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Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-15
Building Spotlight

nature of a certificate, displayed
in a wallet designed for the pur-
pose. It is signed by the salesman
employer, and qualities the bearer
as a certified roofing counselor.
There's a useful thought in this
It gets back to the business funda-
mental that the optimistic sales ap-
proach is the approach that pays
.... that the voice with the smile
wins yes, IN 1910 and 1941. l
don't think the building industry
or the selling profession has any
corner on the benefits that reward
a positive rather than a negative
attitude, a constructive rather than
destructive viewpoint. What do you
think?
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-15
Post Press Farm Section
Beysc|1|ag Tells
OF Interest in
Meat Products

Interest in the merchandising of
meats by grades is constantly in
creasing according to Frank Bey-
schlag, county farm advisor. House.
wives and livestock producers find
that official standard grades are
mutually ben ficial. Consumers
have preferences in regard to the
meats they buy. Those whose in
comes permit are usually willing
to pay premium prices for meat Of
higher quality.
Those whose incomes necessitate
economy in purchases want the
highest grades obtainable for the
price paid In addition most con-
sumerS are not good judges of meat;
it is helpful to them to have the
official grade stamped on the meat.
Retailers gain consumers con-
fidence with these meat products
which bear identifiable grade stamps
Time and expense are saved re-
tailers as they do not have to visit
packers coolers to place their or
ders for the trade recognizes that
the quality represented by an Of
ficial grade name is always uniform
within practicable limits.
Increased confidence of consum-
ers and creates ease and lower costs
in handling by the trade result in
increased consumption of meats, all
of which reflects back to the pro-
ducers benefit.
The farm advisors office at the
court house at Ell Centre has lit
erature on this subject which is
available to the public on request.
Two new publications are: Miscel-
laneous Publication from the u. S.
Department of Agriculture, No. 391,
which is of particular interest to
beef producers. Number 1892, Buy
ing Beef by Grade describes from the
consumers standpoint the five
des of Prime" "Choice."
Good" Commercial" and "Util-
ity," Two other grades seldom sold
in retail meat shops are Gutter"
and Gamer"
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-15
Yuma Gas Rates
Cut II Per Cent

PHOENIX, Dec. IA. CUP)-An an
nual savings of $3,1l3 to consumers
IN the Yuma area was expected
today to result from the lowered
schedule Of gas rates posted by the
Yuma division of the Arizona Edi-
son company with the state corpo-
ration commission.
The company also revealed that
it would replace its present type of
gas, rated at $50 British thermal
units, by a type rate at 1000 B. T..
u.
Charles Beck, rate engineer for
the corporation commission, said
the new rates represented reduc-
tlon of about 1873 per cent from
existing rates. The lowered prices
g2 into effect Jan. l.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-15
Farmers Corner

costing him. Nor does that mean
that the writer is arguing against
old age assistance, unemployment
insurance, health insurance disa-
bility insurance, or any of the other
forms of community insurance now
popular. Everyone likes to feel Ciat
he is well insured; the question is:
Can we meet the payments?"
Some weeks ago, the State Cham
ber OF Commerce took an initial
move in the right direction with the
appointment of a statewide Social
Security committee, headed by Stu
art O'Melveny of Los Angeles, to
inquire into the costs and practi-
cality of all present or proposed So
cial security programs financed
through payroll taxes.
The committees field OF inquiry
will include Federal old age and
survivor insurance; Federal and
State unemployment insurance, in
Guiding free public employment SER
vices; railroad retirement insurance
and railroad unemployment compen-
sation; proposed programs to in
clude Federal maritime unemploy-
ment INSURANCE; federal and state
compulsory health insurance, and
disability insurance.
1t is to be hoped that the COM
mittee really functions and deter
mines whether the various inSur-
ance programs are sound, or whether
jobs are being abolished and Op-
portunities are being shorted today
in an abortive attempt to buy a
golden tomorrow.
Security is a splendid thing, but
the only basis for security is steady
employment, steady production, stea-
dy income. It's something worth
looking intol
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-15
Rome Announces
Counter Attacks

RENE. DEC ID (UP)-Numerous
italian counter attacks have slowed
British pressure on the Egyptian
front q high command communique
asserted today.
It9lian aviation is Intensely ae-
t.Ve on the front, The oommunique
said, cnd Italian chaser planes
shot down six British chaser planes
withcat less.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-15
Al banr Shrine TO
Initiate &c. Man

Safar Davidian of Ell Centro will
be among the initiates Saturday
night at the semi annual initiation
ceremonies at Al Bahr Shrine in
San Diego.
The ceremonies will take place
after the banquet and floor show
will provide entertainment at the
close of the evening.
Among the valley residents at
tending the ceremonies will be
Langston Goree, jr., Warren Curriel,
Nose Gullett, George Bucklin, and
Davidian.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-15
Ne v s
VIEWS
by PHIL JONES

The American Bill of Rights
was made effective Dec. Is,
1791-just 149 years ago.
That's dipping into history,
but / think it's worth it. The
Bill of Rights is the first ten
amendments to the Constitu-
tion-and it was the best
Christmas present ever drop
ped into this country's col
lective sock. SO while were
gloating over the ties, toys
and tiaras that come our way
this year we might also thank
our lucky stars and stripes
that our forefathers had the
sense to put such protection
into our Constitution. In 149
years the Bill of Rights has
saved all of us from a big
Bill of wrongs.
Pratt Institute in n. Y. has
started an Air Raid Precau-
tions' course which teaches
students how to duck bombs.
1t would be a bad course to
funk.
Make your Christmas a
practical one this year-and
improve your home. Your
whole family will benefit if
you have Il Rainier Water
Softener installed. You'll save
money every day in the year
when you use soft water
youll ave time and labor. A
Rainier Water Softener will
pay for itself with the in
creased benefits it gives you.
See Phil Jones for a free
demonstration. Imperial High
way near Eel Centro. Phone
271.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-15
winright Reports
Forage Crop
Tests Here

Forage crop tests under the super
vision of the county extension serv-
ice were underway Saturday, ac-
cording to George L. Winright, as
sistant county agent.
The tests, similar to tests being
conducted at the Meloland station,
will experiment with various grass
combination, Winright said.
Crosses included In the expert
ments are, rye, dallis, yellow bios
som, white blossom, huban, orchard
grass, ladino and alfalfa
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-15

tests will be added as soon as the
land is made ready.
Goar, who promoted additional
land for experiments at the station
because of the increasing interest
in experiment plots, declared that
only tried pasture crops will be in
cluded in initial tests. Combinations
will be tested for palatability, pro-
duction and carry.
One of the more interesting eX-
periments will come later in the
year, Goar said, on a special test
where several types of pasture
grasses will be planted in the same
plot. Animals will be turned into
the plot to determine which type
of grass is most desired by stock
That experiment has never before
been made in this area.
Meanwhile other experiments at
the station progressed satisfactorily
Goar said. Good results are being
obtained because of the tile drain
age and several plots have been
leeched to produce even better
growth.
Leeching processes on some plots
have driven the alkali level far be-
low the root zone and Improvements
in production has been extremely
gratifying, Goar said. Eventually
the entire station acreage will be
leeched in a program planned by
the station superintendent.
Goar also reported an increasing
number of calls at the experiment
station this season, indicating added
interest in w0rk at the station
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-15
Joe Burc|h to
Head McC 4-h

Joseph Burch was elected presi-
dent of the McCabe All club at
a special meeting Friday night,
Billie Fargo was elected vice
president, Esther Corda, secretary,
Don Christian, treasurer Dick
Smith, recorder. Attending the meet
ing were Mrs. Elton Christian, lead
er, and clue director H. Lee Lander
man.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-15


Mrs. Gladys Payne who has been
in the Paradise Valley hospital for
a checkup has returned to her home
Mrs. Mae Price visited her daugh-
ter, Miss Melba Price, in Westmor-
Land Saturday. Miss Price has been
confined to her bed with influenza.
The Heber baseball team Travelled
to Mexicali Sunday where they play
ed the MeXicali town team on their
diamond. Heber was impressive in
defeat, dropping the game by one
point margin, to 6. Bill Raaka
pitched for Heber.
Mrs. Harry johnson is another
Of Heber's residents down with the
flu.
John Stindt visited his wife, Mrs
Myrtle Stindt, on the coast over the
weekend
Construction began this week on
a large building adjoining Clyde
Rogers market. The building when
finished will house farm implements
of the Terrence Implement COM
pany.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ray Wood are driv-
ing new car.
Mrs. E. H. Huling, sister-in-laW
of A. Huling, and son who have been
visiting in the valley have moved
to Westmorland where they will
make their permanent home. Mrs.
Huling comes from EaStland, Texas.
DR.. Warren Fox. county health
officer, and assistants gave the sec
ond smallpox shots to schoolchildren
and pre-school age children at
Heber grammar school Tuesday. The
first of the shots were given three
weeks ago.
Mrs. r. Robertson was a visitor
of Mrs. Mildred Burdick of Calexico
Wednesday. Mrs. Burdick has been
confined to her home with the flu.
Mrs. Mary Thompson, Miss Pernie
Price, and Mrs. Juanita Lee were
Sunday dinner guests of Mrs. Millie
Majors.
The Heber Camp Fire girls held
their regular business meeting Tues
day evening at the j. c. Boone
home. Plans for their Christmas
party were made and discussed.
Refreshments were served to all
present.
Mrs. Lille Huling of Eastland,
Texas, mother of ArVel Huling, and
Mr.. and Mrs. Clyde Burns of Odes-
sa, Texas, nephew and wife of MI
Huling, have been visiting Mr. and
Mrs. Huling.
Miss Hazel Lee of Ell Centro was
Sunday dinner guest of Evelyn
Robertson.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gus Angus of San
Diego visited Mrs. Edith Sarten,
Mrs. Angus mother Sunday. Mrs.
Sarten returned with them to their
home where she shall spend the
Christmas holidays.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. Hanson Sr. have
moved into one of the George
Whitcher houses.
Miss Pauline Lowe, who has been
living in Brawley, has returned to
Heber where she will make her
home with her sister and husband,
Mr.. and Mrs. Otis Pippen.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-15

cording to most observers.
Largest permit issued during the
past week was for construction OF &
$4,000 residence for H. r. Johnston
at 1888 Olive street.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-15

$404,639 on Dec. /, 1899 and $423,-.
478 on Dec. /, 1888. The total in
the record year of 1880 was $6l0,43
on Dec. l.
The 1910 building pace was at
tributed to the large share of earth
quake repair work since May, ac
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-15
Building Permit
Total Here RI G. ors
Ten yeur Record

Ell Centros 1910 building pace neared ten year record
established in 1880 Saturday the seasonal total reached
$555611 according to statistics released by the city engn
eers office.
November total for 1910 S538 624 compared u
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-15
Pasture Crop
ests Begun at
Experiment Farm

L. G. Goar, superintendent of the Meloland expert
station Saturday reported that the first pasture
crop tests are underway the 40 of land pur
chased for the station.
Five acres of pasture crop combinations have been
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-15
Mrs. Gladys Payne
Returns TO Her
Home in Heber
HEBER NOTES

John Mohler has contracted pneu'
monia and was taken to the hospi'
tai Monday night.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-15

Mrs. Gladys Payne who has been
in the Paradise Valley hospital for
a checkup has returned to her home
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-15

Mrs. Mae Price visited her daugh-
ter, Miss Melba Price, in Westmor-
land Saturday. Miss Price has been
confined to her bed with influenza
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-06-08

WRITE or call for booklet Of logged
land In West. Wash. for sale on easy
terms weyerhssuser Timber Co.
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i940 EVINRUDES-2l MODELS
Guaranteed Used OutboafdS
RICHARDSON'S 92s Commerce 81.
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II you're not using II, sell ii with
Fast Action TimeS Want Ad.
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WANT the best home can get
for o. 500 or less. cash or terms.
any good location p o. Box 1855.
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MUELLER
t1ARKINS
WEEKEND
SPECIALS
-RAPSAlN BOWL

Low prices good trades plus
easy BANK TERMSl see US for
yAluPsl
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Boats and Motor.

BEEDIX inbosTd and outboard mo-
tors sold and serylced by Tacoma
sptg Goods. i2Oiis Pacific Ave.
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Automobile Loans

CASH IN D minutes. Drins title get
sl5 up Tacoma Auto Exchange
45th ana South TncomA WAY
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looqed-Of Land

FOR QUICK SALE List with HUB,
GA 204z BR 54f5
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ONE or five acres small house, close
in Want larger house IN trade
2i05 South G
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Business Opportunities

FOR SALE-Lunch room, ice cream,
candy, tobacco, soft drinks, etc,
Barber shop in connection. All
equipped and going LiTns rooms
in rear. Reasonable rent. run
price $3.50. Location North Amer
lean Lake Route !, Box 25i.
FIRsT CLASS boarding and rooming
house Ideal location. odd. estao-
lished business A dandy place foT
q couple OF ladies VIM HENRY.
724 Puget Sd. Bank Bldg MA llOz.
$50 WEEKLY. GROW MUSHROOMS.
Cellar, she'd. We buy 3Sc 10. 40
PAGE BOOK FREE. WgtS Wash
ington Mushroom Industries. Dept
q. 1877 Third, Seattle. Wash.
FOR RENT-smAn building. e4th and
Mckinley: good location for small
business or living cuaI1eFs- see
: 1911 East seth.
FOR sALE-Restsursnt. neasonable:
good location. See owner. 1877 South
3sth, DORY Cafe.
CLEANING and pressing halsiness for
sale in good location, reasonable.
Proctor 4sil
RESTAURANT. good going business.
CAL MALE 754s.
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Real Estate Wanted

IF YOUR property can be
sold, we can sell il. Bratruo
Co., Fidelity bldg.
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II you have house IN the south slc
for sale call r. W Speers. MA 52o3
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WANT 5-room house So. End or
Mckinley Hill. about " eco pay
$500 down Hsndry, 724 Puget So
Bank Bldg. MA lio2
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HAVE cash buyer for bungalow South
End Also party will pay $500 down.
Garland $500 AT. $685. South J
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1940-10-24

Hampshire buck mot registered)
Hampshire breeding buck, Angors
nanny goat.
Poultry-Thirty English Leghorn
chickens and poultry feeders.
Machinery and equipment-Deer-
ing mower, 31s-foot, single horse;
Minnesota hay rake, 10-foot; pillow
12-inch; Spike-tooth harrow, 1-sec-
ton; spring-tooth drag, 9-tooth; trail
er wagon with 6.00x20 tires and spare,
2-wheel trailer with box and rack,
Economy King cream separator, size
IA; bicycle, in good repair.
Hay-Seven tons second growth hay
in stacks, fifteen tons hay in. barn
(easy to get OUT.
Household goods-Panama kitchen
range, like new; Sellers kitchen cabi-
net, new; dining table and five chairs,
two beds, complete; all of my house,
hold goods including canned fruit and
vegetables fruit jars, house plants
and flower pots; battery radio wind
charger and 22-foot tower, power
washing machine with battery charg-
er attachment, other small articles
too numerous to mention. Nothing
reserved.
Forty-acre farm with buildings.
Terms-All sums of $40 and under
are cash. On sums over that amount
months time will be given on bank
able paper bearing 8 per cent interest
from date of sale. See your own
banker for credit before the sale.
All property must be settled for be-
fore removal from premises.
H. S. WOOD, Owner.
Archie (Scotty) Keith, auctioneer.
Sturgeon Lake State Bank, clerk.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1940-10-24
ASKOV
Citizenship Class.

Recently the local American -Le-
gion post and its Auxiliary took over
the responsibility of sponsoring the
Naturalization Citizenship class which
was started in the town hall few
weeks ago.
Arrangements have now been made
to have the class meet each Wednes-
day in the school where an instructor
provided through WPA project will
have charge of the class. Such in
structions are universal throughout
the states and naturally have to do
with subjects which will enable the
alien students to become better ap-
plicants for citizenship.
1t is fine gesture on the part of
the Legion and Auxiliary to assume
the expense of providing a class
room as well as caring for all other
minor expenses.
At present there are about 20 stu
dents registered for the class and of
course there is room for more. 1t
is an asset for anyone to gain the
knowledge which is available in this
class.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1940-10-24
THE MIRROR
Will Present Play
Askov Public Schools

The junior class has chosen this
year for their class play farce in
three acts, Miss Jimmy. The play
Centers around Jimmy, a college
youth, who enters the dormitory of
an exclusive girls school in search Of
dress. He is caught by the girls
during their darkest hour Of despair
when they can't get any young men to
come to the spring prom. Jimmy is
held for the ransom of five other of his
fraternity brothers who are to escort
the girls to the prom. How he gets out
of this predicament will be shown
you on Thursday, November 7, at 8
p. m. in the high school auditorium.
The cast is as follows:
Louise, sophomore at Brier Mt.
College for Women, Ruby Jacobsen;
Florence, her roommate, Dorothy
Petersen; Catherine, a junior living a
cross the hall, Ellen Jorgensen; Doris,
her freshman roommate, Mary Thine
sen; Harriet, senior living next door,
Ina Abrahamsen; DrOOpy, the cOlored
hired man, Niels Nielsen; Jimmy, a
stray junior from state, Eiler Frederick
sen; Professor Frazier, Rhodes Scholar,
instructor in English, JenS Jensen.
The pupils are glad to welcome
Mrs. Jens p. Miller back to the facul-
ty. She is resuming her duties here
as elementary Danish instructor.
There is new student, Earl Wall
ace, in the ninth grade. He was form
erly of Minneapolis.
Those who obtained four AS or
more for the first six weeks of school
are jeanette SimOnsen and Marvin
lessen in the 18th grade, and Evelyn
Sorensen and Muriel Koed in the 9th
grade.
The girls tennis tournament was
held recently. Those who partic-
ipated were Mary Thinesen, Ellen
Jorgensen, Helga Skov, Vivian Mel
sen, Hertha Mikkelsen, Dorothy Peter
sen, Delphia Olesen and Lucille
Mortensen. In the semi-finals, Helga
defeated Ellen 6-1, 81, and Dorothy
defeated Delphia Go, Go. In the
finals, Helga defeated Dorothy Go,
6-3 to become the champion.
Primary News
The children have started making
pictures for the movie "A Splendid
Zoo.
For number of days they have
had a very small enrolment. So many
are absent because of chicken-poX.
The "Tru-Vue" pictures recently or
dered prove to be of unusual interest
to the children.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1940-10-24
AskOv PIT. A. News
Sylvia johnson, Sec.

The second meeting of the Askov
PIT. A. for the year 1940-1941 was
held in the school Thursday, October
II.
The meeting opened with group
singing, after which the secretary,
treasurer and committee reports were
read and approved.
No important business was brought
up for discussion.
The entertainment included short
talk concerning the class play, miss
Jimmy to be given on November 7,
]. D. Dunn; short scene from the
first act of the play, Ruby Jacobsen
and Dorothy Petersen; piano solo,
Miss Emily Cole; vocal solo, with gui-
tar accompaniment, Miss Ruth Han
sen; talk, Rev. M. Mikkelsen. The
meeting ended with group singing
The coffee committee, consisting OF
third and fourth grade mothers and
teacher was as follows: Mrs. Edward
Dietz, Mrs. Emery Nedegaard and
Miss Sylvia johnson.
November Meeting.
For the November meeting of the
PIT. A. two one-act plays will be
presented in the auditorium of the
school.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1940-10-24
Church and Home
By REV. M. MIKKELSEN

Scarcity of labor has been the or
der of the day for some time. Jobs
have been nil. We have seen times
lately when it was not only difficult
but well nigh impossible to get work.
Millions of Wage-earners have been
forced to exist on doleS, much to their
own regret; but they had no alterna-
tive of choice, either take it or leave
it,. and subsequently suffer. 1t is
true of course that money is money,
and will buy the same amount of
bread no matter how we get it; but
it is a fact too that fraction of
that splendid morale for which the
American people have been so high
ly cherished is sacrificed every time
a bread passes over the counter.
Our churches have done very little
to alter the circumstances. We have
to the contrary been willing to accept
the situation, however deplorable, as
inavertible. This is tragic, in as much
as l with many others believe it
could have been averted had we not
been so grossly concerned about cor
poreal matters and given little more
time to the spiritual, or the welfare
of the soul. Other bodies than the
legislature must be consulted and
relied upon to cure the misfortune
of the present generation. The abili-
ty of the church to act in the matter
is under the present circumstances
negligible, because of the improper
proportion of the work to the number
of workers. This is not recent de-
velopment. Jesus stated the fact
thus: 1.-The harvest indeed is plente-
GUS, but the laborers are few" He
had reference to it also in the gospel
we heard last Sunday, although this
is not so much a call to action as it
is a warning not to impede upon the
work already in progress. Much con-
fusion has entered into the workshop
of the church because of misled con-
viction. The field is before us, the
workplan has been drawn up; the
call to action has been sounded. In
love for humanity, if for no other
reason, we should be happy to enter
the service. 1t can be no selfish
service; it can be only God-directed;
and we are bound to work to secure
for humanity national and social
well being, and to guide men and
women to the places of beauty and
worship.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1940-10-24

Robert Whyte took truckload Of
potatoes to Minneapolis Monday SELL
ing them at the City Market.
The Hinckley public schools will
be closed Thursday and Friday of
this week. The teachers will attend
the M. E. A. which is being held i'm
st. Paul this weekend.
Alex Weser is doing considerable
remodeling to the exterior of his
house, adding an enclosed back porch
Mrs. Frank Ziegler of Hammond,
Ind, is visiting relatives and friends
in Hinckley this week. Mrs. Zieg-
Ter lived in Hinckley until a few
years ago when they moved to Ham
mond.