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Evening star., 1944-07-02
The tale of a typical
American kid, from a
typical American town.
1t will thrill you

TINE other day got to thinking about
Il the Fourth of July in the canal town
where I grew up And then thought
about Jim Sheret.
first got to know Jim in Sunday
School We both belonged to Mr.. Haris's
class. Sunday School in Albion was held
after church and it was trying period for
young people. For one thing. most of us
were taken along to the regular church
service and we had already sat stiff and
uncomfortable in the family pew for an
hour and half.
In summer, windows would be open and
butterflies would be dawdling among the
sun-dappled naples. We were already
ravenously hungry and odors of roast beef
kept floating in on little breezes. There
was the almost unbearable ecstasy of
anticipating that in half-hour we would
have finished turning the ice-cream freezer
and would be rewarded for our labors by
being allowed to lick the dasher
AND 50 there was little wonder that Mr..
Harris's patient, middle-aged question
ing about why Abraham felt it necessary
to sacrifice his son Isaac fell on ears and
minds not exactly attuned. Only one of
us ever really paid attention and knew his
lesson - that was Jim Sheret.
We didn't feel jealous or angry that
Jim came prepared. Somehow or other we
sensed that he would always do job
we'll - even if he were hungry and not
particularly interested.
Jim was little and skinny. He was far
from handsome, but he had a wide-open
smile that made people like him. His
father had a job down at the sandstone
quarries - a job that did not pay much.
But the main thing remember about
Jim is gentle and never failing friendli-
ness. Writers say, when they admire
somebody, that everybody liked him.
The phrase has worn out. Yet there's
no other way to say what l mean.
Everybody did like him.
We boys did not get as much time to
play with jim as we would have liked.
He always had odd jobs that kept him
busy after school.
Most of US used to ride our bicycles
down to the shores of Ontario nine miles
away, on hot summer days. Jim hardly
Evening star., 1944-07-02

ever went. But he usually got away for our
Sunday School picnics at Oak Orchard
on-the-Lake. He was as good as any of us
at games - though he never had time to
practice - and he was mighty eater.
We used to have fishing contests in the
afternoon jim and once rowed up Oak
Orchard Creek all the way to Two Bridges
without catching single bullhead, big
mouth. or even perch.
On days like Decoration Day and the
Fourth of July and Pioneers Day Jim
did not have to work. 1t seems to me now
that on those days thunderclouds were
always billowing in the morning. And
sometimes during the exercises inside the
courthouse, while Tom Kirby was prais-
ing the Declaration of Independence and
the Constitution with all his Irish elo-
quence there would be quick shower
and the thunderclaps made Toms best
paragraphs even more emphatic. But by
the time the parade had formed with old
white-b bearded, six-foot-six Mr.. Francis at
the head, carrying the Stars and Stripes
as proudly as ever he had in battle of
the Civil War, the sun would have come
out and we would know that there was
really to be ball game.
Then Jim and and the rest of the boys
would march beside the parade, our blood
tingling, as the drums and the flies struck
up The Girl l Left Behind Me-" The
parade would break up in hurry after it
had crossed the canal and We got near the
ball-park Then everybody ran to get his
favorite seat in the bleachers and began
yelling insults at the Cuban Giants or the
Cherokee Indians or the Bloomer Girls
or some other travelling baseball outfit
that had dared to invade the town.
HEN there would be frantic anxiety to
see whether the catcher we had imported
from Rochester was really worth the ten
dollars it was rumored he was to be paid.
whether Herbie Read was going to be as
luIuly COdSIHAA6 Ou lIiC oiOC AdiSS 40 IN was
last time, and whether Bobbie Clark was
going to get mad, after striking out three
times, and smack pitch 50 hard that the
ball would sail out over left field, over the
towpath and land plumb in the canal
If all those things happened - and they
sometimes did - Jim and l and all the
rest of the boys in town agreed that it had
been a perfect day.
As remember it now, Jim was working
when was sent off to college. / know he
did not envy those of us who went to col
lege, but remember he seemed to place
more value on our educational experience
than we did
Evening star., 1944-07-02

Names and descriptions Of all fiction so1c1
and semi-6ction articles this 1ine are wnoa
imaginary. Any name which happens to be the same
thar of living dead Is entirely coancaoe
Evening star., 1944-07-02

This Week M.s.,ile
TIE THIRD WONDER .................:...:.,
byJ. D. RotetH
YOU'RE NOT THE ryPe"
By Sewsil Peoslse W1sh
TIE BRATS. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS:
BY Oseo, seAi,son
DOUBLE TROUBLE ......................:.t 10
BY CkosIss D. Rice. i.
BY Wsose Holbresk
aueeesy BOUNTY ~
byCtsmeatjNe Puddlsf~S
bv Dovid Bssnusd
Cover BY U.S.M.C.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-05-10

LOST-Gas ration "a" book belong
ing to Howard Pipes. Return to
Ration Board. 5-13
Imperial Valley press., 1944-05-10

ROOM for 2 working girls. Lauin-
dry facilities and kitchen prlvl-
legeS for breakfast. 1881 Holt after
$50 pm. 5-l2
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l3-Rooms for Rent

ROOM FOR RENT, adjoining bath.
In private home. 404 He'll. 5-l2
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DEATH FUNERAL
NOTICES

HENSON, Levi, Dallas, Texas Ne
gro, died last Monday. Funeral
services will be in charge of Lem
on's chapel at 2:30 pm. Monday.
Burial will be in Evergreen GEM
etery. Survivors include his moth
er; three sisters, and three BROTH
erS. sill
Imperial Valley press., 1944-05-10

I-.Persona1s. Special Notices
GET YOUR lovely Mothers Day
Gifts from your Avon representa-
tive. Mrs. Lena Earls, 1l09 So.
7th, Phone 2l82-J, mornings and
evenings. Sis
Imperial Valley press., 1944-05-10

JOB OPEN tor geopnysical crew.
If you prefer an outside job in
an essential industry apply at
246 Professional Bldg. 5-12
Imperial Valley press., 1944-05-10

Engineer. Also cream
cry help. Permanent employment.
Availability certificate required
Apply Arden Farms Co, 3rd and
Broadway.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-05-10

OFFICE MANAGER wanted on a
wartime job (woman preferred.
Applicant must have experience;
ability to supervise help and meet
public. Phone 1910 or call 118 No.
9th st. 5-12
Imperial Valley press., 1944-05-10

WANTED = Reliable woman for
general housework, family of
three. Stay on place. Write P. o.
box 267 Imp. or phone Imp. 1924.
5-l3
Imperial Valley press., 1944-05-10

HAVE OPENING in office as COM
putor on oil exploration party.
Some college work required. Call
387 for appointment. 5-12
Imperial Valley press., 1944-05-10

WANTED for dicta-
ton, typing and general office
work. Permanent position with
good salary. Haas Brothers Motor
Company, 757 Main, Telephone
340
Imperial Valley press., 1944-05-10

WANTED INEXPERIENCED sales
ladies. Also fountain waitress. Age
1870. Apply office j. j. NeWberry.
SIT
Imperial Valley press., 1944-05-10

WANTED Waitress at Hamilton
Fountain Lunch, 645 Main. See
Mr.. WOodall. BILL
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WANTED-Experienced plant labor.
Sunland Dairy, 1455 Main.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-05-10

Farmers of northern China
blindfold one eye of their ponies
to keep them from getting dizzy
while walking in a circle as power
for grinding corn in their ancient
mills.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-05-10

WANTED-CaShie and waitress.
Apply at the Rice Bowl, 452 Main
5-16
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WANTED-Men and women for
clerical or yard positions. So. Pa
cific Co. Immediate employment
in FL Centro. Apply H. D. Blair,
agent. o-lO
Imperial Valley press., 1944-05-10

WANTED-Handy man to work on
general repair work and putting
I'D coolers. 826 Commercial.
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o-HeIp Wanted

WANTED-By June 18th, a mar
ried Swiss man with family to
milk 100 COWS by DeLaval milker,
feed, sterilize and wash cows and
barns. House, electricity, milk and
good salary. Tuttle Dairy, Phone
303 or 4-F-22, Gilroy, Calf. 5-24
Imperial Valley press., 1944-05-10

Switzerland has a surplus of
100000 bachelor girls.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-05-10

WANTED-White or colored wom-
an for housekeeping and maid
services. Phone 1889.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-05-10

LOST-Brown billfold containing
draft registration; operators Ii
censes, social security, and "A and
b gas books belonging to c. E.
Slattery. Return to ration board.
SILL
Imperial Valley press., 1944-05-10

WANTED-Carpenter to replace
footings and sills under small
house. owner will help. Phone
543.
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Lost. Found Strayed

LOST-Gas ration book "a belong
ing to Arthur Blake. Return to
Ration Board. SILL
Imperial Valley press., 1944-05-10
|2-Wanted to Rent

UNFURNISHED house for rent.
Phone 1913. o-l3
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Holtville, heavy tarpaulin. Re-
ward. Sunland Dairy lass Main.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-05-10
8-Situations Wanted
lO-Apartments for Rent
ll-Houses Tor kenf

~~~~~-~~-~~~~-~-~~-@ ~-@-~-~->-@~r>1~|>-'>
HOUSES FOR RENT in June, sum-
mer rates. Insulated and with
coolers, nicely furnished. Inquire
Mgr, 746 Broadway, Sam Danen-
berp 5-12
Imperial Valley press., 1944-03-12
Pastures Hold COMMANDING Place

from Calexico, their names taken
from their proximity to the inter-
national boundary. The picturesque
Mexican town provides much enter
tainment among which its most
featured IS the SurdGy Iull fights
where too bull fighters, .latadors,
toreadors, and bandeT..fs have per-
formed Tor hundreds CI thousands.
1t is the home of the governor
and capital city of Baja California.
Laguna and Imperial Dams lie
to the east .wkere the All-American
Canal starts to bring the water that
has transformed a desert wasteland
into Americas Winter Garden" in
40 years E. today vast expanse
CT cropland, orchards, and farms
that produce the year-around.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-03-12

man happy.
Imperial valley las done more
than any other county in the ma
tion for the preservation of ducks,
and has taken more punishment
for this interest. Ducks are too
plentiful here in the winter due
to the state and federal game ref
uges and preserves in the valley
anc along the Colorado. Winter
ing here, the sprigs have been
known also to breed here, but all
types of ducks are seen, and their
damage to the growing crops has
been tremendous.
NOR in-MOR
PHEASANT HUNTING
Pheasants, those imported Chinese
brightly feathered game birds, are
plentiful enough here to make the
ten-day season looked forward to
By the hunters. Deer hunting is
the cnly game hunting that re-
quireS any great amount of driving.
Deer are found in the Laguna
Mountains and near the San
Jacinto mountains, and each year
finds great number of sportsmen
legged out for the annual trek to
kill their deer
Nearly a dozen theatres provide
screen entertainment with NEST of
The current popular films being ex-
hibited in the leading motion pic
ture palaces and they are we'll
furnished to please the patrons.
Students CT prehistoric life will
find the county a fertile field for
their studies and important scenic
spctS are accessible.
In the eastern part of the county
lies the sand hills where most CT
HCllyWood's desert pictures are
filmed and these dunes provide the
ideal spots for desert picnics. In
the spring amazing carpets Of
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All work and no play makes jack but in spite of
the fact that Imperial Valley is recognized the richest
agricultural section in the world where crops harvested
365 days in the year. recreation is of the import
ant activities recognized here.
varied sports and recreation program is available
to the residents the tourists around due the ideal
climatic conditions in this garden spot of the world
the broadway of America Wartime travel restric-
tons have curaled the recreation cCrsideraby
and military installations in the valley have made their
weight felt in many other ways but in most respects
skeleonZed activities is offered the around
Imperial Valley press., 1944-03-12

But while Hunts experience with
the pasture has been an amazing
story to some people who think only
in terms of cash crops producing
quick returns. he makes no wide
sweeping claims that it is some
thing fer just any farmer to jump
into.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-03-12
RecreotiondI Facilities Offer
Boon to Valley Visitors

colorful desert flowers greet the
eye. Wreckage Of the old plank
road from Yuma may still be seen
beside the modern concrete high
ways that span the desert today.
Shell deposits and marine life
remnants are buried in the sides
of the mountains where one finds
the ancient beachline of the Gulf
of California or some great inland
sea, making it natural laboratory
out-of doors for study cf ester
years
Near oS.ton Sea are the famous
boiling mud pots CT =, ngy earth
dotted with volcanic cones out Of
which ceaselessly bubble subter-
ranean eruptions of colored mud.
GOING FAR BACK
The petrified forests northwest of
Kane Springs and another south of
Coyote Wells as well as the ancient
oyster beds southwest of Seeley
provide research grounds for those
interested in days of antiquity The
Painted Gorge is another Of the
natural wonders that attracts the
eye. Near Fish Greek mountain
west of Kane Springs will be found
the prehistoric animal tracks en-
graved en- rock for posterity to
know that once strange animals
rcamed this desert area.
Ghost towns, abandoned (and
operating) mines, cid trails, canyons
filled with fossils and ancient
corral, historic stage stations, hid
den springs and hundred and one
cdd places await the curious and
interested.
To the west lc lacumba hot
springs, ANA State Park and the
mountain retreats for those avoid
ing the desert summer heat.
To the south is Old Mexico with
Mexicali just across the border
Imperial Valley press., 1944-03-12
Farmers Push
This ew
Revenue Crop

Pasture is crop-not weedpatch, and Imperial coun-
y farmers learning that statement to be truer each
year. but crop its value is the most difficult to define
because it depends upon the made of it.
-Four ago of the most important experiments
in permanent pasture made in the valley when Harold
Hunt tried two and onefourth By October 1912
the in permanent pastures had grown to So In
March the Irrigation District reported 78O and
by October Of last the again nearly had dou
bled.
Already this year more than two thousand of
pasture have been planted according to Hunt
and George Winright the latter of the county extension
off
Imperial Valley press., 1944-03-12
Pilot Who Ended
Rickthofen's
Career Succumbs

STCUFFVILLE, Ont, March IL
tUP)-Capt. A. Roy Brown, so, who
shot down Baron Manfred Won
Richthofen, the Red Knight OF
Germany" in World war l. died
at his farm near here.
Brown, a flight commander il
the Royal Flying corps, brought
the career of GerElary's lace Of
aces" to an end on April 81, 1918.
He is survived by his widow, two
daughters, and son, all three
children now serving with the RAE.
children now serving with the
RCAF.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-03-12

The golfers normally flnC in the
valley three courses. The Calexico
International Golf and Country
club course which, until recently,
staged an annual club meet and
an International tournament; at
Brawley the Del Rio club is in
operation most of the year and
this year held their club tourna-
ment. In past wears the annual
Lettuce tournamel-t was he.G cn
these grounds.
The Barbara Worth Country cluD,
bearing the name of the heroine of
Harold Bell Wright's novel that
has spread the fame of the valley
over the nation, is a $4,000 layout
with 80 acres in the course. Here
is played the annual valley cham
pionship tournament as well rs
other tournaments since it is an
1S-hole championship .svout.
TENNIS SHINES
Tennis enthusiasts fine not only
the climate but in every commun.-
ty racket-sWingers of mean proWess
on the courts. This year the Inter
national Tennis Doubles tourna-
ment was staged on the CaleXico
and Mexicali courts. Nearly every
afternoon and Sunday one can find
youngsters and a few of the older
generation dressed in their whites
and hitting the ball around the
valleys courts.
There isn't a sport that is not
on the schedule for valley fans un-
less it be ice hockey or skiinng and
those sports can be found within
driving distance for those who have
the coupons or can get the fuel
Basketball came back to an i'm
portant spot on the lists this year
and although it is quite generally
confined to prep circles round
robin leagues have been in exist
ence during the winter months.
Baseball, Americas pastime, has
suffered a great deal during the
war due to the younger men being
called to the service. Nevertheless,
seven teams were organized in the
valley this year and with Mexi-
cali outside the league, games could
be witnessed every Sunday. In
years past the fine Ell Centro Stao-
ium and ball park, one of the best
projects of its kinc in this area,
was the training quarters for the
Pittsburgh Pirates, the San Diego
Padres and this season Is used Dy
the Padres for tie ,it-hing staff.
IN SCHOOLS
Although the Junior colleges have
been reduced to eliminating their
sports programs, high school foot
ball during october and November
has found definitely, scrappy
competition taken to the gric irons.
Wrestling in the high schools is
assuming more important part of
the athletic programs in the coun-
ty with high school baseball and
softball also furnishing entertain
ment and an outlet for the physical
energies of the prep youths.
During the past winter boxing
events were placed on the valley
sports program but for various
reasons the activity failed to reach
any Importance.
If the sports enthusiast desires he
can bowl, hike, swim, go horseback
riding, boating, fish and hunt IN
the valley and its nearby facilities. |
Swimming is provided in plunges,
ano while horseback riding has
suffered War-relapse, it is follow
ed nearly Vear-arOllnd When wor
time restrictions are lifted Salton
Sea, one of the nations major salt |
water bodies, will be developed into |
major resort, especially for boat
ing and swimming.
Roller skating is also a popular
Imperial Valley press., 1944-03-12
CROP OUTLOOK FAILS

WASHINGTON, March IL. CUP) =
Department of Agriculture, in a
monthly summary of crop condi-@ :.
ticns, reported that weather con--
ditions up to March l were con-
sic cerably less favorable than fors
the corresponding period last year.
in many parts of the country butt
probably not far below an average
wear -
Imperial Valley press., 1944-03-12


the pasture has been an amazing
story to some people who think only
in terms of cash crops producing
quick returns he makes no wide
sweeping claims that it is some
thing fer just any farmer to jump
into.
OUTLINES PLAN
For permanent pasture to be
succe SSiul, each farmer who is in
terested should plant a small acre
age, study it, accept the advice of
these who have had the benefit Of
experience and by all means know
how to make best use of the pas
ture," Hunt advised
And Hunt should know, fer years
his farr: nas been considered the
countys' second experiment station
because he believes in knowing
what he is doing and therefore
studies farming as student and
scientist. He is the type of farmer
who believes that he only holds a
small equity in the land for his
period CT tenancy; that he never
really owns the land but that it be-
longs to the generations who are
following He will return that land
in as good if not better condition
than he found it :. and in todays
world when farmers everywhere
are finding themselves with worn
out, r.ired land, ard depleted soils,
his practice is important.
VALUE STl.LSSED
The value of permanent pastures
can only be figured in feeding of
livestock and naturally with the
advent CT increased acreages of
pasture the normal indication is the
increased profitable livestock pro-
ducticn in the Valley =. and on
the basis of the experiments of MI
Hunt, or Heber c. Ellsworth, who
has 600 acres alone, CT H. A.
Fleming of Calipatria, H. Early CT
Westmorland, Claude Jones Of I'M
perial. and several others. the
period of guesswcrk is diminishing
and fact is taking its place.
Although most of the men now
have nearly 1our years Of eX-
perience, none claims to be an
expert but with L. G.. Goar of Melo-
land, who had planted early trial
acres of various mixtures of pas
ture grasses, they have paved the
way. The experiments and their
work of trying out various mix
lures of grasses and legumes have
resulted in irrigated grasslandG
that have high carrying capacity
for livestock and have produced
feed that will put weight on steers
and make a per acre profit of
nearly $100 per year.
From their efforts and the assis-
tance of assistant Winright, reccros
have been kept to prove that
definite results can be expected
from permanent pasture.
CITES RESULTS
On part of six acres of pasture
lands Hunt, for example, Put II
steers and they went on pasture
for almost 18 months, 1885 days.
They weighed an average Of $50
pounds at the start Of pasturing
and when they were taken off the
grass they weighed an average cf
GIG pounds or gain of 566 pounds;
1C3 pounds per day Their share of
the pasture was exactly 2.95 acres.
Besides the pasture grasses con-
sumed they ate 38,740 pounds of
hay at a cost of $15495, according
to Hunt and Winright's records.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-03-12

rastime in the valley.
FISHING GOCr
For the erstWhile -onuwer of Isaac
Walton, fishing ara excellent an
Cling will be found in the valley
anC nearby Catfishing in the irri-
cation canals all over the valley
has been popular and good catches
reported. The Colorado river is
also favorite spot with anglers
from the county. The Gulf of Cali
fornia provides excellent sea bass
fishing and is within driving dis
tance.
But while the anglers are happy
in the valley the nimrods have
paradise. Hunting is one of the
greatest sports with game in abunt :
ance during the winter months.
The hunting season usually starts
off with doves and good bags are
always common. The Whitening
dove is becoming extinct and the
season is closed, but at one time
this dove was common. Being the
breeding grounds, the valley is GOOD
dove hunting area. Quail are not
as plentiful as they once were, but
there are more than enough geese
Wintering here to make the hunts
Imperial Valley press., 1944-03-12
FAMED AUTHOR DIES

CHATHAM, Mass. Mar. IL. CUp)
Joseph c. Lincoln, IA. famous
author of Cape Cod stories, died
in his hotel suite at Winter Park,
Fla. according to word received az
his home here.