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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-02-15
CITY CHARTER
STUDY URGED
It's Duty of Mayor
to Report, Says
Harry Cain

Citing that Is years have
elapsed since there has been a
concrete report. Harry Cain. can
didate for the office of mayor of
Tacoma. Tuesday night strongly
advocated q thorough study by
expert and unbiased authorities
Of the city charter.
I'VE have heard much recently
about the defects and virtues of
the city charter" Cain declared.
why don't we find out what the
facts in the case actually are
In my opinion the mayor has the
duty Of reporting to the citizens.
at reasonable intervals. on the
state of the city. II is not his Job
10 criticize; his task is one of
presenting accurate information
with the end in view being
efficiency In government
Has Been IS Years
''1t has been some Is years since
the present charter went into
effect. At no time during that
interval has concrete report been
rendered by expert and unbiased
authorities. The passing Of time
Is always accompanied by change
which is generally healthy and for
the best. Those changes should be
recognized and a charter amend
ment or ordinance might be re-
quired.
IT should like to see a reason
able sum appropriated for the pur-
pose Of making . charter study
and the agency employed for the
task should be one OF several con-
Germs who specialize in work OF
this character. When their study
was completed I should call the
results to the attention of Taco
mans for their consideration.
No Possible Harm
a study of this kind could do
no possible harm and 1t might
give to all Of us some worthwhile
suggestions. You might not &C
cept those suggestions but at least
you would know where we stand.
The present mayor to be elected
will have small control over
changes, II and when they come,
for his term of office lasts but
two years. But any progressive
mayor should be interested in
gathering forms ton which
might be of benefit to the Ia
coma Of tomorrow. Remember
that the voters make changes in
the form Of government and not
the mayor. but the voter pays the
mayor to keep the electorate
posted on what is taking place in
every field of city endeavor.
Changes were rapid during the
1930's; they will be made more
rapidly during the 1940's and
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-02-15
When you n.

When you need few extra dol
lars. look around the basement OF
attic for discarded articles. This
viii bring you cASh from some
one II you advertise them with
an inexpsnEive Times Want Al.
Just Phone Main 5I5l.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-02-15
POLICE FIND UNUSUAL
NOTE IN STOLEN CAR

YAKIMA, Wash.-On a routine
check Of streets police found a
parked automobile bearing out-of-
county license plates. A note
pinned under the windshield wiper
read:
This Is a stolen car. Please notify
Mrs. Carol Chandler, Mukilteo.
Wash"
everybody will have to work TO
keep pace with progress"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-02-15
JUST THE CORE
PHILATELIsTs TO MEET

The regular meeting OF the Ia
coma Philateiic society Will be held
Thursday evening In Room 2i2.
Provfdent building. Plans viii b.
discussed for the annual dinner 10
be held at Loughlen's cafe, si7 Pa
eific ave. Other matters also will
be discussed.
Fruit trees. Puget Sound Nur-
sery. Inc. s20i Pacific ave. adv.
EIGHTEEN TO MODEL
Modes OF spring will be pre-
sented by IS models in 10 stage
settings by Helen Davis At the
luncheon Of the Young Mems Bust
mesa club at the Hotel Winthrop
Friday noon.
Choice cactus. HIM, Florist.
--a6y
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-02-15
SHORTER pfRIop

Methods Of shortening the
fermentation time for wines and
processes Of assuring against
spollags by pasteurization at low
temperatures. have been develop
ed by wPA laboratory assistants
on a project at the University Of
Washington.
Special meeting Of members Of
Lodge No. 7s7, Maehinlsts and
Auto Mechanics. and Lodges sos.
i0z and 4s7, in Moose Temple.
1871 Commerce st. on this Thurs
day. Feb. Is, at 0 p. M. The
president Of the International
Association Of hsehinists. ". w
Brown, VIII be present All mem
bsrs requested 10 attend Ear L.
Rove. Secretary, Lodge No zs7.
ada
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-02-15

The Rosierueian STUDY club Will
meet al TO p. m. "Wednesday at
the 7. W. c. a. The subject will
BE- Visible and InyiSibis Worlds
We Live In"
sprouie's coffee at Cow Butter
Store. adv.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-02-15
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Imperial Valley press., 1940-08-09
A BIT OF BOASTING

When any city listed in the official
census as having a population of slightly
over 10000 persons has library at
which are registered total of 9,195
borrowers, it is time for the city to do
a bit of boasting about its implied ex-
ceptional intelligence rating.
When the fact becomes apparent that
40 per cent of the librarys adult circu-
lation was non-fiction during the year
just passed. when 80 per cent non
fiction circulation is considered good III
most places, the city's municipal chest
should swell another inch or two
Then, in the midst of its pride, the
city should remember that only the pre-
sence of an exceptionally good library,
well stated, made all this possible.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-08-09
Imperial Valley Press

Established April 20 1901
published every afternoon except
saturday and Sunday (Saturday
afternoon issue now succeeded
oy the Post-Press Sunday. es-
:ablished 1856 by the Imperial
Valley Publishing company. 625
state Street, El Centre. Calf.
Paul Jenkins, publisher; A. C.
Johnston, vice-president and
general manager; e. A. Fitz-
hugh secretary and mana eing
editor. West Holiday Co, Inc.
National Advertising Represent
atiVes.
Entered at FL Centre. California
post office as second class mat
ter
Subscription rates: In California
B. per copy.
In conjunction with the Post
Press fsundays1. per month
G0e; paid in advance, 3 months,
s1G5; 6 months, s3.2G; one year,
$500; outside California sl.o0 per
month.
Member California Newspaper
Publishers Association,
Imperial Valley press., 1940-08-09
Willis Thorntons Editorial On

The appropriated oil companies
tried by every means TO prevent
the national administration from
selling its oil. Then the war CAME
and normal buyers were shut off.
The industry began to fare thinly
as the months ran on.
The cost of operation scared TO
Is 600 900 pesos a year above even
the figure that caused the private
companies TO buck. More than 100,-
600. 900 pesos have been poured into
upkeep of equipment by the federal
government. Restlessly, both govern
ment and workers began to awake
from their dream.
The piling up of S13,600,000 in
operating deficits had to stop.
Economies were necessary. Despite
strike threat, President Cardenas
now proposes to fire 5000 workers,
cut most of the higher wage and
salary rates, fill no vacancies when
they occur.
Whether appropriation has been
q failure or a success. the Mexican
and workers must de-
eide for themselves. Even lower
working standards may have their
in national pride
and independence.
But the fact remains. under cap
taligm, socialism. taseism, or anti
iieestablishmentarianism, you can't
AXE out of an industry what isn't
there 10 take,
Imperial Valley press., 1940-08-09
Mexico Runs Into Reality

THORNTON HERB Cbnriece
Heaven, wrote sententious Am
erican minor poet. IS not reached
in q single bound
Mexico. and especially its oil
workers. are finding that out.
A little more than two years
ago. those workers were croWding
American operators Of oil indus
tries in Mexico with demands that
we're workers dream. an owners
nightmare Multiple holidays with
pay, free tickets TO vacation resorts
Tor long rests with pay, fabulous
overtime scales. free medical care
this. that and the other. It reach
ed an end. The American operators
were either unwilling or unable TO
comply with the mounting demands.
The Mexican government seized
the wells.
4 rush Of nationalistie pride
swept over Mexico Now at last the
workers were 70 get their due. No
more sweating, no more exploita-
ton. Industrial heaven was TO be
reached it seemed at a single
bound by appropriation.
The government set up an ad-
TO run the industry.
The unions were in the saddle.
Where foreign operators had sat.
native union leaders sat instead.
The ordinary workers looked ahead
70 an increasingly pleasant life.
.Vas It not their own industry?
But troubles came Immediately.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-08-09
STARRING BACK ALONG
THE PATH TO STABILITY

Mighty oaks won't grow from tiny
acorns without the right kind of soil and
the right amount of water.
Neither will mighty dairy herds grow
from small beginnings without the pro-
per attention.
But you can't talk an oak into grow
ing anywhere, under any conditions, UNI
less it has an acorn to start from, and
by the same token you can't publicize
dairy herds out of thin air without
calves to start from.
Aimless though they may seem, these
paragraphs give some sort of idea why
Imperial Valley is liable TO owe Gordon
Scriven pretty big vote of thanks one
of these days
Until he devised his calf project
by which the Ell Centre Chamber of
Commerce hopes to revive dairylng III
Imperial Valley, lot of people had done
lot of talking about bringing this wan
ing resource back to life, but nobody
had done much acting We'd been squab-
bling about opening up the Los Angeles
market to Imperial Valley dairy prod
ucts, and under our very noses we were
losing the ability to turn out dairy pro-
ducts. We'd been using lot of words
trying to interest more people in drink
ing more milk, and all the time fewer
cows were producing less milk.
Now, following Gordon Scriven's lead,
maybe we can start at the bottom and
work back up to where we once were,
taking such things as the Los Angeles
market and the consumption in stride.
For we've got to have dairy herds
made up of first class stock and we've
got to have men who are interested in
dairying, before we can consider our
selves entitled to market anywhere.
The so-called calf project is without
doubt the most worthwhile, most SEN
sible, most workable plan that has yet
been devised. And its grandest feature
is that it looks long way into the fu-
ture.
We should like to see every business
man in Ell Centre cooperate in the plan
to loan money for the purchase by vo-
cational agriculture students of calves
from proven herds, to be used eventu-
ally in stocking and carrying on bigger,
better dairy herds in the valley. For the
plan is a two-sided one that cannot fail.
Even if it did not restore dalrying to
its full vigor, it would train the farmers
of the future in the actual work they will
follow-and that alone should be worth
while enough for anyone.
When we've got chance to back a
plan that cannot fail, we'd be bit fool
ish to sit back and let the opportunity
slide away from us.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-08-09
bombard1lent Unit
win Move Inland

WASHINGTON, Aug. 8. CUP)-
The seventy army bomDardment
squadron, based at Hamilton field
Calf, is scheduled to be trans
ferred to Salt Lake City Utah, a
bout September l, informed war de-
partment quarters said today.
The transfer, it was said is the
last phase of general redisposition
of air forces in connection with
the expansion and training pro-
grams. No formal announcement
will be made of the detailed changes,
pending final determination of the
entire readjustment plan, it was
explained.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-08-09
Western Author
Dies at Berkeley

BERKELEY, Cal. Aug. 0. CUP
Dane Coolidge, one of the Vests
leading authorities on Indian and
cowboy lore and author of many
western books, died at his home
yesterday after long illness. He
was 81.
A native of Massachusetts, he was
graduated from Stanford University
in 1898 and began his Indian and
cowboy research as a student of
their lore and collector of birds
reptiles and mammals for British
and American museums.
Later in his career he turned
to fictioS and to histories of the
old days of the West.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-08-09
Paul Harrison's Notes
On HOLLYWOOD S FoibIes and Fads

cult" or worse by her home studio.
has zoomed into personal popularity
under friendlier circumstances.
Marlene Dietrich, now wnooplnS IL
up at Universal after unhappy years
with Paramount, is the best exam
pie. Katharine Hepburn, antagoniH-
ed bv RKO literally from the min
ute she got off the train, still tllhkS
of that studio with deep ana
abiding loathing.
We had quite a lot ef conVcfSa-
ton. disjointed by her freqaehC
trips to an offstage mirror to dis-
arrange her hair, and by Cukor
imperative howls for nef presence
on the set. Once she talked apouC
Philip Barry, author OF tins pay
Next trip, she praised Cary Grant,
really the head man OF me cast
This is her fourth picture with nun
and it seems he has matVeloosiy-
mobile face.
CANTANKEROUS?
NOT ANY MORE!
Another time, she urged me 10
have tea-a special kind ana eX-
ira strong. Back again, she talked
about Stewart. Later she said Shed
go on the road again with "Phlla-
delphia Story, would do anothef
play in New York late IN the 1al.
Pretty soon, John FordS name
was mentioned and my interview
went overheard for an argument
Miss Hepburn thinks he's a marVe-
lous guy.
And anyway, l believe the cir
cumStanceS we're more interesting
than the things she said, Her one
piece costume was a rag-bag item
instead of a glamor gown. She
shuffled on and off the set In
pair of old bedroom slippers. She
sat on a rolledup carpet on the
floor and talked, smoked slipped
tea, fixed her makeup, examined
and praised some stills, made a
joke about Sylvia Scarlet" her
worst picture flop.
This is the gal we used to call
Cantankerous Kate.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-08-09
Craniunn Crackers
BIBLICAL CHARACTERS

How we'll do you KNOW the Bible?
Here are five questioEs to test
your knowledge.
l. What well-known Biblical
character, subject If one Of the
shorter books lived in the land of
Uz?
3. WAT was the name Of tho
queen "hom Esther succeeded:
3. VINO was Isaidh's father?
4. Name the three sons of NGah.
5. In recent years several book
titles have been derived from this
quotation: 20 my son Absolom, my
son. my son; Absolom. would I had
died for thee. o Absolom, my son,
my soni" Who voiced this lamen-
tation?
Imperial Valley press., 1940-08-09
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION
M. A. No. 053083
District Land Office
Los Angeles. California

June ?. 1910
Notice is hereby given that The
Tycrete Chemical Corporation. by
Louis A. Tyce, president, of Chula
Vista, California, has made appli-
cation for patent to the White
Crystal No. l placer mining claim.
embracing Eh SEH NEA Sec. 16
and White Crystal No 2 placer
mining claim, embracing SWA NW2
NWA Sec. Is; SEHNEA NEA Sec.
16 all in T. II s., r. 0 e. SBM
containing 40 acres. in the Ell Cen
tro Mining District, Imperial Coun-
ty, California. There are no adj
joining or conflicting claims. The
location notices are recorded in
Book 359, page 148 and Book 358.
page 195, and amended notices are
recorded in Book ago page 4aa
Book 460, page 489. and Book AL
page 563, official records of Imner-
4al County, California.
PAUL r. WITMER.
Register.
1J11-A20 incI1
Imperial Valley press., 1940-08-09
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT
IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF
THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA,
IN AND FOR THE COUNTY
OF IMPERIAL.

IN AND FOR THE COUNTY
OF IMPERIAL.
No. 3l17
Notice of Petition to Encumber
Real Property
IN THE MATTER OF TIIf, ES-
TATE AND GUARDIANSHIP CT
RAMON SANCHEZ, AN INCOM-
PETENT PERSON
NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN
that Marano Guizar as guardian
of Ramon Sanchez, incompetent,
has filed his verified petition pray
ing for an order authorizing en-
cumbering the real property here
matter described by giving a deed
of trust thereon and that Friday
the 9th day of August, 1910. at
IL O'Clock A. M, III the Superior
Court of the State of California.
in and for the county of Imperial,
III Department |. thereof, has been
fixed as the time and place for
hearing said petition when and
where any persons interested in
said estate may appear and object
to granting said petition.
Reference is hereby made to
said petition for further particu-
lars as to the terms and conditions
of the proposed encumbrance.
Said real property is situated in
the City of Ell Centre, County of
Imperial, State of California, and
particularly described as:
Lot 6 of Block 18 of the Town
site of FL Centre, according to
Map No 953, on file in the Office
of the County Recorder of San
Diego County.
w. j. McCLELLAND, County
Clerk and Clerk of said Su-
perlor Court.
BY M. A. Christian. Deputy
Aug 6th-15 inc.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-08-09
Did You Know?

According to test made in 10O,-
900 cases in England, Womens skin
is ore degree cooler than mems, on
the average.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-08-09
ANSWERS

/. Job lived in the land of Uz.
2. Esther succeeded VaShti as
queen.
3. Isaiah was the son of Amoz.
4. Noah'S sons were Shem, Ham
and Japeth.
5. David lamented over the
death of his son, Absalom.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-08-09
Barbs

Political paradox is that of the
Democrats, who bolt their party
to make il hang together that
much looser.
Tobacco Road is closing, they
say. but probably just for minor
repairs.
II is written that the -intellectual
type is most subject to having hay
fever, confirming the thesis that
the ragWeed sufferer has some
thing besides a cold in his head.
Abandon all hope for gents like
the one who spends these hot days
worrying about the snow he'll have
to shovel off his walk next winter.
It is noted chiropractor that
advises sufferers from liberated
teeth to wade in six inches of cold
water in the bathtub The cure is
simple. Merely slip. fall, and knock
,ut the offending molars,
Imperial Valley press., 1940-08-09
ARMY NEEDS
DIRECT ROUTES

A mechanized mobile army needs
good roads, routed to avoid city
traffic. and as direct as possible.
Earlier this year, Congress for
the 10th consecutive year rejected
a proposal to build six continental
supertoll highways. Cost was esti-
mated at S202 ,270 a mile.
A mile of highway such as YOU
speed over on your Coast to coast
motor trip costs about 100000.
There are few Innovations in the
science Of road building. Asphalt
gravel. cement, crushed stone, and
tar are the popular marterials today
as they have been for many years.
Salt, molasses, gluscose, burnt clay
cotton. rubber and even tin cans
have been suggested as road mater
ials. All have proved impractical
or too expensive.
Road building machinery and pro-
Imperial Valley press., 1940-08-09
Thoughts For The Day

Now tell you before it come. that, when it is
come to pass, ye may believe that l am he-John
1919
Imperial Valley press., 1940-08-09
Bruce Cation in WASHINGTON
Disseets the News

cesSing have improved. Because Of
a new process which grinds cement
finer, concrete roads are twice as
strong as they were in 1920.
Twenty years ago it was necessary
to grade from one to two years to
allow for settling before the final
surface was laid. Now improved
tractors make the road bed compact
as soon as it is laid.
Roads of sand, clay, gravel, ebert
and shale are cheap, but not strong.
Macadam roads are middle class IN
the opinion of road engineers. Bit
luminous concrete, cement and brick
are considered high type materials
A few years ago gravel roads were
rated high only in nuisance value,
but modern surface treatment has
improved them.
WE KNOW ALL
ROMANS DID
Clay sub-soil is the worst pos
olDlt DdSf, Dtob 10 II iil6tuit VI
sand and gravel. The thickness
varies. An adequate gravel bed for
Alabama might be six inches thick,
while in Vermont the gravel base
should be a foot thick for ade-
quate weather resistance.
Incidentally, the Romans didn't
know anything about road building
that we don't know. But they had
a lot of time, a reservoir of slave
labor, and lot of stone. Their
roads are built of cut stone blocks
from four to six feet thick.
Similarly, because of the avail
ability of material and cheapness
of labor, road builders in the Dutch
East Indies make their roads Of
rubber, and in India, where asphalt
is almost unobtainable, they roll
along on molasses. Most unusual
road in the United States are those
near iron mines, built of low grade
iron ore and likely to outlaSt the
job the Romans did.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-08-09

Ladies of the Elizabethan period
anointed their hair with a pomade
composed of the pulp of pears
mixed with rosemary and lard.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-08-09

WASHINGTON, Aug. eff you're
vacationing in the family bus this
year, you may spend your two
weeks whizzing along the road
to war.
Officials of the army engineers
corps and the bureau of public
roads are putting their heads to-
gether to decide just which roads
they are. and how much recondi-
tioning will be necessary before they
can bear the stress of mechanical
army units.
When conferences now going on
establish which are the strategic
highways. road builders will know
how big a slice of the defense ap-
preparations they want.
Right now they're working with
the s191 100000 appropriation sup
posed to see them through 1871. Con-
gress has authorized S1'8, 100000 for
1912 and an equal sum for 1943.
It will cost a lot more than that
to condition United States roads
for wartime traffic.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-08-09

Anti-lion insects. in the larval
stage, crawl backwards.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-08-09
Famous Sayings

Faith does nothing alone nothing of itself, but
everything under God, by God through God.-Stough-
ton
Imperial Valley press., 1940-08-09

Cotton goes to the retail market
in approximately 10000 forms.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-08-09
MEMBER

MEMBER
American Newspaper fuD'
fishers Association. Nationa'
Editorial Association. Cali
fornia Newspaper Publish
ers Association.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-08-09
BY PAUL HARRISON

NEA Service Staff Correspondent
HOLLYWOOD, Aug. 9.-There
have been many favorable esti-
mates of the talents of Katherine
Hepburn, especially since her stage
triumph in philadelphia Story
But l believe this department is the
first to be able to report authorita-
lively that she is an actress to the
tips of her tees.
For one sequence in Metros
filming of the play. Miss Hepburn
not only emoted from those extre-
mites. but also appeared to be
squiffed to her patrician eyebrows.
She and Jimmy Stewart had had
big night with conversation and
champagne) by swimming pool,
and she now was allowing herself
to be carried in his unsteady arms
to the house. Her hair was damply
diSheveled and except for bare
arms and legs she was wrapped in
an old brown robe.
Thus greeting the dawn, they al
so met the man whom she was sup
posed to marry that day. In def
ance of such an awkward situation.
Miss Hepburn proceeded to embrace
Mr.. Stewart. With her shoes on,
this would have been only an ar
dent gesture. With her bare feet,
it was something to watch. While
her arms clutched the man carry-
ing her, her rather long and as
tonishirgly prehensile toes inter-
twined and clasped It feet can
behave ecstatically, hers did. All
this was carefully recorded by eight
shots of the camera under the dir
ection of appreciative George Gu
kor.
"NEW HEPBURN" WORTHY
OF AN AWARD
Hollywood has had q hard time
reconciling itself to the completely
ingratiating manners of The New
Katie Hepburn. All I can say is
that if her current tordiality is an
act, it is performance worth an
Academy award. Because her be-
havior goes beyond mere tolerance
of visitors on the set and amenity
to interviews; she's the life Of the
company and the darling of the
press agents. Still-picture camera
men find her an easy subject, and
she rejects fewer photographs than
almost any other star. She works
overtime without complaint, and
even asks Cukor'S assurance that
she isn't making faces or hogging
any scenes.
Many an actress, called diff
Imperial Valley press., 1940-08-09

With 10 dwellings to the acre.
the whole population of the earth
could be housed comfortably in an
area the size of Kansas.