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P A G E P O U R L A S V E G A S A G E Frid ay, Ja n u a ry 24, 1936 T h e A ge B u ild in g , 411 F re m o n t S tre e t, L a s V eg a s, N evada P U B L IS H E D E V E R Y F R ID A Y E n te re d in th e P o s to ffic e a t L a s V e g a s a s Second C lass M a tte r S u b scrip tio n R a te s — $2.50 p er y e a r C H A R L E S P. S Q U IR E S , E d ito r and P u b lish e r JA M E S W . S Q U IR E S , M a n a g in g E d ito r M E M B E R U N IT E D P R E S S ASSO CIA TIO N A ll rig h ts o f re p u b lica tio n of m a tte r h erein a re reserv ed E A S T E R N R E P R E S E N T A T IV E S W illia m H. S to ck w e ll, P eo p le ’s G as B u ild in g , C h icago, 111. T h e s. F . C la rk Co., In c ., 205 E a s t 42nd S tre e t, New T o r k C ity P A C IF IC COAST R E P R E S E N T A T IV E W illia m s & Co., 220 M ontgom ery St., San F ra n c ise o , C alif. COMMISSIONER WARD RESIGNS B y I . W . F . We regret that it has been the decision of Gene Ward to resign his place as Fire and Police Commissioner of the City of Las Vegas. Gene Ward is a man'of outstanding abil­ity and one of unquestioned honesty. However, at the last city election,' the people of this city expressed a wish — and in no uncertain voice that they wanted a change in the operation of the city government , of Las Vegas. The people of this*, city wanted the police depart­ment “cleaned out” from top to bottom. T he people of this city wanted to provide a municipal powef distribution system; they wanted a municipal water system. All of these things were promised by members of the present board who were running for office, including Mayor Arnett, upon whose shoul­ders the successful operation of the city government falls. To fail to carry out any of the promises made at election time would certainly result in a feeling that the confidence placed in these commissioners by the people of Las Vegas had been- misused. The will of the majority should ^prevail. It is the duty of the commissioners and Mayor to carry out their promises to the letter. A MUNICIPAL WATER SYSTEM As long as we are on the subject of promises made by our city commissioners at election time, we might as well call attention that promises were made that steps to acquire a municipal water system would be made. This should be done without delay. If the city is going into the power busi­ness then it might just as well make a good job of it and take in the water distribution also. At least the people should have an opportunity to defi­nitely express their wish on the water question. HE WHOLE WORLD MOURNS All the world mourns with England the passing of hen gracious king, George the Fifth and her illustrious maiyof letters, Rudyard Kipling. His Majesty, the king, possessed a quiet dignity and dis­liked ostentation and display. But it was for his many human qualities that he was so beloved by the common people. To them he was every inch a king and also their friend. Hedged about by court rules and red tape a king has about as much privacy as a gold-fish yet he and Queen Mary managed to bring up a family to be proud of. They were especially happy when living the lives of simple, gentle people at their country home. Queen Mary, tho of royal blood, had been poor as the proverbial church mouse. They had a sensi­ble mother and had been taught the art of home-making. The marriage was a love match and their* life ideal. These were the things which endeared them to their people. The new king has much to live up to. Lovers of good literature will bow their heads at the passing of Rudyard Kipling. He should have and had he not written the poem referring to the “Widow of Windsor” doubt­less would have been the Poet Lauriate of England. I t is a blow to th e B r itis h E m p ire | and th e w orld, to lose so a b le a ru le r -as G eorge V a t th is tim e. T he w orld is fille d w ith ch aos and u n ­re st, so g r e a t ch a n g es a re to be avoided u n til m ore sa n e and calm co n d ition s e x ist. G re a t B r ita in is in ­deed fo rtu n a te in h a v in g a m an schooled and read y to ta k e K in g G eorge’s p lace. E d w ard V I I I h as been tra in e d fro m in fa n c y to ta k e ch a rg e of th e m ig h ty E m p ire. T h a t is one g re a t a d v a n ta g e a m o n a rch ia l form o f g ov ern m en t h a s ov er a dem ­ocracy . T h e ir sta te sm e n and esp ec­ia lly th e ir k in g s a re ed ucated esp ec­ia lly fo r t h ir jo b s, and a m ig h ty ta s k it is to ru le now.. F o r o v er a q u a rte r of a c e n tu ry K ing. G eorg e’s f ir s t th o u g h t and ev ery deed h as been fo r h is E m p ire. H e n o t on ly ruled w ith a firm hand, b u t h is w hole life , d om estic, p erso n a l and public, w as a liv in g exam p le to h is s u b je c ts. A k in g ’s life is n o t h is ow n—In d eed no ru le r’s should be. H ere in th e U nited S ta te s w e hav e n e v e r p erm itted a n y oiie m an to 'head o u r g o v ern m en t m ore th a n e ig h t y e a rs. He, a s a ru le, h a s a l ­read y m a rried th e w om an o f h is choree and up u n til th e day he ta k e s the ©ath o f o ffic e h a s been a fre e man.A T h e K in g o f E n g la n d h a s n e v er \known a day o f re a l freedom sin ce h is b irth , and he m ust m a rry a w om an w ho is both su ita b le fo r a queen land approved by h is su b je c ts. H is ow n .choice in th e m a tte r is third./ T h e K in g ’s se n te n ce is fo r life ,/ th e re fo re i t is n o t a s k in g too m uch of Our P re sid e n t, w h oev er he maJy be, to pu t a w a y h is p erson al in c lin a tio n s fo r th e sh o rt period he nis p erm itted to d ire c t th e d e stin y of o u r g r e a t N ation. T h e G re a t M an w hose in flu e n ce h a s been f e lt th ru - ou t th e w orld fo r tw o thou san d y e a rs, once sa id : “G re a te r love h a th no m an th a n th is th a t he la y down h is life fo r h is frie n d s.” “L a y ­in g dow n on e’s life ” d oesn’t n e c e s­s a r ily m ean dying. T o m eet i t m eans so m eth in g f a r m ore d iffic u lt th a n th e sim p le a c t o f d e p a rtin g th is life . I t m eans p la c in g y ou r frie n d s’ needs and w e lfa re b e fo re you r own, and w oe b e tid e th e ru le r, w ho fa ils to do ju s t th a t in th e se m odern days. SO AP B O X A N N IE. 2,066 ‘N E W S IE S ’ L E A R N T R A D E S TO LED O , (U .P .)— D u rin g t he p a st y ea r, 2,066 T oled o new sbo ys hav e lea rn ed so m eth in g o f v a rio u s tra d e s th ro u g h th e Toledo N ew sboys’ A s­so cia tio n . In p re -d ep ressio n 1929, on ly 700 p a rticip a te d in th e a ss o c ia - tip n ’s a c tiv itie s. OBSERVATIONS a f t e r f o r t y y e a r s My good frie n d D r. A m es o f L o s A n g eles, in v ited m e to go w ith him on a w e e k -e n d trip to B ig B e a r V a lley . O f co u rse I w as hap py to a ccep t, rem em b erin g th e happy v a ­c a tio n tim es I sp e n t in th e r o ­m a n tic and b e a u tifu l San B e r n a r ­dino m ou n tain s in th e y e a rs 1892 to 1896. T h e la s t tim e I w as in B e a r V a l­le y p rev io u s to th is T le ft L o s A n ­g e le s J u ly 4, 1896, w ith m y frien d B e r t G a tes o f th e T . I. & T . Co., d riv in g old D olly, h itch ed to a lig h t su rry , and lea d in g or rid in g a s we f e lt inclined , B e r t ’s sad dle pony, C ig a re tte s. W e reach ed A zusa abo u t noon, in tim e to loo k in on th e ir F o u rth o f J u ly c e le b ra tio n . A fte r sp end in g a lit t le tim e h u n tin g q u ail alon g th e w ay, w e passed th e n ig h t a t a fa rm house and re a c h e r San B ern a rd in o la te In th e a fte rn o o n of J u ly 5. T h e ir o u r m ou n tain eer friend , G eorge F e rg u so n , had th e fo u r-h o rse team read y and th e w agon loaded w ith th e cam p in g n e ce ssitie s. W e le ft Sa n B ern a rd in o a t te n or eleven o’clock in th e ev en in g so a s to n e ­g o tia te th e steep g ra d e s up the W a te rm a n Canyon b e fo re th e sun w as high. T h e n e x t n ig h t w e cam ped a t the H o fre id e r ran ch . A fte r w e w ere asleep a g re a t exp lo sion occu rred in th e m iddle o f th e fir e we had a r ­ran ged, th ro w in g b u rn in g tw ig s and b ra n ch e s and g lo w in g co a ls a ll ov er our bedding, g iv in g us a s ta r tlin g and bu sy ex p e rie n ce fo r a fe w m in ­u tes, bu t doing no dam age. The. n e x t day w e rea ch ed th e n o rth sid e o f B e a r L a k e (th a t w as th e on ly road a t th e tim e) and. made our w ay around th e la k e to the p oin t on th e so u th sid e of th e la k e abo u t m idw ay betw een Gus K n ig h t’s p lace and th e dam. T h e re w e sp ent a d e lig h tfu l tw o w eek s fis h in g and h u n tin g , w ith no new s w h a tev er from th e ou tsid e world. So i t happened th a t, b e in g in te r ­ested in th e p o litic a l situ a tio n of th e day, I inq u ired o f th e f ir s t m an we m et w hen w e cam e ou t of the m ou n tain s in to Sa n B e rn a rd in o V a l­ley, "W h o is th e D em o era tie nom ­inee fo r P re sid e n t? ” (T h e R e p u b ­lic a n s had n om in ated W illia m M c­K in le y a t th e ir n a tio n a l co n v en ­tio n in Ju n e , th e D em o cra ts h a v in g postponed th e ir co n v en tio n u n til a f ­te r th e F o u rth o f Ju ly ). T h e ra n c h e r o f who I enquired scra tc h e d h is head th o u g h tfu lly and said, “I th in k th e f e lle r ’s nam e is B ry a n , o r so m eth in g lik e th a t.” And th a t w as m y f ir s t k now led g e o f th e W illia m Je n n in g s B ry a n who w as d estin ed to p lay su ch an im p o rta n t ro le on th e w orld s ta g e d u rin g the n e x t 25 y ea rs. A N E W W O R L D So i t cam e a b o u t th a t, a f te r a lap se o f fo rty y e a rs I saw an e n ­tir e ly new w orld, m odern and c iv i­lized, w h ere I had know n on ly th e w ild ern ess. A u tom ob iles and' paved h ig h w a y s b ro u g h t th e ch a n g e s. E v e ry w h e re a re paved roads into ev ery p a rt of th e m o u n tain tfegiond. W h e re it fo rm e rly w a s a tireso m e tw o -d a y s jo u rn e y fro m San B e rn a rd in o into th e B ig B e a r V a lle y , it is now le ss th a n tw o h o u rs by au tom obile. And ev ery w h ere I saw sum m er hom es and c o tta g e s and clu b s and fin e h o te ls and im p o rta n t b u sin ess d is tric ts. T h e re a re e le c tr ic lig h ts (C on tin ued on P a g e 9)