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Train Time.
Leave for Old Beach 4:17 a-. m., and 4:25 p. m.
Dne to arrive from Old Beach 8:05 a. m., and
):05 p. m. - :.'-Z
Holton-Interurban Railway.
Trains leave Imperial daily, 9 a. m.
Arrive Holtville 9:35 a. m.
Leave Holtville daily, 1:30 p. m.
Arrive Imperial 2:05 p. m.
IMPERIAL
School Books at the Post Office.
Defiance Seed Wheat. Imperial Grain
& Millins: Co. ,
Virgil Patterson shipped two carloads
of hogs this week.
Alfalfa • seed baas—buy them of the
Desert Grain Company.
Leave your' orders for Alfalfa Seed
and Strawberry Plants with E. R. Fair
banks.
Mrs. R. H. Clark came home last Fri
day night from a six week's stay at Pas
adena.
For rent, office rooms in the Garner
block, also furnished rooms. Apply to
I. L. Wilson.
For rent, 320 acres barley land one
mile from town. .F. N. Chaplin & Son,
Imperial, Cal.
Choice lot of Utah Alfalfa seed. Can
deliver by October 10th. Imperial
< Jrain & Milling Co.
Miss IdaO'Connell returned last Sat
urday night to take up her duties as
teacher in our schools.
Cfty Marshal Meadows has been laid
up for a few days this week on account
-of his intrepid action in stopping a run
away horse.
E. Russell and wife, from Ida Grove,
lowa, are visiting in the Valley this
week, calling on friends ami relatives
on the Eastside.
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Mi. and Mrs. J. T. Tattle returned
from their summer at the benches and
Mrs. Tuttle took her place in the. Im
perial schools, laet Monday.
Get your whiskers amputated and an
artistic hair cut. Satisfaction guaran
teed or whiskers refunded at The Valley
Harlier Shop. W. E. Downing, Prop.
F.J. Eddy, a mining and business
man from Pasadena, is in the Valley
this week, looking us over for invest
ments in company with Ijih friend, E. E.
Rasor, of San Bernardino.
11. W. Cottle of Thermal is an Im
perial Valley visitor this week. He
ame down to adjust the loss on the
Bob Davis pool hall for the Glens Falls
Insurance Company.
The dance that was to have been giv
-en on Friday night at the Water Com
pany hall, lias been postponed for one
week and will be given on Friday night
next, October 6th, at the same place.
Dan Nichols is here from Yuma,
where he his spent most of the year.
Dan says Imperial looks pretty ««»o<l
to him "and he thinks he will spend
the winter here. He has closed
■out his interests at Yuma and will
visit awhile with his relatives in River
side. •
Sheriff Broadnax is in the Valley this
week from San Diego on business con
nected with his office. It is said t«» be
<-.ivil cases he is looking after, but we
know of some parties who will not rest
-easy until lie is gone. The sheriff's
office is in good hands as long as Tom
Broadnax holds the place.
The weather for the past week has
l>een rather *'<meer." It was hot and
sultry some, then cool and dry some
more and finally oil Thursday a big rain
-■*torm gathered on the mountains west
<jf the Valley, and our ex-Kansas people
thought a cyclone was coming 'sure.
There was lots of wind and a little dusf-,
accompanied by quite a shower Thurs
day night.
T. H. Kellogg, of Brawley, was in Im
perial this week and informed the Prkbs
man that the new real estate firm that'!
will handle the towneites of Brawley,!
Imperial, Silshee, Calexico and Heber,
would compute ita organization in a
very short time and be ready for busi- ;
ness. There are quite a number of peo- j
pie coining into the Valley now and the
prospects for a revival of business in the
real estate line are better than, they
. liave been for more than a year. \
The official figures in the vote for
bonds in Imperial W r ater Co. No. 5 at
the time when the vote was closed and
the bonds declared carried, was: For
the bonds 25.942?4 shares. Against the
bonds 280 shares. The total number of
shares issued up to date and entitled to
vote on the matter is 35.633. Total mini- j
her voted 26.223^' shares. Absent and]
not voting 9.409>4 shares. Number,
necessary to carry bonds 23.755>3 shares. !
-Majority for boiidsft>ver : necessary two- j
thirds of all issued stock 2. 189 5-16 j
shares. Had the matter been kept open ]
longer no doubt the entire vote would
have been cast for bonds, for as soon as
the stockholders realized What it meant
to them there would have been no furth
er controversy and it would have been
made unanimous. <
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WANTED— IS to 25 brood towsi with
pigs or -farrow preferred. Address Y.^
K. Brooks. ,b30t07. ;
Phillippino -'.Wheat. Only small
amount left. Imperial Grain & Milling
B. W. Cave, a Redlands business man
is in the Valley this week, taking a look
around to see how we are prospering.
: Miss Richardson came in from San
Diego last Sunday and took her place,
as teacher in ourschools, Monday morn
ing.
John M. Keith arrived back from his
two months' visit to his old. home at
White Oaks, New Mexico, last Friday
night.
R. E. Toomey returned from a month's
trip to Los Angeles and has resumed his
place at the desk in the Imperial Grain
and Milling Co. office.
For sale 320 acres kaffir corn in No.
7, hog and cattle fenced, heavy growth
fodder, 10 to 15 sacks grain per acre.
F. N. Chaplin & Son, Imperial and
Holtville. ;:
J.W.' Chase, of Riverside, is in the
city this week to meet the dairymen on
the creamery matter and it is under
stood that he will make a strong effort
to hold the business he has built up.
J. T. Hamner, Chairman of the Board
of Supervisors of Riverside County, and
a large farmer in the Corona section of
his county, was a Valley visitor last
Sunday. He was driven over the Valley
by W. W. Maßten anddeparted greatly
impressed by our possibilities and with
the determination to come again when
the ducks get ripe and help harvest the
crop.
The guests at the "Imperial" who
would have been passengers on last
Thursday morning's early "Seaside
Limited" failed to wake up in time, so
we had the pleasure of entertaining
them a day longer than they had antici
pated. As Thursday was a pleasant
day we all enjoyed it, but it is possible
the overlate guests failed to see all its
beauties.
Water Weasurements
On September 22, the Colorado river
at Yuma was flowing 6,100 cubic feet of
water per second. At the same time
there was 175 cubic feet per second
going down the river below the lower
Imperial intake and about 5,925 second
feet being diverted and coining to this
Valley. The fact that no measure
ments are being made of New river
and Alamo prevents us from giving
exact figures but it is known that both
rivers have fallen considerably during
the past week. The Colorado is away
down again, probably not running
more than 5,000 second" feet and very
likely there is but little of it that is not
coining to this Valley. However, be it
much or little, it is" all right. It is
doing no harm and will soon be shut off
and put under control.
* 'Constructive Democracy" .
We are in -.«. receipt of "Constructive
Democracy The Economics of a Square
Deal", by our talented and able friend,
William E. Smythe. We have scarcely
had time to more than glance through
the volume, but we can see that the
author takes up and handles, in a mas
terful way, many of the questions now
before the American public. The book
its divided into six parts with such sug
gestive titles as <; The Face of the
Times"; "The Taming of Monopoly" ;
"The surplus Man"; "The Unfinish
ed Republic"; "Institutions for the
Surplus Man" and "The Summing
Up". The economic questions are
studitd with rare ability and insight
and the conclusions presented are log
ical and definite. Altogether the book
is a valuable contribution to economic
thought and could be read and studied
with profit by every American citizen.
The book is published by the Mac-
Millan Company, 66 Fifth Avenue, New
York, and sold for $1.50.
Building Stone Near Imperial
; A short distance west from New river
and adjoining the '^Nevv rivet ranch in
thesouth end of NumberEtghtis a very
large deposit of the finest kind of build
ing sand, gravel and sandstone. This
deposit, which is really a spur running
almost due east from Superstition moun
tain is in the form of a ridge and is from
150 to6oo feet wide on top, about SO to
50 feet high and perjiaps five miles long,
the eastern end of it being only about 5
miles northwest from Imperial. This
deposit was first explored by J. C.
Thompson; foreman of the New River
ranch, and a short time ago he and his
wife f\led on 320 acres of it under the
Timber" and Stone Act. He brought
some af the sand and gravel to Imperial
and showed i,t to a few of our business
men and on Wednesday last'several of
them drove out .there and examined the
deposit. They returned in very high
spiritH over the matier and it \h regard
ed as a fortunate thing for Imperial
that such a valuable deposit is located
so near this city. There is a 16-foot
drop in the /Main Canal of Number
Eight right close to this deposit and
here abundant power can be developed
for operating works for the manufacture
of this material into building blocks.
With so great an opportunity so close
at hand Imperial can become a city of
beautiful buildings, constructed of that
most modern of building materials, ce
ment blocks. Not onlj- does this de
positcoiitain an inexhaustible supply of
building sand and gravel, but there is
also an enormous amount of sandstone
present too. With such a supply of
building material of such a valuable
character so close to this town, another
reason is made plain why Imperial will
continue to be the principal town in lin
}>erial Valley, the capital of 1 the Desert]
Empire and county sej»t of the future
Imperial county." !
J. B Parazette came in Sunday night
from atwo week's trip; to San Bernai
dino. He says tlfe outside people have
begun to recover from their yellow journ
al scare about lin perial Valley being
flooded and no longer expect to find fins
and scales on people from this country.
Rev. J. F. Tout writes us he is in
Ventura packing up to move here and
expects to arrive with his family within
two weeks. He also asks us to an
nounce that Rev. Ernest Thoriguest
will preach in his pulpit at the Christian
Church on next Sunday morning at
Supervisor Jasper in his new position
of Secretary of the San Diego Chamber
of Commerce will go to Portland and
take charge of the wonderful exhibit
of precious stones' now at the Worlds
Fair. As the fair will close on October
14, it will keep Mr. Jasper busy till
about the end of next month to get this
valuable exhibit packed and brought
home. San Diego County is becoming
noted for its great and valuable tourmal
ine and kunzite mines, and also has
deposits of valuable gems of other
kinds. In the -forthcoming- report of
the State Mining Bureau, Mineralogist
Aubrey will give due prominence to
these San Diego County deposits, and
will endeavor to show their value and
Arnold Reef, who has been foreman
in charge of the Press office since last
December, has resigned his position and
will join his . family at their home in
San Diego, next week. Mrs. Reef/ and
their son, Raymond, went to San Diego
about a month ago. Mr.- Reef will take
a much needed rest for a month or two
before again engaging in business and
it is hoped that he may decide to return
to this Valley again. He is a first-class
printer, a careful, competent and reli
able man and the Press takes this meth
od of publicly expressing its apprecia
tion of his services. "When we took up
the newspaper work it was without pre
vious .training or experience and we re
alize how valuable Mr. Reef has been to
us while we were being broken into the
harness.
Resident Engineer Perry, of the Cali
fornia, Development Co., accompanied
by 1). L. Russell, went to Pelican Lake
and the Number Eight Heading, this
week, to see what sort of shape the
floods had left things in tjhere. They
found that the slough that formerly led
from Pelican Lake to New river has got
to cutting out that an over-pour has
formed and a channel about twenty feet
deep. has b«en washed from New river
back to Pelican Lake. This cutting is
still going on and unless the water is
stopped from flowing through there it
will cut the channel back to Pelican
Lake, lower the outlet anddrainoutand
destroy this beautiful lake. The chan
nel of New river has also cut out a deep
gorge and rendered it practically impos
sible to put a dam in this stream for
the ' Number Eight heading. Itis there
fore suggested that a dam be built across
the outlet of Pelican Lake and the wash
ing of the channel above referred to,
stopped. Then the water in this, lake
could be kept up high enough to supply
the Number Eight canal and the surplus
taken care of by means of a waste gate.
The water could be diverted from New
Kiver at a point west of Blue Lake and
carried through Bull Head Slongh and
Badger Lake into Pelican Lake. This
would keep up these lakes and make
fine flshuiii and hunting grounds, as
well as furnish Number Eight a safe
and ample supply of water from a Inke
big enough to serve as a settling basin
and thus furnish them clear, settled
water.
Agricultural Official Visits Valley
A ver}- much interested visitor to Im
perial Valley this week was Mr. M. A.
Carleton, of Washington, D. C., who
holds the very important position of
Cerealist in the Division of Agrostology
of the Department of Agriculture. Mr.
Carleton haa traveled over practically
all the tropical and arid countries in the
world in his search for valuable grains
and forage plants adapted; to the arid
regions of the United States and in one
of the best posted men in the govern
ment concerning the grains and forage
plants that are being introduced by the
Department of Agriculture, and the
parts of our country to which they are
adapted. He says there are at least
twenty new varieties of alfalfa that the
government men found growing in Egypt
in Algeria, in Arabia, Syria and Turke
stan, that would be excellently adapted
to the climate and soil of this Valley,
and he expressed surprise that they had
not been introduced. He also told of
several varieties of wheat and barley
that was found in the rainless regions
that grew on very little moisture and
produced excellent crops. He told of
one crop of barley he saw in Arabia
growing in a white' bed of alkali and
which made an excellent crop on a very
scant rainfall in that desert region.
Speaking of alkali, he said he had not
seen any in this Valley that would in
terfere with the production of almost
any kind of crops. Mr. Carleton, as an
agricultural expert and a man compe
tent to judge of "bur conditions, could
see what a great future this Valley has
before it and was '.unstinted in his praise
of the great possibilities for intensive
agriculture Hhis region affords. He
could only spend a limited time in our
Valley, being compelled to go on to meet
other engagements, but he expects to
return during December and spend two
or three weeks in the Valley. He says
that of all the places in the desert sec
tions of the west this Valley is the best
one of all for the location of an Agricul
tural Experiment Station and that he
will -recommend -to his superiors that
one be established in this Valley. Mr.
Carleton fa a pleasant gentleman, well
up to the high standard of government
officials, a man whom itis a pleasure to
meet, interested in the reasons for
things and in ten t upon determining the
facts. Such a man is of great value to
the.Nation^ and Imperial Valley is g!ad
to conn t hi m as our f rien d .
Dr. C. S. " Lombard, a -prominent car>
i taliet of Redlands, is in the Valley this
week, looking after his interests .on the
Eastside. • . ; '^:i >
AY .A. Edgar returned Monday from
a three weeks' camping trip with his
family in the mountains near Julian.
He reports Waving a fine time and he
certainly looks to be much improved in
health.
•Frank Woodman of Riverside is in
the Valley this week, looking us over.
Mr. Woodman is a well known orange
grower of his home town, a 'man "of
push and judgment and would make a
splendid Im perialite and we hope he
will become one at once.
Julius Conrad and wife returned last
Sunday from a two months trip to
their old home in the East. While
away they visited in Nebraska, lowa
and Wisconsin and had a most enjoy
able time but are glad to get back to
Imperial Valley and home.
Mrs. J. B. Baker, who had spent a
few days in the Valley visiting her hus
band, the publisher, of the Holtville
Tribune, left Thursday .morning for her
home in San TTranciseo. This climate
is too dry and the heat is too great* for
the lady, who for several.years has been
in poor health. .-* : .r: r Z .. " .
D. D. Pellet, the well-known printer,
has accepted the position of foreman of
the Press office, and will- be in charge
after October Jst- He has moved his
family here from.Brawley and is occu
pying one of the Vickery "cottages, on G
St. Mr. and Mrs. Pellet are popular
young people and are a valuable addi
tion to Imperial society.
The Faliertou Tribune comes to oiir
desk this week as a souvenir edition,
j printed on splendid book paper with a
I fancy blue back and gilt title line. It
j is beautifully illustrated with fine half
-tone cuts portraying Fullerton scenes,
| business houses and people and the mat-:
ter in the paper is of fully as high char
acter as the cuts. Brother Johnson and
the Tribune must be enjoying well de
served prosperity. *
Mr. L. T. Tally, a photographer of
much ability and the man who made
the views of this Valley from which the
moving pictures that were used in ad
vertising in the East, were made, is
again in the Valley. It isexpected that
he will tret a lot more scenes and make
an entirely new set for next year's cam
paign. His plan is certainly" an effect
ive out* for advertising, as it shows the
eastern people our country in a way
they cannot doubt.
CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS
FOR SALE
FOR SALE — Gasoline engine 1 1-2 horse
power. A bargain for the right party.
Apply Press office.
FOR SALE— I6O acres choice land, well
adopted to alfalfa; 2*2 miles from
lleber, 5 J-4 miles from Calexico, on
one of the best laterals only 2 miles
from Main canal : 50 acres- under cul-
tivation, fine crop this year. Terms
cash balance on easy payments run-
ning 4or 5 years if desired. Address
"Rancher" Heber, Cal. may 6tf
FOR SALE — A steam engine, 14 horse- \
I jM)wer with 150 feet belt. Inquire at
I this office. / ,
EOR SALE— 4O or 80 shares of , water
stock, in Company No. 1. Can be
I bought at a bargain. Address No. 5
\ Grant St., Redlands, Cal: -junelOtf
FOR SALE— Jas. M. Cardiff has a few
more dairy cows for Bale. Will ex-
change , for good heavy mares. 3)^
miles northeast of Imperial. jy Itf
FOR SALE— Thirty head of cows and
•heifers. A fine herd and will be sold
at a bargain if taken at once. George
Whitlock, Imperial. aug 19 tf
FOR SALE — Brood sows; good stock,
bred and in good condition. W. H.
Beckworth, at Blackington Ranch.
aug 19 tf >
FOR SALE— 7O good shoats, three miles
south of Imperial, on Date canal.
Apply .to George Knnkel. aug 26tf
FORSALE-:One registered Berkshire,
boar. Inquire of C. A. Jones, five
miles west of Imperial. sep 9tf
FOR SALE — Gasoline Engine, one and
one-half horse power. In good shape
and ready for use. Fairbanks-Morse
make, attached tank for cooling. Cost
I $125.00 new one year ago. Price now
j $65.00. Can be seen at the Standard
office, . -
FOR SALE— 4O to 80 shares of Imperial
Water Co. No. 1 stock. Apply to this
office. sept 23-oct 28
FOR SALE— A span of mules, wagon
i and harness; $130. Inquire of S. W.
Honaker, Imperial. sept 23tf
FOR SALE— Dr. R. j. Walker's office.
Inquire of J. W., Mitchell, watch re-
pairer. Sept. 23-oct 14
FOX SALE — A few choice brood sows.
Apply to I). H. Chaplin or F. J. i
j Austin. \ sep 23-30
; FOR SA LE — One sow and twelve shoats
• enquire Imperial Bakery. sep23-tf
FOR SALE— Baled barley and alfalfa
hay, at my ranch, %% miles S. E. from
i Imperial. -A. S. Fell, sept 30-oct 13
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MISCELLANEOUS
WANTED— 2OO head or more of cattle
topaature on Kaffircorn and barley—
I fine pasture, well fenced, good care
j guaranteed. Fnqmre «f E. Mead, W.
I U2 of S«c. 8, four miles N. W. of
i Holtville. ; July 1-tf
Place your order for alfalfa seed witV
the Desert Grain Company. . \y
Mrs. SJaton and Mrs. Fuller, of Here
ford /Texas, were visitors to Imperial
and the Valley this week. They are
friends of Ira Aten and family and came
to look us over a little, preparatory to
spending the winter here. As the weath
er was unusually warm they went on td
Sau Diego, where they will stay until
later in the fall and then return here
aiid enjoy our matchless winter sunshine.
Last Tuesday., morning the horse
driven by Mrs. M. P. liolman became'
unmanageable and ran away on Eighth*
street. The little girl was in the buggy";
with her at the time and in the melee
the buggy was careened and the occu
pants thrown out. The baby ; escaped
with only a few scratches but Mrs.
Holman was not so fortunate. One of
her ankles was quite badly sprained
and she was considerably bruised ancj..
suffered from nervous shock.
There was a short quarrel and some
fisticuffs at the depot last Wednesday
morning between Mr. Southwell and
Virgil Patterson. Eye-witnesses say
the two men were too equally matched
to I hurt each other much aad that out-,
side of a lively little tussel, honors
would have been easy but for the inter
ference of a third party who set upon
Patterson, too. Ay it was, no damage
was done, but it seems one man would
bejeuongh to attack Patterson, who.Js
just recovering from a broken leg. j ■
Ifl. C. Beasley and wife returned Sun- •
day night from a two week's trip to LO3
Angeles and Riverside. While out Mr.
Beasley riled on a fine 100 acre tract iif '
Number Five. With the water stock he
will receive from Number Five in" pay
ment for the crop losses he has sustained
he will cover this land, and thus, in
stead of a busted renter who has lost
all through crop losses, he will have a "
farm of his own and be on the high road
to Easy street. Mr. Beasley; speaks,
very highly of the management in Wat
er Co. No. 5 and is especially pleased
with the payment for crop damages.
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy Aids
Nature
Medicines that aid nature are always
niosjt effectual. CliamberlsuiVg Cou*h
Remedy acts on this plan. rt allays
the cough, relieves the liiiigs, aids ex
pectoration, opens the secretions, and
aids nature in restoring the svsteni to
a healthy condition. It is famous for
its dures over a large part of the civiliz
ed world. Thousands have testified to
•ts superior excellence. It counteracts
any tendency of a cold to result in
pneumonia. For sale by all dealers.
5 cents a line each insertion.
WANTED-To Trade 80 acres of land
with water stock, 4 miles from town
for horses or mules. Address: Lock
i*ox 133, Imperial. j u j v 22 tf
clear, in Reynolds County, Missouri,
value, $20 per acre, to exchange for
Imiierial. Addres~a with statement of
proposition, "X," care of Press.
Feb 25-tf
STRAYED OITSTOLEN-Froin my
place, about one year ago, one regis-
tered Berkshire sow. Marked fwo
notches in upper aide of right ear,
under bit in other. Notify C A
Jones, five miles west of Imperial.
sep 9tf
ALFALFA Pasture \% «,iles southwest
of Imperial. G. K. [rwin, Phone 145
. aug. 26 tf
WANTED— Three or femr horses to do
light work for feed and pasturage.
Address: Lock Box 133, Imperial.
July 22 tf
TO EXCHANGE-Eqnity in houae and
lot in Redlauda, for horses, hoxs or
cattle. Address "X," care of Press.
■ • • Feb 25-tf
WANTED-To lease a ranch with cowa.
Address X, Silsbee Post Office, or in-
quire at this office. ee p 9tf
Drs. Henry and Maud K. Holtzmau
graduate opticians at Imperial Drue
Company. marll-ft
HAVE GOOD 200 acre raWh nnder cnN
tivation and fence ; hogs, horses, house
barn and altalfa. Address "A," care
Press office, with l>est proposition on
BhareB - " sej>t9tf
LAND BARGAIN SALE-J6O acres
sandy loam land with water, free
from alkili. Situated on railroad
track between Holtville and ElCentro
railroad siding at land. The very best
alfalfa and melon land. If gold at
once can be had for $25 per acre, one-
half down, balance in small yearly
payments. Address or see King L
.Kendle, IJoltville. sept 23-oct 14
PERSONAL— WiII the party who bor-
rowed my Winchester shotgun please
return it to me. R. I). McPherrm.
Sept 23-30
TAKEN UP— One black how, no marks
rinses in nose. Owner can have same
by proving and paying charges. IE
M. Adams. , «sep3o *
WANTED — Cheai> for cash, about 60
shares water stock district one, fetate
£. nCe .' ;,^dress S. E. MoLeod, 512
Slavin Bldg, Pasadena, Cul. ,
• sep 00-oct 7
LOST OR STRAYED-OneJereevcow
unbranded, has two teate on left eide
grown together. Report to F.S Best
Holtville. H ept 80 tf •
WANTED— A woman to do general
-house work. One mile onl of Holt-
-ville. F. N.Cliaplin, UoUville, Cal.
; «?pt 30-oct 6
