Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 5 August 1939 — Page 9

SATURDAY, AUGUST 5, 1939

| Hoosier Vagabond

* MONUMENT VALLEY, Utah-Ariz, Aug. 5. —

Harry Goulding is a good old cowboy who has just -

got everything whipped right down and tied in a hard knot. If youre inclined to be envious, don't come out to Goulding’s, For he's done exactly what all of us saps always talk abou doing, but never do. . © °° He simply retired to the desert, without waiting to make his fortune first. He is so far away from anything else that his home is actually on the road maps. His front yard is 65 miles wide, yet he hhs running water and electric lights. He is no desert rat. He lives in a way * just as modern as you or I. And I don’t suppose there's anybody in America who eats better than ; he does. How did it all happen? Well: “Me and another old boy come ridin’ through here with a pack outfit in 1920. And when I saw this valley I said to myself, if they’s ever a chance fo throw my hat on one of these rocks, I'm gonna do it.” The chance came in 1924. The valley was opened to homesteading, and Harry threw his hat on a square mile. He was the only one, I guess, who bothered to file a claim. His hat has been on this rock now for 15 years. It has grown into an oasis that you probably couldn’t buy for $30,000. : ; Goulding makes his living from his trading post and his few guest cabins by taking visitors through Monument Valley in his car with the big air wheels that will go anywhere, and by taking pack-parties deep into almost unexplored country in the fall.

One-Man Chamber of Commerce

#4Goulding looks kind of ageless, but probably is around 40. His wife is called ‘“Mike,” and she is nice. Their home is a real home. He is a cowboy type if I've ever seen one. Wears a big hat and overalls and a black kerchief around his neck, held with a silver Indian clasp. Tall and skinny as a rail. He speaks Navajo, and can wait Just as long to speak as an Indian can.

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With literary values dodging and twisting about the way they are today, I regard it as something of a civic duty to tell you about Henry (Hank) Hall, the only person in Indianapolis who has read practically everything ever written by James Joyce. Not only once, but several times. It’s “more than even Luther Dickerson has accomplished. Still more surprising is the discovery that Mr. Hall is not - a librarian like Mr. Dickerson, but an architect (Boston Tech 1912). When you. get to know architects the way I have, you're more or less aware that - they don’t read anything, let alone James Joyce. They didn't . even follow the crowd when everybody was agog over “Gone With the Wind.” Indeed, I remember the way Ed James (Burns and James) summed it up at the time. Ed said he wouldn't read “Gone With the Wind” until it appeared in The Readers’ Digest. Mr. Hall's unarchitectural behavior is accounted for by the fact that he spent three or four years in the Southwest. It-left him with a lot of time on his - hands. Enough, anyway, to tackle “Ulysses.” Since then—a matter of six years or more—he’s been sitting on the doorstep waiting for the postman to bring him¥ something new written by James Joyce. It came the other day in the shape of “Finnegans Wake,” an even more deléctable feast than “Ulysses”

in Mr. Hall's opinion. ” ” ”

But Mr. Hall Likes It

Just to give you an idea of what it's al} about, “Finnegans Wake” starts in the middle of a sentence (“riverrun, past Eve and Adam's, from swerve, of shore to bend of bay”) and ends with “A way a lone a last a loved a long the.” In between these two periods lie 628 pages packed with baffling words, disjointed syllables, confused sounds, dizzy puns, allusions, footnotes, all of which respond to something very definite in Mr. Hall's emotional make-up.

Washington yvasnimgto WASHINGTON, Aug. 5—One of the most important angles to the great third term problem has been almost entirely over-looked, so far. It is, simply, that President Roosevelt needs a new major issue. The third term handicap in itself, it is understood, 'doesih’t particularly worry him: He is said to feel that he could be re-elected in spite of it—IF he had some strong, compelling, and dramatic issue to take before the electorate.

So far no such issue has developed. And the one apparently safe bet is that if the President does defy the no-third-term tradition he will do it with something a lot more exciting than a mere “I am running on my record.” There are indications, though, that the New Deal is slowly feeling its way toward a more direct and elaborate attack than has’ yet been made on the whole depression-unemployment problem—toward something which could be presented as a permanent recovery program, and which would be considerably broader than anything which the New Deal has tried to date. |

O'Mahoney Not Very Helpful |

Something of this kind is said to have been looked for from the Temporary National Economic Committee investigation. It hasn't appeared; Senator O’Mahonéy is proceeding slowly and with ainstaking thoroughness, and although he is unearthi 1g a lot of useful information, he emphatically has not handed the President a made-to-order issue for 1940, Meanwhile, there are certain straws in the wind.

My Day

HYDE PARK, N. Y., Friday—The other |

sent a most amusing page from a magazine called

“Future,” “The Magazine for Young Men.” | An article by Dr. S. N. Stevens, which contains the following quotation was marked for my attention: “Women are generally more intuitive than empirical. In other words, they play hunches instead of examining facts in the evaluation of a situation. And I have never yet seen one who, in a tight spot, didn’t try to take advantage of the fact that she was a woman.”

I am willing to agree to the first part of the paragraph. . Women have so much intuition and are so much quicker to feel things than men are, that they occasionally count too much on that particular gift. However, the woman who has trained herself has the advantage over a man in that she still has her intuition, but to it she has added his gift of examining facts and evaluating all the factors entering into a situation. As to the second half of his statement, I'll grant .some women do it, but they are never the women who succeed in their jobs. They are the ones who always preyed on men and always will,

for that is a job in itself.

The fine women in the home or on the job learn

He is full of wonderful little philosophies. After calling him “Mr. Goulding” a while, I asked him his first name. i : “Harry,” he said, “and I handle better that way, too. That ‘Mr. Goulding’ kind of throws me.” Goulding is a ‘sort of rail-fence Chamber of Commerce for Monument Valley. He has been trying for 15 years to let the world know about this spot. He is making headway. Possibly. you have seen the movie ‘“Stagecoach.” Well, it was filmed in Monument Valley. And he was responsible. = When he heard they were going to make’ a film of that type, he just got in his car and drove to Hollywood. He sold them on Monument Valley." On two sides of the Goulding house, a solid rock wall, sleek and bare and brown, rises straight up for 800 feet! It is an immense butte—one of those gigantic ghosts left standing after the millions of centuries had eroded the valley out from around it.

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A 65-Mile Front Yard

Goulding built in the nook of this tutte, high on the slope of crumbling rock and soil the centuries had left. From his front porch you can see 65 miles straight ahead. And if you turn a little to the left, you can see mountains 125 miles away. But Harry is a kind of ‘dreamer. He wants to

build a house right up on top of this butte. From up there, you could see at least 100 miles from every window. If he ever does it, it will be the House of the Century, I'll assure you that. The top of this preposterous butte is a mile long. The Goulding home, as is, satisfies me. It has a fireplace set with petrified wcod inlays. And beautiful desert paintings by artists who have been out here. And books and desert doodads, and everywhere the gentle, softening Navajo rugs. I counted 19 in one room. : Overnight guests eat with the family. Harry comes onto the porch and hollers, “Supper’s ready!” He sits at the head of the table, and you're certainly welcome to be here. “Mike” and her sister and mother serve their lords and masters—ius men! You eat till you Destly die, and then you all roll cigarets and sit and alk.

By Anton Scherrer

The other day I made it my business to look up Mr. Hall, and spent a breathless hour listening to his extemporaneous quotations from “Finnegans Wake.” I wish I could give you some idea of his delivery. In a way it's not unlike the act a worldly-wise wine bibber puts on when, first of all, he holds the glass up to the light to appraise and appreciate its color and the behavior of its bubbles, then brings it to his nose for the bouquet and finally, at long last, to his: lips where he allows the precious liquid to roll around his palate before he thinks of giving his stomach the benefit of it. . * In precisely the same way Mr. Hall handles and appreciates James Joyce. He presses the grape to get

every drop of Joyce. ®

Here Are Some Samples

At any rate, it will be a long time before anybody adds to my meéntal stature the way Mr. Hall did the other day when he flavored the meal we were eating (soft shell crabs) with the following Joyciana, to-wit:

1. “Horey morey smother of joy.” 2. “With a snoodrift from one Virchen 3. “. . . like a marrye monach all.” 4. “Simplyawful the dirt. An evernastyashtray.” 5. “. . . tell his holiness the whole goat’s throat about the three shillings.” (This, says Mr. Hall is the richest sentence ever conceived in the English language.) : 6. “There’s an old psalmsobbing lax salmoner fogeyboren Herrin Plundehowse” (Mr. Hall thinks Mr. Joyce's use of “lax salmoner” and “Herrin” simply swellish for its piscatorial content. As for “fogey-. boren,” it’s double swell on account of the dirty dig if you know your German.) Mr. Hall says you can’t read Joyce the way you can other people's books. For the reason that a little of it goes a long way. In his own case, he spends about 15 minutes at a time, preferably at dusk, then

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Vough.”

“puts the book away to let the substance soak into his

soul and add to its stature. Otherwise, he says, he might get drunk, just like a wine drinker who doesn’t know his business. :

By Bruce Catton

The most significant was the recent Cleveland speech of Attorney General Frank Murphy, who called for “blueprints” for a “reconstructed economic system,” declaring that the nation’s problems could be solved if businessmen, engineers, industrialists, economists, and the representatives of the people would sit down together to work out such blueprints. ° «We do not want government to run business,” he ‘said. “We only want business to run itself—with any help from government that may be necessary—in a way that will provide for the good of all.” ” ” ”

Murphy Speech Recalled

Now the interesting thing about this is that in that speech Mr. Murphy (consciously or otherwise) was edging right over into the territory occupied by an interesting group known as the American Assoclation for Economic Freedom. The association, made up of churchmen, educators and publicists, is polishing up a most elaborate and far-reaching industrial reconstruction bill’ for presentation to Congress next January. Ye This bill would do lots of things. It would have the Government take over the investment banking field. It would set up a national planning board to develop an industrial program which would set all major industries working at capacity under a far-reaching Government subsidy program. It would provide for Federal licenses of all corporations. A good many New alers, in and out of Congress, have had a look at this bill. In his Cleveland speech Mr. Murphy talked along the same line that the association follows. : . And there is some reason to believe that the New Dealers would like to see the association's plan sent up as a trial balloon. It represents the sort of thing the New Deal is groping toward. It would not be exactly amazing to see it given a New Deal boost sometime soon.

By Eleanor Roosevelt

to stand on their own feet. In fact, there are so many occasions when a woman is in a tight spot which only she herself can face, that it is rather rare to.find her turning to anyone else and trying to share her burden or ask for assistance on the ground that she is a woman. : What good would it do to-try to get someone else to stand by when you are about to have a baby? What good would it do to turn to anyone else if your husband drank and you had to try to collect his wages before they were all spent? A woman may use her womanly wiles to help her in tight spots, but she isn’t trading on being a woman, she is just handling the job which is hers, and frequently it is the job of handling a man and making him think he isn’t being handled. These doctors and editors who write. for magazines like this are very clever, but they should know a little more about: women and real life before they venture to write about them. I have a letter from a woman in the Middie West who says that she has just been “turned down without even the opportunity of an interview for a position as private secretary at a living wage for which I was qualified.” The reason given her was that she was over 30. This particular woman is a widow, the sole support of a ¢hild and an aged mother, and she is so excited over this experience that she wants to do something about it. Her ancestors were pioneers in this ‘country and she feels that something has gone wrong with our industrial world when we cease fo recognize the value of experience and stability.

By Ernie Pyle

3. Sheep in a meadow.

Times ‘Phgtos.

Typical of midsummer rural life in Indiana are these photos taken on Boone County farms near Lebanon: 1. Rush Perkins and his son, Rush Jr., inspect their herd. 2. Mrs. Perkins and daughter, Joan, enjoy the tall corn.

b. A rail fence crawls along a corn field.

Petitions were being circulated today by E. 21st St. Civic League members seeking faster transportation from their homes to the downtown district of the city. The group, which met last night at the home of Mrs. Herman Garvin, 4400 E. 21st St. also began a drive to provide money to pay for construction of a proposed $5000 community center. According to Glenn Hanna, League business manager, 700 families live in the area bounded by 16th St., Sherman Drive, State Road 67 and Arlington Ave., who would benefit by feeder bus service to established trackless trolley lines. “It takes from 30 to 45 minutes to get downtown with the busses we use now,” he told the group. “With a feeder line it would take only 20 minutes.” Carl Bidwell, 2147 Kildare Ave. said, “I'd think that if we got the feeder bus it would be easier to get a streetcar line some day, too.” Oscar Butler, League president, 2132 N. Drexel Ave. said the community would be served best if

‘soon to discuss the matter.

C. A. Mantooth pumps a drink for his horse.

Feeder Bus Lines Asked By E. 21st Civic Group

there were two feeder lines, one

from 21st St. and Ritter Ave to 20th!

and Olney Sts. and other from

5100 N. Emerson Ave. to 16th and Olney Sts. Mr. Butler said he would meet with Indianapolis Railways officials James P. Tretton, general manager of the company, said he would be “glad to consider anything they have in mind.” In opening the drive for a community house, Mr. Butler predicted that “With a little hard work, we'll have a community house out here by this time next year. It would keep young people off the streets and dark corners and be a place for them to congregate for entertainment.” Dr. Herman G. Morgan, City Health Board secretary, wrote the league, saying his office was investigating the league’s complaint concerning a dump at 21st St. and Sherman Drive and that he would “take necessary steps for abatement of any nuisance.”

[ARCHITECT GAINS

IN HOSPITAL HERE

Oswald A. Tislow, indianapolis architect who broke both legs early this week when the lift on which he was riding in a grain storage tank in Seymour, Ind., fell 85 feet, was recovering today in Methodist Hospital. : Mr. Tislow was brought here from a Seymour hospital late yesterday. He was superintending construction of the grain tank when the accident occurred. :

JOBS PLACEMENT DECREASE. SHOWN

The number of jobs filled by the ‘Indiana State Employment Service here declined 43 per cent in July from the - previous month,

George J. Smith, Indianapolis district manager, reported today. There were 1012 hired through the service in July and 1769 in June, Mr. Smith said. “This. decline in employment is common during July,” he stated. “However, with seasonal industries, such as canning, beginning to increase employment we believe that August will show an upward trend. The number of persons hired during July of this year iis still above that of the same month of 1938 when employers hired 727 persons through our office.” There were 579 Indianapolis employers who used the service during July, Mr. Smith said.

BULL RING’S FOUNDER IN MEXICO CITY DIES

MEXICO CITY, Aug. 5 (U. P.).— Jose Del Rivero, 64, once a millionaire and Mexico's most famous impresario, who died Thursday, was buried yesterday. Mr. Del Rivero founded the Mexican City bull ring, brought Spain’s greatest bull fighters to Mexico anc directed the tours of such operatic stars as Enrico Cariso. He had been ill for a long time

‘and was in reduced circumstances.’

LEAVE TONIGHT FOR

WAR MANEUVERS

The Indiana troops of the 38th National Guard Division today prepared fo leave for Ft. Knox, Ky., for two weeks of sham war maneuvers. 5 Division units from every Guard post in the State will pull out by truck and train at midnight to-

night. Hoosier Guardsman. will be joined at the post tomorrow by regiments from Kentucky and West Virginia. The Division is composed of approximately 8000 men from the three States. The annual sham battle between the “Blues” and the “Reds” will “break out” during the second week. Lo. . The training period will be climaxed Friday, Aug. 18, with a formal review before the commanding officer, Maj. Gen. Robert H. Tyndall, Indianapolis. The review is to be followed by a reception given by General Tyndall for his officers and visitors. The annual officers ball wilk be held after the reception. :

OFFICIALS TO TELL

STATE FAIR PLANS

Governor M. Clifford Townsend, Lieut. Gov. Henry F. Schricker and State Fair officials will outline plans for the Indiana State Fair, Sept. 1-8, to Indianapolis businessmen at a luncheon Wednesday at the Columbia Club ballroom. : The meeting is being arranged by the Chamber of Commerce and the Kiwanis Club. : : James T. Hamill, Kiwanis president, will preside and introduce Harry G. Templeton, Fair manager, as permanent chairman. Harry Caldwell, Board of Agriculture president, will introduce Board members. Motion pictures of the buildings and Fair scenes will be shown. :

The Haymakers of radio station : and Home Hour” ‘

WFBM’s “Farm will play.

AAA WILL CANVASS WHEAT SENTIMENT

Marion County’s farmers will be asked next week whether they want to participate in the 1940 Agricul-

tural Adjustment Administration wheat allotment program. Albert L. Steinmeier, AAA chairman here, said more than 12 representatives of his office will discuss the program with wheat growers. The allotment for next year is 15,509 acres as compared with 13,946 this year, he said. During the survey, farmers may decide whether they will take Government crop insurance next year.

TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE

1—-Of what country is Moscow the capital? 2—Where is Gatun Dam? .3—What are the three states of matter? 4—-Who was recently appointed by President Roosevelt as Minister to Canada? ~ 5—What is the name for a ‘structure that enables foundations to be laid in a site “which is under water? | 6—Under which President | did William G. McAdoo rve as Secretary of the Treasury?

¢ 2 = - » Answers 1—Union of Soviet Socialist Re-

publics (Russia). Eo 2—Panama Canal Zone. | 3—Solid, liquid and gaseous. 4—Daniel C. Roper, former - retary of Commerce, ~ © 5—Cofferdam. : 6—Woodrow Wilson. bt] 8 8 =n

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N. Y. FAIR GAIN EXPECTED NEW YORK, Aug. 5 (U. P).— World's fair officials hoped today that new 50-cent Saturday and Sunday rate and the drawing power of Lou Gehrig, Guy Lombardo and Rockwell Kent would give the fair its biggest week-end attendance.

BODY FOUND UPSTATE

SOUTH BEND, Ind, Aug. 5 (U. P.) —Police sought today to identify a body found last night by two small boys in a grove northwest of

here. : Police believe the person had heen dead for at least three weeks,

will

ROTARIANS TO HEAR CRAM CO. PRESIDENT

Edward A. Peterson, ‘president of the George F. Cram Co. 730 E. Washington St, will speak at the Rotary Club’s luncheon Tucsday at the Claypool Hotel. His subject - be “Headaches of a Map Maker.” . Mr. Peterson, who was korn in Boston, : came {to Indianapolis in 1904 and became president of the National Map Co. here in 1514. Six vears later he became president of the company he now heads. It was then located in Chicago and moved here in 1926.

Everyday Movies—By Wortman |

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