The Desert Sun from Palm Springs, California • 2

PAGE TWO THE DESERT SUN OF PALM SPRINGS CALIFORNIA FRIDAY OCTOBER 6 1039 The Oldtimer lcscri jiun Fuel Co Now Open For Season ttUIDEOA2t CARVING PEACH iTDNES £H- iri A LGN6 TIME SINCE I Off MMtfcr OUT Of A PEACH SIDhe I was mom AS uMirriiNo wf those BAYS-1 CABVfeO TM UNKUftTCH CHAINS OUT OP A 4TiC(t of VWWaiOBeOTOCUTTHMEMASreP KUOOrttfcS OUT OP WOOD AND ASSEMBLE 'EM A nnouncing The Opening VILLAGE TOGGERY OPPOSITE PALM SPRINGS HOTEL ON SATURDAY OCT 7 The Palm Springs Fuel Company located on Sunny Dunes Road near the Builders Supply Company opened this week for business This season owner Frank Read has a partner in his fuel business namely Lee Deitch a resident of the village for many years The Palm Springs Fuel Com' pany handles all kinds of fuel All orders are filled promptly the same day as received according to the owners Mr Read spent the summer in the mountains cutting wood for the fuel concern Something at of Palm Springs California CARL BARKOW Publisher HAROLD BARKOW Editor RONNEY LANDRA Advertising Manager Entered at the Post Office at Palm Springs California August 5 1927 under the Act of Congress of March 3 1879 Published Every Friday of the Year at the Hannahs Building 290 North Palm Canyon Drive Subscription Rate: $250 Per Year 5c Per Copy Telephone 3594 PALM SPRINGS NEEDS POLICE PISTOL RANGE Today when the modem criminal is highly mechanized and proficient with the use of firearms it is of utmost importance that the successful peace officer be at least equally as skilled as the criminal at the use of weapons not only that he may maintain law and order and protect society but also that he can protect his own life For this reason Chief II Bispham of the Palm Springs Police Department lias proposed that he and his men lay out a regulation police pistol and rifle range at the old rodeo grounds at the foot of the mountains behind Las Palmas states Almost all first-class police departments have a pistol range Even little Indio east of here has a police range These ranges are necessary in order that officers can be taught when and how to use their guns At a police range officers are taught to truly know guns They learn to shoot straight under all conditions and how to correctly handle a gun in such a manner that they are not a menace to innocent bystanders At a regulation police range officers not only use a target but they also receive combat practice using a silhouette target resembling a man In combat practice the officer learns to be quick on the draw and learns the vital parts of the body where a shot will kill a man instantly And here is another important thing Chief Bispham has in mind There are 10 special police officers in Palm Springs as well as private citizens that have permits to carry revolvers These special officers and citizens the Chief feels should be taught how to handle a gun safely and how and when a gun should be used A person that does not know how to handle a gun properly is more of a menace to his innocent fellows than to the criminal And here is another thing If a police range is built here the Chief is going to throw it open to the uise of residents on certain days On these days his officers will teach private citizens how to use a gun either pistol or rifle depending upon the interest of the individual This would build a body of known skilled marksmen here that the police department could call upon if a real emergency should ever arise It will cost about $100 to build a standard police pistol and rifle range The money for this purpose can not be taken from regular district or city funds but must be raised by Chief Bispham and his men in some manner The small range fee that will be charged for the use of the range will probably maintain it after the range is once built but how to raise the initial $100 is a problem now facing the local police force It is our opinion that any person would be donating to a very worthy cause that would send a check to Chief Bispham and his boys to aid them In building a police range here PALM SPRINGS BOWLING ACADEMY $25400000000 in United States currency carry their loads to the edge of the pit and dump them in The money is saturated with gasoline and a match applied As this fortune goes up in smoke 10000 people from the crowd are seized and shoved into the burning pit After the holocaust is over it is found that thousands of factories homes farms hospitals and public buildings no longer exist and thus an army of men are thrown out of work Cities and states are forced to raise their tax rates to compensate for the property which no longer pays its share of the cost of government Thousands of families are left in want and forced to start all over again their struggle for material prosperity and financial independence Could such a thing happen? If it did every newspaper in the civilized world would carry scareheads It would become the main topic of conversation in a hundred nations It would be denounced as the greatest crime in history Yet in effect this result actually occurs annually in the United States Very few people give it any particular thought because it happen at a given moment on a given day it happens throughout the space of a year It represents our national fire bill It makes no difference whether the waste of life and economic resources occurs within an hour or over a period of time The effect is IdenticaL The loss is as complete What will you do about this tremendous loss of life and property? Will you let things go on as they are or will you do your part toward creating a better fire record? America must become fire conscious Observe National Fire Prevention Week Oct 9-15 CIVIL SERVICE EXAMINATIONS ANNOUNCED The United States Civil Service Commission has announced open competitive examinations for the positions listed below Applications must be on file with the Commission at Washington not later than October 23 if received from states east of Colorado and not later than Oc tober 26 if received from Colo rado and states westward Principal industry committee adviser $5600 a year senior industry committee adviser $4600 a year and industry committee adviser $3800 a year Wage and Hour Division Department of Labor Except for the substitu tion of additional experience for college education applicants for these positions must have completed a 4-year college course and must have had certain highly responsible and successful experience in large industrial concerns or in connection with labor problems or as arbitrator of industrial disputes For the principal and senior grades applicants must not have passed their fifty-fifth birthday and for the full grade they must not have passed their fifty-third birthday Medical guard-attendant $1620 year medical technical assistant' $2000 a year Pubic Health Service For medical guard attendant applicants must lave been graduated from a recognized nursing school or must have been honorably discharged after 3 years of service from the Army or Navy Medical Corps for medical technical assistant applicants must meet the requirements for guard-attendant and must have had training or experience in clinical laboratory technique pharmacy or X-ray aboratory technique They must have reached their twenty-fifth liut must not have passed their ifty-third birthday These age 'imits will not be waived in any case Full information may be obtained from Postmaster John White at the postoffice in this city or from the Secretary of the Civil Service Board of Examiners at any first- or second-class postoffice FUN and PRIZES FOR ALL aa i -r X' If v' Watch Low Average Bowler Win High Prize SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT! Every time the second hand of your watch ticks off twenty seconds somewhere there is a fire You and everyone you meet or talk to or know will help pay for a fire today The cost of fire goes into every budget You may not think your fire but it is You may not suffer a direct property loss but never theless your pocketbook will feel the strain You pay the taxes that pay the fire department You have to help finance a water system In fact every -time you buy anything you are paying part of the cest of fire for in the selling price is included the item of fire insurance Three fires a minute every hour of every day! In 1937 our national fire bill was two hundred and fifty-four million dollars! forget you are paying your share What are you going to do about it? Observe National Fire Prevention Week Oct 9-15 George Foldesy Returns for Season LETTER OF THANKS Palm Springs Calif October 3 1939 Merrill Crocket Chairman Palm Springs City Board of Recreation Palm Springs California Dear Mr Crockett: By action of the Board of Directors of the Palm Springs Lions Club I have been instructed to write you expressing the deep appreciation of the Palm Springs Lions for the splendid work that you and your board have done this summer in the matter of a city recreation program The installation of a lighted night hall field and the successful management of a program of organized nightball games is an accomplishment of which you should be justly proud Since our return to Palm Springs this season wc have heard many comments made as to the splendid way in which this nightball program has been carried on The large attendance speaks well of the interest of all summer residents of Palm Springs The Lions Club of Palm Springs wishes to assure you of their undivided support in any future activities the Palm Springs City Board of Recreation may undertake Very sincerely yours (Signed) Dr Russell Gray President 1 Palm Springs Lions Club By Morris Richardson Secretary George Foldesy pioneer Palm Springs citizen and beloved owner of the well known Palm Springs Hotel arrived back in the village this week for the season Mr Foldesy spent the summer at Oakland Mr Foldesy is the father of Bill Margaret and Irene Foldesy all of whom help to operate the Palm Springs Hotel- Big Party at Rogers Stables Night Oct 21 Rogers Stables opened recently with a string of 20 horses already on deck there to serve the horse-minded and Rogers Cantina (cocktail bur) is slated to open next week Truv Rogers has 105 fine horses but the entire string will not he brought here until the season is well underwny Mark Cantrell is hack again this season ns manager of Rogers Stables and about the same personnel will be back nirnin this year Trav Rogers stated yeslmlny A gala formal-opening party will be held at Rogers Cantina Saturday night Oct 21 Much entertainment and fun iH being planned for this big This season Rogers Stables will feature night activities in the lighb-d ring military drills gymkhanns etc Trav Rogers owner of the stables has returned for thu winter nnd is building a fine new home in the Nichols Properties SALLY SERPA OPERATOR EL MIRADOR BEAUTY SALON RETURNS FOR SEASON Miss Sully Serpa who operates F1 Miradur Beauty Salon has returned from tour In the North While away she attended this Beauty Style Show ut the Palace Hotel in San Francisco Miss Serpa has been vacationing all summer and is prepared for a very busy season The heroism of self-forgetfulness is common only to those most uncommon of mortals mankind venerates as saints New Interior luxury Finger-Tip Cearshift Control! Ventilation Ride-atabilizer Improved spring suspen-Jon More leg room more seating comfort Sealed-Beam Ilrad lamps Triple-cushioned comfort and new riding ease and 14 ofJli era See them at our thowrooml SCHILLING MOTOR SALES NORTH PALM CANYON DRIV PALM SPRINGS AAA AAAAAAAA A A A A COULD SUCH A THING HAPPEN? Imagine this situation if you can On a stated day the 130 million citizens of the United States are gathered together In one place In the foreground is a huge pit A line of trucks bearing Brown: "So your son had to leave college on account of poor cycsightT" White: "Yes he mistook the dean of women for a Many a headline hunter Will grieve this pridcly sin When public mortification Eventually acta In.