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Imperial Valley press., 1941-03-17

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN
that funds are now available in
accordance with the terms an d
provisions of the Modification of
Refunding Plan, dated as of jan
uary l, 1897, which is the Plan
of Composition approved and con-
firmed by Decree of the United
States District Court of the South
ern District of California, under
date of February 26, 1941.
NOTICE IS ALSO HEREBY
GIVEN that the Board of Directors
of the Imperial Irrigation District
hereby invites sealed proposals for
the sale to the District of any of
its now outstanding securities af-
feCted by said Plan of Composition
above referred to and declared
operative with respect to which
the sinking fund moneys are applic-
able as in said Plan of Composition
provided and that the time and
place when and where such sealed
proposals will be opened is as fol-
lows:
Such sealed proposals will be re-
ceived at the office Of the Board
of Directors of the Imperial Irri-
CATION District in the Masonic
Building, Sixth and State Streets,
Ell Centre, California, and the time
when such proposals will be opened
is hereby fixed as 10 o'clock A. M.
of the 1st day of April, 1941, and
all proposals must be sealed and
deposited with or delivered to the
Secretary of the Board of Directors
of the Imperial Irrigation District
on or before said day and hour and
at said place.
NOTICE is FURTHER HEREBY
GIVEN that the amount available
for the redemption of such securities
and the securities for the purchase
of which such moneys are avail
able, are as follows:
$44,42039 available for the re-
demption and purchase of registered
warrants.
$39 ,485.23 available for the re-
demption and purchase of First
Division Refunding Bonds.
$44 ,420.88 available for the re-
demption and purchase of Second
Division Refunding Bonds.
$49,356.55 available for the re-
demption and purchase of Third
Division Refunding Bonds.
Notice is also hereby given that
the Board of Directors of the I'M
perial Irrigation District is by the
terms of said Plan of Composition
given and there Is hereby reserved
the right and discretion to reject
any or all of such proposals.
Dated the 4th day of March, 194l.
IMPERIAL IRRIGATION
DISTRICT,
by Evan r IIewes. President
BY w. W Ooodson, Secretary.
Nj 10, II, "a, 81.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-03-17
by Willis Thornton
Mr.. Henry Has the Floor

The Lend-Lease Bill is law BY
q IN cratic process. after two
months, of strenuous debate in
which every opportunity was given
all sides to be heard over and
over again. the peoples representa-
tiveS in Congress have passed it.
two to one. 1t is the nations pol
Icy, for good or i'll.
The armament effort must now
go into high gear. We have decided
that the national safety and fu-
ture now rest in our ability to arm,
not only ourselves, but those other
countries where the battle for their
freedom is actually raging.
We arm, and the mind turns
back to another crisis. One hun
dred siXty-siX years ago, there was
also an appeal for preparedness. In
the provincial assembly of Virginia
a resolution had been introduced
to put the colony in a state of
defense, fit cut and train militia.
Delegates hesitated. Defense? De-
tense against the homeland of Brit
am? True, there had been shoot
ing on Lexington Green and al the
Concord Bridge, but New England
was far away from Virginia. Far
away. and peace was pleasant.
Patrick Henry, whose resolution
was being debated, heard with
mounting indignation the objec-
tons as the debate dragged on.
Then on March %, ITS. he took
the floor, and all his pent-up feel
ing rushed forth in a flood of
oratory which. for a long time,
every schoolchild knew.
There is no retreat but in sub
mission and slavery Henry cried.
Our chains are already forged.
Their clanking may be heard on
Imperial Valley press., 1941-03-17

the plains of Boston. The next
gale that sweeps from the north
will bring the clash of resounding
arms. Our brethren are already on
the field. Why stand we here
idle? What is it that gentlemen
wish? What would they have? Is
life so dear or peace so sweet as
to be purchased at the price OF
chains and slavery? Forbid it, Al
mighty God! I know not what
course others may take, but as for
me, give me liberty or give me
death!'
Today the clanking of chains is
heard in Norway, in Holland and
Belgium, in Poland and Czechoslo-
vakia and the Balkans. Today our
brethren are already in the field.
It is not asked or suggested that
we do more than put arms in their
hands. meanwhile perfecting and
strengthening our own.
This we will do. We want no war,
and will wage none against any
people unless it invades our terri
tory denies our rights, or immin-
emily menaces our vital interests.
But in a world which hears ever
louder the clank of chains. we are
resolved to create that strength
which will keep our bodies and
souls free.
7 We want no war. But today's
world has given short shrift to
other nations which also wanted
no war and thought that to do
nothing was the best way to keep
aloog. We are at last convinced
that the best way to keep war away
is to create strength for ourselves.
and to share it with like-minded
nations and peoples. Though we
hope it will not, this course may
lead to war. So, we have learned,
may any other course; SO may
mere drifting. We now muster our
strength as the best available in
Surancc against being drawn into
war.
Here we stand, and we stand no
longer idle.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-03-17
WHEN IS A SALOON?
(Palo Alto Times)

(Palo Alto TlmeS)
You can lead horse to water, but you
can't make him drink
And you can lead man Cor woman)
to buffet set with food but cannot
make him Cor herr eat-When the only
purpose in going there is to drink.
For that reason the prevailing gesture
of compliance with the law against sal
oons has been reduced to mockery. The
law permits alcoholic beverages, other
than beer, to be sold for consumption
on the premises only as an accompani-
ment to food. Compliance with that law
has been somewhat sketchy The food
is available, even at cocktail bars, but
goes relatively untouched. Now comes
ruling from judge in Los Angeles that
it is not enough that the food merely is
there for those who want it. Unless the
drinkers eat the food also, the resort is
a saloon, even though it be labeled tav-
ern, den, puffet tuffet or any other cam
Ouflaging name.
The ruling has spread CONSERVATION
in beverage dispensing and consuming
circles all over the state And the ulti-
mate decision on the appeal of the case
will be awaited with extreme interest.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-03-17
by Peter Edson...
The Inside Track in WASHINGTON

tries and tradelasts has been Great
ed which curdles you cold and no
woofin'. Eventually you get used
to it and can pick up your cue
like a good ham from East Lynne
stepping out onto the stage in the
middle of Act II, Hamlet.
There's a whole maze of private
wires and private telephone num-
bers and these account for many
of the two, three and four tele-
phones you see on some desks.
Cou have to watch what you
say to some of these government
people, too. They have their sec
retaries listen in and take short
hand notes of the conversation
They have to watch what they say,
too.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-03-17
So They Say

l should deprecatc any COM
parlson of Hitler TO Napoleon as
1 do not wish to insult the dead.
Prime Minister Winston Churc-
hill of Great Britain.
You have the loveliest wines in
the world, you know, but you don't
realize it.
H. G. Wells, British novelist, to
Americans.
There are few periods in the
worlds history when man isn't
beset by a multitude of evils.
W. Somerset Vaughan, British
novelist.
In this period of national defense
preparation, it is coming more and
more to be considered unpatriotic
not TO produce what the govern
ment says is needed.
W. M. Angle, president, Strom-
berg-Carlson Telephone Manufac-
turing Co.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-03-17
WATCH WHAT
YOU'RE SAYING

OF course you never get the hot
shot you're after, first call The
help weeds out the job seekers and
the people with petitions. The trick,
is to get to know the gals who pick
up the telephone first It's won
derful how fast your call can be
put through if you're known.
Then the badinage. AS people
in different departments may not
see each other Tor weeks at a time,
a lingo Of small talk and pleasap-
Imperial Valley press., 1941-03-17

The fine art of telephoning is
probably developed to higher de-
gree in Washington than any place
in the world and no wonder
With everything spreading out,
and not up, it is miles from any
place to anyplace else, even in the
same building. So, despite taxi
fares the most reasonable in the
country, a man hesitates to set out
from the Congressional Library for
the War Department without pack
ing his lunch, and for the return
journey. many people consider re-
QUESTIONING pup tents, if nightfall
is nigh.
Some statisticians have figured
out that if all the government
offices in Washington were spread
out on a level plane. packed in
close and including the halls, they
would cover a square mile. And if
you can think of anything to do
with a square mile Of desks in even
rowh. except ploW them under,
please write. Or if you are appalled,
by that figure. bear in mind that
the government has three square
miles of office space in the country
at large, outside of Washington and
not including posts or para d e
grounds Of the army and navy, or
any of the national parks.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-03-17
SMALL TYPE

Fifty models of military aircraft
are now being made. .. Uncle Sam
owns 20 per cent of all the land
in the United States, and just 20
per cent of Washington's property
is tax exempt. Minister Herbert
c Pell intends to drive a station
wagon from Lisbon to his new post
at Budapest Hungary.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-03-17
Did You Know?

An aelurophobe is a person who
has morbid fears of cats.
Queen Berengaria. of England,
never was in England
A group Of geese is known as
a flock.
Tomatoes we're Californias larg-
est vegetable crop in 1882, with
market value of $50 ,247,000.
Burro meat is offered for sale
III butcher shops of Las Vegas,
New. and a few other towns in
the dercst area of the southwest.
Londcn has 1903 acres of docks,
including water area of 772
acres.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-03-17
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT

NOTICE INVITING SEALED PRO-
POSALS FOR SALE TO THE
IMPERIAL IRRIGATION DIS
TRICT OF IT'S OUTSTANDING
SECURITIES AFT E G TED BY
PLAN OF COMPOSITION WITH
RESPECT TO WHICH SINKING
FUND MONEYS ARE APPLIC-
ABLE.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-03-17

EDITORS NOTE: The foIiouoing
editorials are presented as Interesting
opinions Uoiced by editors elsewhere.
They do not necessarily reflect the
opinion of this paper.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-03-17
WANTED:
ONE TANK

Uniforms can be rented from
costume supply houses. and the
company arsenal has lots of old
Springfield rifles. After checking
off those items, the prop depart
ment began looking around for a
tank Republic has 22-year- old one
which wouldn't do even if it could
be made to run. Metro has rem
nantS of a Russian model which
it used in "Comrade X'. 1t was a
Hollywood version assembled from
specifications provided by Andre
Tolstoi, a technical adviser. the
armored body being built over a
DicSC tractor
First, Paramount put in calls to
outfits such as Baldwin Locomo-
tive, American Car and Foundry
and ChrTslcr, asking if the studio
please could rent. borrow or even
buy a tank-a good fast jugger-
naut capable Of knocking down a
few trees and prop buildings. The
manufacturers thought it was a rib
at first. When the studio insisted
it really needed a tank, the reply
was, Brother, you aren't the only
Imperial Valley press., 1941-03-17
Barbs

Monday is one of the seven days
it is foolish to let slip by without
accomplishing something.
There are 56,000,000 hens in Ger
many and vast army of Britons in
England laying for Hitler.
Many a woman standing in front
Oh a snop window has stopped
merely to reflect,
Imperial Valley press., 1941-03-17
thoughts for the Day

For God commanded saying, Honour thy father ana
thy mother: and He that curseth father or mother.
let him die the death.-Matthew l54
Imperial Valley press., 1941-03-17
MKMBEK

American Newspaper Pub
fishers Association. National
Editorial Association. Cali
fornia Newspaper Publish
ers Association.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-03-17

HOLLYWOOD. Mar. II - After
all the talk about defense COM
mittees and government co-ordina-
tors and assurances of mutual aid
IL piCturing stories of prepared
ness, you'd never guess the troubles
Hollywood is having with simple
things such as training camps and
tanks
Time was when a location man
ager could grab a telephone and
get battleShip or a squadron of
bombers or a regiment of infantry
for a new movie. But not any more
It's all right if a studio wants to
film atmosphere shots of routine
events at flying bases or army
camps, but here's nothing in the
schedule about holding up activi-
ties while a handsome buck pri-
vate in grease paint plays a comedy
scent with a cutie identified as the
generals daughter.
So it looks as if the studios will
have to build their own canton
ments, hire their own soldiers, uni
form and arm them. At least that's
what Paramount is doing for
Caught in the Draft, with Bob
Hope, altOught right now it isn't
able to buy enoguh lumber to COM
Dlete the barracks out on the studio
ranch
Imperial Valley press., 1941-03-17
AL SMITH
COULD RENT SPACE

But TO get back TO Washington,
all the government office space
here is equal to about dozen
Empire State buildings. so if Al
Smith had just thought of building
his great vacant spaces in Wash
ington, the government could have
used all and asked for more. There
are 300 buildings in the city which
house government offices, about
half of which are government own
ed and half of which are rented.
Plenty of people have been in
government service for years don't
know where all these buildings are,
and in walks about town you run
into government signs on apart
ment houses. hotels. buildings form
erly housing suites of doctors Of
fices. Or looking for a private
business office IN some building,
you find some government agency
has taken whole floors of space III
which are crowded some pretty taw-
dry and unkempt looking setups,
Hence the telephone.
If you actually want to go see
someone, face to face and shake
his hand, best bet is to call him
up in advance to find out where
he is, for chances are. he's moved
The Chesapeake a n d Potomac
Telephone Company, which han
dies all the government business,
is a bit reticent about giving in
formation on the private affairs
of its best customer. That's all
right. To expect that any one
agency would know how
many telephones all government
use would be expecting
too much. since each department
pays its own bills, but a good round
estimate is that there are more
than $4,000 numbers. There are
seven pages of U. S. Government
Iistings in the directory, but those
cover only the main exchange num-
bers. of which there are about 500
It's the technique of Washington
telephone conversations that gets
you. Calling someone up to make
an appointment or ask a question
isn't just matter of ordering
the groceries You have to give
out as they say, put your whole
and soul into it, and
register every attribute of seX-ap-
peal you possess be you herman on
She woman.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-03-17
Famous Sayings

lie Us do what honor demands.-Racne
Imperial Valley press., 1941-03-17

An aelurophobe is a person who
has a morbid fears of cats.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-03-17

A group of geese is known as
a flock.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1941-08-07
5 ASK NE ?
+?
! ANOTHER
90 g. g. c-.@c. g. G.. g..
The Questions

l. What South American coun-
try has a Colorado river?
2. What writer described the
Brobdingnagians?
8. What is the weight of a gallon
of pure water?
4. What is believed the world
oldest city still inhabited?
5. The bundle of rods on the
back of a dime is called what?
6. What is the largest star
known?
Z. Is pound of feathers heavier
than a pound of gold?
8. How many names of U. S.
Presidents begin with A?
9. If boat is clinker-built, what
is it's distinguishing feature?
10. What is canon in music?
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1941-08-07

HIS may seem premature, but
l. the midsummer date hasn't been
early enough to check football Cos
sip on more than a few fronts.
Most of the coaches I've run
across are still uncertain about
army enlistm ents and the draft, but
there is no uncertainty about what
might be one of Minnesota's great
est teams.
Bernie Bierman will deplore any
such talk, just as any football coach
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1941-08-07
Scientific Cadgeteer

Keeping track of earthquakes
and checking up on the Weather
are fen of the things that make
life north liuing for Martin G.
Murray, assistant postmaster at
Huntington Beach, Calf. Mr.. Muir
ray makes all his o,Un scientific in
struments out of pieces of junk.
These photos take you for a call on
the scientific gadgeteer. s.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1941-08-07
The Answers

/. Argentina.
2. Swift Tin "Gulliver's Trav-
els,' people of country where
everything is of enormous size).
8. One gallon of water weighs
1855 pounds.
4. Damascus.
5. Fasces.
6. Antares (90,o00,oo0 times larg-
err than our SUM.
z. Yes. Gold is weighed by the
troy system, IL ounces to the
pound, while feathers are weighed
by the avoirdupois measure.
8. Three - John Adams, John
Quincy Adams and Chester Ar
thur.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1941-08-07
Our Gold and Silver

Since 1918 the u. S. minis have
coined $1,574, 1909, 146 in silver, and
since 1920 they have coined
$4,526, 218,478 in gold. The United
States stock in gold at the end of
the fiscal year in 1910 was $751;
963, 09O, 1863 in gold coin and bull
lion, and $547, 078,3 in silver dol
lars and $402, 260,615 in subsidiary
coins.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1941-08-07

would, out reports
from Big Nine
camps are all along
the same line -
"Look out for Min
nesota-speed and
power-quality and
quantity - a great
combination in ev-
cry way"
minnesota will
be the best football
team in the country
this fall" a Michi-
l LII
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1941-08-07

eff any team can go through the
season unbeaten it will be Bernie
Bierman's outfit, with a brilliant
backf1eld working back of big,
fast line"
Which reminds us that Michigan
has lest Tommy Harmon and Eva
shevski, and combination of this
sort isn't easy to replace. Bo Nc
Mi1lin writes that his Indiana squad
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1941-08-07

Above: Sun telescope made from
an old auto axle. Murray is focus
ing the solar image on a paper re-
ceiuer here. Right: At the eye
piece Of this homemade telescope
he checks up on terv stars. The
instrument is made Of old mater
pipes, mood and pieces OF mirror.
Note how the ,oood is bound 1uith
,rire.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1941-08-07
A quiz with answers offering
information on various subjects

9. Its planks or plates overlap.
10. A canon is a piece of music
Casually religious) in two or more
parts, echoing each other. An ear
ly specimen is "Non nobis, Do
mine" composed by Birdie in the
Fourteenth century.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1941-08-07
Something About Him

Som ething About Him
my dear, | never imagined you would
marry the man you did," said Gladys.
"Neither did I, my DEAR" replied her
friend. Il disliked his nays, but l
adored his means"
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1941-08-07

has good prospects and that, out
side of Minnesota, Big Nine rivals
can look for trouble from Ohio State,
Wisconsin and Northwestern.
In the East
Conditions in the East are still
uncertain until draft requirements
are known.
But you might keep an eye on
Swede Larson's Navy team when
the first kickoff arrives. After con-
siderable pressure the modest Ma
jor of Marines finally broke down
and confessed that Navy might get
along rather nicely before Deem
ber's SHOWS are reported.
'We have good-looking squad"
Coach Larson said, losing few men
from last fall. With any luck this
should be one of the best Navy
teams in some time"
Lou Little's Columbia squad should
also move up, but there is still I'm
certainty at Harvard, Yale and Dart
mouth.
On recent trip to Texas we
found that Dana Bibles Texas uni
versity outlook was the brightest of
the Lone Star range. There is the
chance that he may lose one or two
of his star backs, but if he retains
the material that is due back, in
Guiding Layden and Grain, Bible
will have big Bowl contest on
his hands.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1941-08-07
fif$;31A@|'!|!{'||$$||

Failures Teach
Every failure teaches a man
something if he will learn
Dickens.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1941-08-07
That's Her Count

That's Her Count
Bobby, how old is your sister,"
stTwenty-five."
TWENTY-FIVE? She told me she
was just twenty"
"Oh, I expect that's because she
was five before she learned to
count"
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1941-08-07
SMU to Be Strong

Southern Methodist will again be
strong, and SO will Rice. Texas A.
and M. loses most of her star cast
from 1910 and T.C.U. is still looking
for another Sammy Baugh or Davey
O'Brien. They do not grow on every
cottonwood tree.
Along the West coast Stanford still
has the ball, with many of her UNI
beaten veterans ready to pick up
where they left off.
Red Sanders, the Vanderbilt di-
rector, looks for the usual steamy
season in Dixie where Duke, Ala
bama and Tennessee, plus Tulane,
will be we'll up.
Coach Sanders is looking forward
to one of the seasons feature battles
when Princeton invades Nashville
on the first southern trip a Tiger
football team ever took. Both
Princeton and Vanderbilt will be
good, if not outstanding, and the
Commodores will go all out to
avenge last years one-point defeat.
Season of Questions
1t is doubtful if any football sea-
son ever opened with more ques-
lions at hand.
"How will Spike Nelson make out
at Yale?" "How about Red Blaik at
West Point?" "And Tuss Nc
Laughry at Dartmouth"
"What will Tennessee do with Bob
Neyland ABSENT" highlands rec
ord is one of the best in football
history.
"Will Ohio States ex-high school
coach stop the Buckeye slump of
1910, with SO many stars missing?"
Whats the outlook at Notre
Dame under new coaching?" My
guess is that Notre Dame will be
among the best.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1941-08-07
Getting Nowhere

Getting Nowhere
The circus and fun fair was Wis
iting a small town, and one old
Negro had taken a fancy to the
merry-go-round.
Round and round he went, never
seeming to tire, until all his mon
ey was gone. Then only did he
dismount to rejoin his wife, who
had been watching hin with i'm
patient eyes.
"Well, Ebenezer," she said,
''you sure have spent your money
and had a good ride. But where
you been, .Ebenezer, where you
been?"
Platonic friendship, says wise
man, is the gun you didn't know
was loaded.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1941-08-07
If That's Expression

Evelyn-Helen sings with a
great deal Of expression, doesn't
she?
Joy-Well, she makes awful
faces when she does it.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1941-08-07
Get-TOgether Day

Bitters-HoU would you define
picnic?
Jitters-To me, my friend, picnic is
day set apart to get better acquainted
,uith ants, bugs, ,Uorms, mosquitoes,
chiggers, ticks and poison 10y.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1941-08-07
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FIush-Not Blush

FIush-NOt Blush
Boogy-See how the bride is
bIushing?
Woogy-Go on, man. That's not
a blush. That's the first flush OF
victory.
The man who counts in this
world is the cashier.
Quite at Home
''Did Freda regret leaving the
stage when she married."
''Not in the least. She feels
she's still in the profession.
GLOW is that?"
zone scene after another"