.. placed her five
Wceks-old baby in a market basket
and started for Battle Harbor. Lab
rador. She arrived at Battle Harbor
by the last boat Of the season and
was snow and ice bound for the
winter. Her trip that day may have
an effect on the food you are Scrv-
ed.
Her name was Mrs. Clarence
Brdseye.
Her husband was a fur buyer. He
went up and down Labrador on
snowshoes. and by dog-sled. buying
fur from the natives. But now a
new problem had entered into his
life. His wife was with him, and
there was the baby. His wife wished
to keep in the best of condition on
account of the child. so food was an
important matter. He took the
choice cuts of caribou. fish, and
ptarmigan and carried them home
to her But how could they keep
these from spoiling' They hit on
this idea: they would place water
in tub and set it outdoors where
it would quickly freeze. They would
place the meats and fish on this
layer OF ice. and then pour water
or top of this, and in no time at
all it would freeze. THUS they
built up this icy laycr-cakc The
food was excellent.
One day as they we're eating.
Mrs. Birdseye said, Clarence, isn't
there some way by which this could
be put in use in the United States?"
These words touched off his imag
ination. He found that scientists had
known for long time that foods
frozen quickly keep their flavor bet
ter than slowly frozen foods, but no
one had ever thought of putting this
scientific principle to work. But
Clarence Birdseye did.
He and Mrs. Birdseye began to
make experiments. Another impor-
tant discovery was that meats frozen
during the coolest weather have a
better flavor than meats that were
frozen during mild (for Labrador)
weather.
He was now fired with the idea.
When they returned to the United
States he continued his expert
ments His Wife's kitchen was his
laboratory He had to study refrig-
Grafton, engineering. chemistry, or
physics. But he had an idea and
enthusiasm. Side by side he and his
wife worked. After a time the kit
chen was too small; then he opened
a little laboratory in Gloucester,
Mass. where there was plenty of
fish.
He worked out a method of quick
freezing He improved on it. Called
iE experts to help him.
In 1929 he and his stockholders
sold their interest for $22000,000.
The business is now owned by Gen
eral Foods corporation. and the
quick frozen products it packs are
called Birdseye Frosted Foods in no.
ror of himself and Mrs. Birdseye,
The secret of Mr.. and Mrs. Birds
eyes amazing success is that they
stumbled onto an idea-and then
did something about it! Other people
knew that foods could be frozen
and kept indefinitely but Mr and
Mrs. Birdseye are the only ones who
turned it into twenty-five million
dollar idea.