The Desert Sun from Palm Springs, California • 6

I 'I the desert sue or palm springs California FRIDAY JANUARY 11 IMS $1668 PER CAPITA SPENT BY COUNTY DURING 1932-1933 fl In 1893 Rlversidtj county waa divorced from San Dtyo county and a board of supervls serve until the which waa in 1894 Jin that year Mr Shaver ran for the gfflce and defeated RETIRES FROM trance to school for right to vote for right to marry for legal dependency for Irresponsibility of children for employment In Industry To prove American cltlsenshlp: For passports for exemption of military duty in foreign countries for criminal courts in foreign countries for Immigration for right to hold certain offices for right to admission to certain professions for collecting compensation from the government this date has been showing up on the calendar In very Innocent fashion but It always has been viewed with alarm and foreboding Why it Is unlucky is still a matter of conjecture Changing from the Gregorian to the Julian calendar cutting the 13th month Is one reason Another explanation that Christ foretold his betrayal and death at the Last 8upper on Friday and that men sat at the table with the 18th man Judas eventually committing the betrayal Christ also wu cruct-fiedw on Friday Then It might be due to the fact that It la rare for Friday the 13th to show up at all the Incumbent A Mead who on what la now Stewart ranch In In 1898 he waij again victorious defeating Julius ii Brown owner of the Big Springs nidi east of Hemet In following electldis ho defeated the late A Domenlgai who lived south of Winchester la B902 0 Tripp who died several Jars ago In Hemet Ison of Little Lake Ir of Frultvale in In 1906 Da In 1910 Alex FRIDAY 1STH TO BE RARE DURING COMING MONTHS This should be a lucky year as the 13th will show up on the calendar only twice duriqg The days fall in September and December For more than a thousand years Phone Red Top Cab- Riverside county spent 11168 for each man woman and child In the county during the fiscal year 193243 according to a study tracing county dollars recently completed by California Taxpayers' association Of the 11668 spent by the county $349 went for general government and Interest payments $981 for protective and charitable services and $388 for highways Pointing out that all county pendltures fall into two classes those for direct current services which the government renders to the people of the community and those for overhead payments of Interest on borrowed money and the cost of departments' such as the tax collector which do not render any direct service to the Individual but are none the less necessary Gifford director of research of the association said: general the taxpayer gets the best return for hla money when the proportion of expense for general government and Interest' on past spending la small and that for direct current services high The minimum overhead expenditure of $296 per capita' occurred in Santa Clara county only seven other counties of which Riverside Is one fell below For printing phone 4667 ed hla first reverse 8mlth of San Ja-Ing election how-lefeated Smith and leraet to again take county board In IS Tanner at to postmaster and Martin Lauraen 1914 In 1918 he au: losing to Row clnto The fol ever in 1923 ha Cooper of hla place on 1926 he defea present San Ja In 1930 he do of Hemet This year round out 40 visor he had a primaries again John Shaver retiree as county super-vleor today He held the office eo long that he vat the dean of iraper-vlaore of California Mr Shaver aerved the county on the board alnce 1894 with the exception of one four-year term 86 yeara -of service During that 86 yeara he aerved two tenna aa chairman of the board hie flrat and hla Mat Only once up until last November had he ever taated defeat In a political campaign Mr Shaver came to San Jacinto In 1891 before the city of Hemet waa dreamed of and when Old Town or Bowers waa a thriving community He had been engaged in the aaah and -door manufacturing business In En enada Mexico ahlpping hla raw materials from the United Statea The plant waa operated under a concession from the Mexican government and prospered aa long aa colonists were permitted to bring their supplies with them free of duty When the Mexican government began collecting tariff charges Mr bualneaa along with many others waa hard bit and he came to San Jacinto Building a Home Uncle Sam Is going to count the noses of every baby In the state of California who has been born during the year 1934 Announcement has Just been made of a statewide "Register Your campaign through the cooperation of the Federal Bureau of the Census the California Emergency Relief Administration and the 8tate Department of Public Health In a few days each family in California will receive a card from the Bureau of the Census asking parents to fill In certain information regarding babies born In 1984 These cards are to be dropped back Into the malM' postage free They then go to the Bureau of the Census In Washington and are forwarded to Sacramento where they will be checked against the baby registration records of the State Department of Public Health If any baby Is found not to be registered steps will be taken immediately to obtain proper registration and thus give baby his cltlsenshlp papers" Parents are urged to fill In and mall the cards even If they know the baby has been registered It is only by getting back as nearly 100 percent of the cards as possible that the efficiency of the baby registration system can be checked accurately by the experts from the Bureau of Cen-sua Government bulletins explain that baby should be registered for his own future welfare They are: To prove legal age: For Inheritance of property for cMlms of widows and orphans for settlement of Insurance for settlement of pensions for right to serve on a Jury for entering military service for en king election to aa a county super-hard battle in the several candidates One of the most important things about a home may well be its electrical equipment to make it a comfortable place in which to live and be free from and was defeat in the November Talbot election by AQUEDUCT EMpLOYE Plan to make your residence an electrical home H)T BY ROCK DIES UNINJURED WHEN MACHINE WRECKED NEAR WHITEWATER Crushed by falling rock In an accident while working In a tunnel on the Colorado River aqueduct near Beaumont Argollan Robbins 26 years old died Wednesday in the Redlands Community He was employed by the Wenael A Henoch Construction Co His home wu In Wlllowbrook where a wife and small child survive him Kenneth McNlcols representative of the Thompson Motor Sales at Palm Springs narrowly escaped injury Wednesday morning when the car he was driving skidded on the wet pavement near Whitewater and turned over The car was badly damaged The Southern Sierras Power Company Arriving In the San Jadnto valley be established a sawmill and operated It until 1897 using native cottonwood timber to considerable extent At that time the flats along the river were heavily wooded In 1897 he sold out bis sawmill business and purchased the hardware store of Bradley Bros which he continues to operate Phono Rod Top Cab I i i fc i I i i 1 9w- General Petroleum Certified Lubrication Latest Type Hydraulic Grease Hoist Metro Mobilgas General KENNETH jMcNICOLL Ford Sales ED CRUNMEY Fordand Used Car Sales THEODORE SWAFF1ELD Service Station Ethyl Mobiloil and Greases Tire Repairing Expert Mechanic in Charge of Garage MILTON EARL Carage Ford Sales and Service Get your gas fan the newest type of gasoline pump that indicates the exact amount of gas to i the fraction and the total price in dollars and cents Sell the New 1935 Ford V-8 on Display.