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Imperial Valley press., 1941-12-24
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The Christmas Spirit
Tonne Sue McChristy, on duty
at one OF the Red Cross collection
booths, was scheduled to sing at -
Lions club luncheon this week.
But l haven't time to sing She
said. 1T is time for me to get back
to the booth. lin late now
She's late. boys" the master o.
ceremonies said. so if you Wan
her to sing, you'll have to pay
it."
The Tail Twister collected S24
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Heroic Wake Isle
Resistance Ends
Silence from Tiny Base Causes Belief
japanese Landing Party Successful
After Paying Toll in Shi ps and Men

WASHINGTON, Dec. "a. (UP)-Wake Island coral
studded O s island in the mid Pacific apparently has
fallen to the japanese after heroic resistance by the
Marin garrison for 6 days against IA attacks which
the four WarShips and several planes
Imperial Valley press., 1941-12-24
Board Of Trade
OK S AII-Countv
ron1o3ion FL an
Organiza+ion Will Recommend Hiring O.
Full Time Representative to Place
Coa7+ys Facilities Before Official IS

Tie destiny Of I'M, rial Valley might hang by the
hbsd oi plaa tint woven Tuesday night al joint
meeting II ofHtalFes Of the county board OF trade and
Tie Associated chambers Of commerce.
HE Il. aeng, presided over by Chairman Paul Jenkins
Imperial Valley press., 1941-12-24

A Bum Bet
An Ell Centre woman telephoned
to ask the Post-Press editor to
settle a bet she had just made.
She said she bet that Jack Garner
is president of the United
states now
Easy money for someone.
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Macarthur axes
Personal CHARGE
Of Luzon Battle
Two Major Fronts Flare into Action as
Japanese Land Large Forces; Americans
Repor+e d Holding Own in Early Fighting
Ry United PRESS

Gen Douglas Macarthur took the field Wednesday in
personal command Of Philippine forces against
grand Japanese assault the island of Luzon bastion
Of Americas Far Eastern possessions
Imperial Valley press., 1941-12-24
Eliers Hunt Down
Maraudin9 Subs

SAN FRANCISCO Dec. a. (UP)-Long-range Japa-
submarines that invaded California coastal waters III
attempt to disrupt shipping by attacking Ameri
vessels with torpedoes and guns, pursued today
by Navy bomDers which already believed have hunted
lnur and destroy paSt
Imperial Valley press., 1941-12-24
Lettuce Shotters
Seven-yeor AAcgYG x
Prices Hit New Peak as as>Refriserator
Car Shotase Appears Imminent; Most
Demands Met But Crisis Expected

With possible refrigerator shortage in view price
Of Imperial Valley lettuce 2oomed syWard this week to
reach year peak of S25 per crate, fob valley
sheds
|. Following steady trend of increasing prices since The
Imperial Valley press., 1941-12-24

of the aviation committee OF the
Associated chambers. was the cul-
mination of months of preliminary
work looking toward eventual con-
Solidation under the aegiS of the
promotional efforts.
The plan OF consolidation, con-
Sisting simply of the employment
by the county Of paid expert to
sell the commercial and industrial
facilities of the valley to all those
in the market for such facilities,
will be whipped into definite form
at a special called meeting OF the
board OF trade at noon Friday.
This meeting, tentatively sched-
uled to be held at SherWood's res
taurant in Ell Centro, is expected
to clear the. way for the board of
trade to recommend to the board
of supervisors an initial outlay of
approximately $4,000 per year from
county funds.
SALARY AND EXPENSES
The money would be used to pay
the salary and expenses of a public
relations man whose sole duty would
consist in getting to the right peo-
pie at the right time when either
government or industry is in search
OF expansion sites and facilities.
The scheme, long advocated by
the Associated chambers of COM
merce and other promotional agen-
lies. was described by Jenkins as
possessing potentialities so great as
TO reduce to insignificance the small
sum necessary to carry it out"
A concrete example of these po-
tentialitieS, Jenkins said, is to be
found in the record of what Impe-
rial Valley did NOT get by not
Continued on Page 8, Col. 81
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California Keeps
Wartime HoIiduv

Imperial Valley, along with the resi- ot California;
Wednesday greeted its first Christmas War area
since l848 martial air permoaed the holiday pfepara
ons but the spirit of the people Was "thlstmaS as usual
IMPERIAL Valley residents, farther removed from way
Imperial Valley press., 1941-12-24
A Short Day Pioneer

A Short Day Pioneer
Thirty-five years! That's a long
time to remember but several mem
bers of the California Electric con-
pany can remember that far back
And they insist upon reminding R
p. Moore of something that hap
pened 35 years ago.
Thirty-five years ago on The
twenty-second of December, r. P
Moore went to work for the COM
pany in Imperial Valley. Went tc
work on the shortest day in the
year!
Every year on Dec. % Moore list
ems patiently to a lot of cracks
about men who start to work on
the shortest day of the year. In
his heart he wishes he had started
to work on June 81, tor is that the
longest day in the year2
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The Perfect Hostess

Christmas is not all receive
for Linda Seine, siX-year-old
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. w. M
Seine.
She appreciates what Santa Clau
does for her and expresses her ap-
probation in something beside
words.
Every Christmas Eve Linda put
a cup of coffee and four Jumps o
sugar close to the little stocking
she leaves to be filled by SAINT
Claus.
And the coffee and sugar alway
are gone Christmas morning.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-12-24
Merry Christmas

RR. who is no Santa Claus, wish
es everyone q Merry Christmas and
all that sort of thing.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-12-24
Too Mnch Spirit

Too Mnch Spirit
Massey Horton was laughing
Pressed for the reason for his merri
ment, he said, "One of my eXtr,
clerks sold a $12.95 set for $2.95.
And you're laughing?' gasped hi
ouestioners. I'VE wouldn't be if VIC
were in your place
"Oh, WELL" Massey confessed
The woman said her conscience
hurt her and she brought the Sc
back. I can laugh now
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BankDebits

Ell Centro Business Barometer
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TEMPERATURE

TEMPERATURE
Maximum Tues. II. Minimum
We'd. 48. 5 pm. Tues 81, humidity
IL. 5 am. Wed. 48, humidity Al.
Noon Wed. 62, humidity 26.
Los ANGELES HAY
u. S. No. S22.-23; L. S. No. 2
Leafy l. V. S20-22. L. S. No. 2
$I6.5O-17.5O. Mpls. May flax S1.99i.
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Golf SIuggers

In golf Jimmy Thomson remains
the long-distance ruler with some
thing to spare.
As recall the figures Thomson
has won the last six driving contests
arranged by the PEA.
It must be remembered that the
only true measure in golf is from a
fiat surface, with no helping wind.
Roll doesn't count. You can drive
golf ball mile on the ice. And
few of the long hitters can stand
ON an elevated tee and pass 800
yards on the carry with a helping
gale.
One earnest seeker for records
once drove a golf ball well over a
understanding at the top of the
Grand Canyon.
Driving from a level surface, un-
helped by wind, Thomson's best
blows usually range from 270 to 275
yards. This is big blasting. A carry
of $50 yards under these conditions
is big hitting. I doubt that any golf
er ever carried 800 yards on fat
ground, minus a keen breeze.
know that few good hitters care
to risk carry beyond 225 yards
when there is trouble to face.
A helping or a headwind makes a
much greater difference than many
know. A headwind is also a mental
handicap since it usually brings ON
pressing and overeff0rt, which is al
ways a mistake.
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Uncle MN
Says: ~
with Doors n minority

With Doors IN Minority
The world is divided into people
who do things, and people who
take, the credit.
So far, no navigator has made
a reliable chart of the Sea Of
Matrimony.
A little pull Uil get you most places
but NOT through door marked "plsh-'
Monkeys Look On Seriously
Men laugh at the behavior of
monkeys, but the monkeys are
more polite.
Whens man pays his taxes his pafri-
ofism is at its Loioess ebb.
A chairman spends 20 minutes
Introducing the man "who needs
no introduction"
Many man is put IN the shade
because he stands in his own light.
A Blessing Possible
Peace can be made perpetual If
nations viii agree not to make new
wars until they have paid for the
old ones.
OF the two, I'd rather listen to
the boaster than the aIibier.
There are three kinds of men sUho
do not understand t0onen: young men,
old men, and middIe-aged men.
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Getting Distance

Distance isn't a mere matter OF
bulk and physical power by many
yards.
Ben Hogan, weighing less than lbs
pounds, is longer by yards than
most of the $50 or 200-pound swing
ers.
I once saw Cyril Walker, then
weighing ITO pounds. outdrive Wal
ter Hagen, at 185, consistently in a
big tournament.
Distance comes largely from club.
head speed-more so than from any
other single factor.
Bobby Jones one day, with his
own clubs missing, used his wife's
set. Mrs. Jones' driver weighed
only IL ounces, much lighter than
Bob'S.
st was astonished to find that I
was hitting the bah that day longer
than usual" Bob said. ST found out
that could get much greater speed
from the lighter clubhead. Natural
Iy it called for less effort In swing
ing"
Many good pros viii tell you the
average golfer uses clubs that are
too heavy. It is important to feel
the head of the club, but it is no
easy matter to get full clubhead
speed when there is a demand on
greater physical power. In both
baseball and golf the main trouble
comes in applying power too soon
not waiting for the space Just be-
fore the fash Of impact.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-06-26
CHAPTER VI

Ellen drew up on the bluff at
die edge of Johnson's Prong. A
windmill on Sheriff Nate Hart's
place, near the upper end of the
valley, caught the suns rays and
photographed them to her.
Her glance picked up a puff of
smoke, and a fraction of a second
later there came the sound of shot,
She dipped down into the Canyon,
following the steep trail winding
among the boulders. It was a rough
descent, one not used often. Ellen
had come this way because the can
yon route to town was a prettier one
than the dusty wagon road usually
taken.
She swung around great boulder
and came face to face with a man.
Both of them pulled up, taken COM
pIetely by surprise. He was a lean,
bronzed man, broad of shoulder,
strongly built. A vague memory
stirred In her. She must have known
him when she lived here before GO
ing 70 school.
Good morning" he said. did
you meet anybody as you came
down the canyon?"
mo-" she told him.
''Are you headed for Round Top?"
he said.
YES"
Don't CO." he replied curly.
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universal custom was to wear only
revolvers?
"Was Jim Tetlow your cousin?"
he asked.
mo. Buck Hart, by marriage"
''Then you live in the hills here"
he said.
My name is Ellen Carey"
There jumped to his mind the pic
ture of thin, longlegged, harum-
scarum girl flying about the Black
Butte country on pinto horse. It
was amazing that such a child could
have developed into such beauty.
Lane Carey's daughter"
Yes" She frowned at him, on
the verge of a discovery. 'You are
Calhoun Terry" she said. ST knew
I'd seen you before. You were a
friend of my father then"
Before I committed the crime Of
trying to better myself honestly and
lawfully" he explained.
She knew those who looked at
what he had done from another an
gle, but she did not intend to dis
cuss it with him.
What are you going to do with
the body?" she asked.
''I'n notify his friends where to
find it."
st could tell the coroner while I'm
in town"
He shook his head. Better not
go to town this way, Miss Carey.
The killer may still be down there
In the fats somewhere.
Ellen looked at him, startled.
"You don't think he would hurt me,
do your"
mot unless he thought his safety
required it. Maybe not then. But
he might fire from the brush before
he realized you aren't man.
You mean, thinking I might be
witness against him."
Its Just chance. But why take
it? III ride up the canyon with you
as far as the Hartman place, just
to be certain"
Its not necessary. haven't seen
anybody coming up the canyon-ex-
cept you
Something IN the way she said it,
some infection that was an I'M
intended betrayal of her thoughts,
caught his attention and fixed it. For
the first time he understood that he
was under suspicion.
Grinly he smiled. 'Nobody-ex-
cept me- And came direct from
the scene of the crime, carrying the
rifle that may have held the car
fridge. Maybe it is not safe for you
to ride up the gulch with me, since
you're the only eyewitness against
me-"
Their eyes met and held, search
ing for what lag beneath the sur
face. Into EIlen's consciousness
there beat an assurance that this
man was no assassin. He was stiff
and very likely wrong-headed. But
to look at that lean, strong-j awed
face, clean-cut and forceful, was as
surance of some fundamental de-
cency IN him.
'Pm as safe with you as I would
be with my father" she said quietly.
He was man not easily moved,
but her words sent a little shock of
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-06-26
HotU Far q Polo Ball?

In his prime, Tommy Hitchcock
could hit a polo ball as far as any
one ever saw. Dew Milburn and
Wiburn Guest were also on the
longer side.
Hitchcock figures that 150 yards,
half the distance of the field, is
about all one can get from a full
polo smash. Amy wallop beyond 100
yards is good, hard hitting.
''The longest drive I've SEEN" an
eyewitness writes, 'tcame from a
combination of golf and polo. Wins
ton Guest teed up golf ball at
Meadowbrook one day, mounted his
polo pony and was then handed a
polo mallet. With a good, galloping
start and a double windup Guest
drove the golf ball the full length of
the polo feld-a matter of 800 yards.
It was all carry"
Golf machines can reach 500
yards, which shows how far the hu-
man machine lags behind the metal
contrivance.
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hard one early morning, probably by
rustlers. One of the men, she thinks,
is Jef Brand.
= =
pleasure through him. He looked at
her.
''Some of your friends might not
say so" he answered dryly.
Turning the head of her mount,
Ellen began the climb. He fell in
behind her. Neither of the riders
spoke.
When they came out on the top Of
Johnson's Prong the man moved for
ward and rode beside Ellen. He
looked across the North Fork VAL
ley, the creek winding through it a
ribbon of silver, to the forests
marching up the huddled hills to the
blurred horizons edge. A snatch of
Heber's missionary hymn jumped
again to his mind. He laughed sar-
donically.
The girl looked at him. "You are
amused?"
He quoted the verse:
". every prospect pleases
and only man is vile."
Her eyes, judging him indignant
ly, refused to join his mockery. 81
don't find murder funny" she said.
ST wasn't thinking of murder, but
of the man who turned his back on
his friends. I suppose you would
call him traitor
at isn't my business to call him
anything"
You don't need to have anything
to do with hin-after we reach the
fork in the road just ahead. That's
so. You can go back to your nice
good friends, who shoot at enemies
as they pass, through a window"
That's not true!" she cried.
MY mistake. I should have said
cousin, not friend. The name is
Lee Hart"
when did he shoot at you'll he
did,"
Wednesday a week ago, about
p. m, from the Red Triangle Sa-
LOOM"
She did not speak for moment,
and when she did it was to repudiate
Hart. He isn't really my cousin.
Only distant relative by marriage.
haven't spoken to him five times In
my life"
They had come to the trail fork.
The path to the left led to Black
Butte, the other eventually to the
Diamond Reverse B.
For days Ellen's mind was full of
this adventure and the man who had
shared it with her. He had not
asked her not to tell that she had
seen him coming into the canyon,
but she did not mention it to any
body.
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NsrALLMENT THREE

saloon. Terry dismounts, sees enough
to make him feel the shot was fred by
Lee Hart, brother of the slain man.
also believed to be a rustier. Terry is
manager of the Diamond Reverse B
ranch. Formerly a small rancher, he
q x x 4 4 = Z
Ellen sat little straighter on the
horse. Her chin set. why not?"
There has been some trouble. A
man has been killed
Ellen echoed the last word.
"KiIled?"
''Shot from ambush-dryg ulched."
She stared at him. her eyes on
his. who was killed."
MAN named Tetlow. Lives on
Fisher Creek"
''Who did it?"
EST don't know. I heard someone
galloping away through the brush,
and little later came across the
body"
"Just before I started down the
canyon I heard shot," Ellen said.
"Just one. Do you think they had
a quarrel?"
mo. Tetlow didn't have his gun
out. A bullet from rifle went
through the back of his head"
Murder" The word fell from the
girls lips in a low, shocked voice.
1.-The second in a week Are the big
cattlemen starting in to kill all the
settlers who are in their way?"
mo" He spoke sharply, instant
Iy. "These men were both rustlers,
according to common report. They
lived violently and made enemies.
Maybe they quarreled among them
selves"
Zone of them was my cousin"
Then, as her glance fell on the
rifle In its scabbard beside the sad
die, there jumped to her mind a
horrid thought He might have done
it himself. Why was he carrying a
rifle in country where the almost
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CHAPTER VII

Excitement ran like a prairie fire
through the Buck River country.
The heat of it converged on Cal
houn Terry. He had reported find
ing the body of Tetlow, after having
been seen by two men an hour or
so after the killing not far from the
upper end of Box Canyon. When
seen, he had a Winchester rifle IN
a scabbard tied to the side of his
saddle.
The sherif's posse had followed
the trail of a horseman from the
body to the lower mouth of the can
yon. Here he had been joined by
another rider.
Sheriff Hart rode up to the Dia-
mond Reverse B to ask Terry to
explain his movements. His broth
er Lee had suggested posse, on
which JEFF Brand and Jack Turley
had offered TO serve, big enough to
capture the foreman of the ranch
unless his men offered organized re-
sistance. But Nate Hart decided
against this.
1--WE haven't evidence enough on
which to convict him-nothing like
enough" he said. mo sense in go
ing off half-cocked.
You'd better let me and some Of
the other boys go along" Lee in
sisted.
The sheriffs eyes drifted little
scornfully over his heavy-set, bow
legged brother. ''I'm going for bust.
ness, not war. If I took you along.
Lee, it would be Like waving a red
rag at Cal"
The sheriff found Terry looking
over the ranch accounts.
Hart was IN his early thirties, big
and rangy and vigorous. The gen.
eral opinion was that he was by ali
odds the best of the Hart brothers.
''I've heard a lot Of talk, Terry,
he said. Thought I'd better ride
up and find out what you have to
tell me-"
"You mean about your brother
shooting at me from the Red Tri-
angle" Terry said, on the theory
that a swift attack may be the best
defense.
Don't believe all you hear. My
brother didn't shoot at you"
81 must have imagined the holes
IN my hat" Calhoun said.
The sheriff did not pursue that
line any further. what I want to
talk about is the Tetlow killing. You
were the first to reach the body.
We're you in time to see the killer?''
mo. I heard the shot. He was
gone when I found the body"
What were you doing down on
the North Fork at that timer"
st was on my way back from Jim
Creek, where I had been to see the
station agent about wiring for some
cars 1 needed to make a shipment. .
I'VE found two sets of tracks, both
very recent. You didn't happen to
see anybody else?"
ct met two men on the mesa
above"
But nobody in the canyon?"
'tNo. Isn't it possible that the
second set of tracks could have been
made by the killer while he was
escaping? He may have passed up
the canyon before or after me-"
Eyes, it may have been that way.
But the tracks show that the two
rode side by side for ways after
they reached the prong"
Not necessarily. The tracks may
have been made at the same time, /"
the foreman suggested.
ITO BE CONTINUED
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to make any exact
measurement when
the ball sails out of
the park or crashes
in to tn e upper
stands.
There is a center
field fence in the st.
Petersburg park
a roun d 500 fe e t
away, and no one
has ever hit this
palisade on the fly
yet, according to
the best knowledge
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CHAPTER v

among the EOul1S Hills U Tie
north of the Diamond Reverse B
lay the empire of the Bartlett Land
& Cattle Company, Familiarity known
as No, By Joe. It stretched over
hundreds of thousands of acres OF
grazing land, over which roamed
great numbers of cattle bearing the
B brand.
The manager, Clint Ellison, rode
N from watching a beef cut to hold
a conference IN his office with i'm
portant guests who were Just ar
irving.
He brought glasses and bottle
of whiskey from the cabinet, pitch
er Of water from a tray on a side
board.
Help yourselves, gentlemen" he
invited.
John McFaddin, joint owner with
his brother of the Flying VIC, very
large ranch far up on Elk Creek,
poured whiskey into a glass and
drank it neat, after a perfunctory
Here's howl"
Perry Gaines, manager of the
Two Star Ranch, shook his head.
81 never drink until I'm through my
days work"
The third guest reached for a
glass and the bottle. He was a
round, roly-poly man Of middle age,
Tubicund countenance, and bright,
tWinkling, merry eyes. IT drink be-
fore 7 begin it, during same, and
after I have finished" he an
nounced. Here's to you, gentle
men. Happy days"
McFaddin thrust into words the
thought that was in his mind, that
had been present with all of them for
some days. $50 an accident hap
pened to one of the gents too free
with rope and a running-iron near
your range, Clint"
Ellison passed box of good CT
CARS and took one himself. Refer
ring to Buck Hart, I take it.
The foreman of the No, BY Joe
looked at the Flying v c man, no
expression whatever in his steely
eyes. I'm told he was shot. With a
rife. In the early morning. By per-
son unknown.
Slanting a grin at Ellison, the
plump, red-faced mamie was Tod
Collins, manager and part owner of
the Antelope Creek Ranch-offered
a chuckling suggestion. Have to
call him Mr.. x, reckon, like they
do IN these detective stories"
Ellison looked long time at his
cigar tip. Like the rest of you, I've
been milling this over night and day,
gentlemen. We represent four out of
the five biggest ranches in this part
of the territory. I didn't ask Cal
Terry to join US today because he
isn't in quite the same position as
we are. A few years ago he was a
little cattleman himself, and though
his old friends hate him like poison
now, he may still have scruples
against what have In mind. Later
we'll have to take him in, but we
might as well make our plans first.
IF we're going to protect our prop
critics from wholesale thieving we
must wipe the ruStIerS out en- maSSe.
Tod Collins grinned. 'The Ante
1ope Creek rides to war with the
rest of you. Cut loose with what's
on your mind, Clint"
From his pocket Collins drew a
wallet and counted out one hundred
and twenty-five dollars IN bills. He
put the money on the desk. HNow's
a good time to settle that election
bet we made with Clint, boys" he
said.
The managers of the Flying V c
and the Two Star ranches each put
the same amount on the desk. Eli
son gathered it up and put the wad-
ded bills IN his pocket.
He leaned forward and IN low
voice began to outline the plan he
had IN mind.
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lops that dropped into a plowed field
was measured around $40 feet. Any
thing over 430 feet is no part of soft
hitting.
Ruth remains the long distance
champion, both as a record hitter
and as the most consistent one. The
Babe not only had bulk and power
back of his punches, but he also had
one of the finest swings that baseball
has ever known in the way of timing
and smOOthness.
But the Babe rarely reached a full
range of 500 feet. There is no way