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IMPERIAL VALLEY PRESS PUBLISHED SATURDAYS. EL CENTRO. CAL. f.Q. HAVENS, Editor and Publisher SUBSCRIPTION One Year "<- : ; - - - *l-00 Bix Months .50 Three Months - ""- .25 3ingle Copies - .05 ADVERTISING RATES Per Month 1 inch ...$ 1.00 2to 18 inches (1 column) per inch .75 22K inches (X page) 15.00, 45 inches (% page) 25.00 90 inches (full page, 45.00 *i~ Watch the subscription date on your paper. The number of our paid circulation will be furnished on application Entered as second-class matter March 3d, 1900 at the postoffi:eat El Centro, California, under the Act of Congress of March 3, 1879. ANNOUNCEMENTS For Public Administrator I hereby announce myself a candidate for the office of Public Administrator of San Diego County, subject to the 'approval of the Repub- lican County Convention. P. J. LAYNE. For District Attorney I hereby announce myself a candidate for the office of District Attorney of San Dieg-o County, subject to the approval of the Repub- lican County Convention. LEWIS R. KIRBY. For District Attorney I hereby annonnce myself a candidate for the office of District Attorney of San Diego County, subject to the approval of the Repub- lican County Convention. C. C. HAIXES. For.County Tax Collector I hereby announce myself a, candidate for the office of County Tax Collector of San Dieg-o County, subject to the of the Kepub- Jican County Convention. W. OLIN LOWE. For Supervisor I hereby announce myself as on Independent candidate for the" office of Supervisor for the Fourth District of San Diego County, subject to the will of the voters, as expressed at the palls on election day, November 6th, 1906. FREDERICK S. WEBSTER. For County Recorder I hereby announce myself as a candidate for the office of the County Recorder of the County <of San Dieg-o, California, subject to the approval of the Republican Couvention. JOHN H: FERRY. In many places throughout the Valley onion 'culture is receiving considerable attention, and we are informed that a large acreage will be set out to this promising crop the coming fall. Seed men have\been in the field for several weeks explaining the methods of sowing and cultivation practiced in other localities where onion growing has proved a very profit able industry. That this valley will prove itself a world-beater as a producer of onions there seems to be but little doubt. The proper cultural method is what should be looked after the most. Some experience was gained last year by a few who raised small tracts, and this will aid in some ways to help the prospective grower to determine a successful method. However, we have received so many inquires regarding the growing, cultivation, marketing and probable output and profit of an onion crop, that we have taken considerable pains to se cure from the best authorities as much information as possible and this week devote considerable space to the subject. Of course, conditions here are different to some extent and the reader will have to make allowance for that. The question of seed seems to be quite as important a matter in onion as in cantaloupe grow ing. The Bermuda variety un doubtedly leads as a favorite, not only as a yielder, but as a shipper, and it is claimed for it that it does not taint one's breath, and the flavor is mild and «weet, making it very desirable as a seller. A seed man talking at a meet ing at Brawley recently, stated that inasmuch as the onion was a cold weather plant, the seed should not be sown until late in September. f We are in hopes tKat a large number of people will enter this new and promising field, and we predict success for those who de vote their time to raising onions. "MAY BE BENEFICIAL" The following editorial ap peared in the Imperial Standard of August 16th, the^day after the fire consumed the ice plant at this place. We reproduce it in full, so that our readers may have a chance to see it in its entirety and form their own conclusions regarding it: MAY BE BENEFICIAL "The destruction of the ice and'*cold storage plant at El Centro junction last evening brings loss to its owners which may be compensated for indi rectly and which may prove of great benefit to the valley in perpetuity. , "It is now conceded by most of those interested that a serious mistake was made in attempting to kill Imperial by the building of a rival town close at hand. The men admit that they under estimated the flghting qualities of the people of Imperial, and they are appar ently well satisfied that the scheme for killing Imperial and building anew on its ruins is hopeless. "The ice and cold storage plant burn ed last evening was designed as the chief instrumentality in the killing of Imperial. As such it naturally aroused the resentment of the people of this city who organized a mutual ice company, with the result of cutting prices, devel oping bitter antagonism and destroying any profit there might be in the ice making business of the valley. "The antagonism which has developed has led to a needless waste of energy, and it is believe the destruction ]£of the plant will simplify matters greatly. "This plant is included in the prop erty which is in process of transfer to a new corporation, of which G. A. Par kyns is to b? manager. This transfer also includes the Holtville railroad, Ithe trains of which will be operated .with Imperial as one of the termini. ' "It is certain that the ice and cold storage plant will be rebuilt, and there is reason to believe that it will be built at Imperial, the natural distributing point of the valley. "Built at Imperial, there will be all the advantages of transportation and ot being where the demand for cold storage is greatest. Built here it must be conducive to good will and harmon ious activity among the people of the valley. "What the plant bringd in the way of conflict and discord when used to tear down the business of other people is al ready demonstrated, and it is not to be expected that men coming to this valley with a view to build up values every where will lose sight of the opportunity for promoting harmony by building the plant where it ought to have been built before, at the point where the demand for ice and cold storage is now and al ways must be greatest. The above reads more like a defense of the people of Imperial for burning the ice plant than anything else. It breathes throughout the spirit ot a most venomous and unworthy spite. From reading it one might be led to infer that the Standard be lieves the people of Imperial are a lot of firebugs ready to burn down and destroy any enterprise established anywhere in the Val ley except at fhat town. This we most strenuously deny. [We lived among the people of Imperial for several years and know them to be both, loyal and honorable. While they are badly handicapped in their efforts to make their town the metropolis of the Valley they are above such pettiness and jealousy as the Standard attrib utes to them. The good people of Imperial are too sensible not to see that the burning of the ice plant is a great loss to the entire Valley and to Imperial as well as El Centro. Not but that the ice plant will be rebuilt for it will be just as soon as it possibly can and that too on the site of the one just destroyed. But the necessity of rebuilding deprives the Valley of that industry for several months and uses capital that would otherwise be avail able for other Valley enterprises. Neither the Valley nor any of its towns can be built up in any such spirit as that which the Standard attributes to be people of Imper ial in the above quoted editorial. We repudiate the broad hint of incendiarism made in that editor ial and maintain that if there is a man in Imperial who would be g-uilty of snch a thing- he has come to the town since we moved away. He wasn't in the town when we lived there. Derivation of ForSc The fork takes Its name from the Latin furca, a yoke looking like an In verted V. From this come the Italian forca and forchetta (little fork). The latter word gives the French their fourchette, while the English go back to the former and retain the harder sounding "fork." Laying: an Early Foundation. "Was it necessary for you to kiss my daughter the very first time you met her?" "No, madam, not absolutely neces sary, but I wanted to get on a friendly basis with her as soon as possible."— Woman's Home Companion. Corrected. "You must have money to be able to offer me so beautiful an engagement ring." "Must have had money, you mean/*— Houston Post The surest pleasures lie wltbln the circle of useful occupation. Mere pleas ure, sought outside of usefulness, if fraught with poison.— Beecher. Vocabularies. The English language, according to a German statistician who has made a study of the comparative wealth of languages, heads the list with the enor mous vocabulary of 260,000 words; German comes next, with 80,000 words; then Italian, with 75,000; French, 30,000; Turkish, 22,500, and Spanish, 20,000. "Something Just as Good." The pretty darling entered the book store. "I want to 'get 'Kidnapped,' by Mr. Stevenson," she said. "Er— l think," replied the clerk— "l think I'd like that job myself."—Bob ton Transcript. NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION. Department of the Interior, Land office at Los Angeles, Cal., July 30, 1906. Notice is hereby given thaVthe follow- ing named settler has filed notice of his intention to make final proof in support of his claim, and that said proof will be made before register and receiver at Los Angeles, Cal., on September 21st, 1906, viz : LEWIS E. COOLEY, Homestead entry No. 9646 for the E 1-2 of NWK and E 1-2 of SW l^, Sec. 21, T. 15 S, R 14 E, S. B. M. He names the following witnesses to prove his continuous residence upon and cultivation of said land, viz : J. S. Kline, of Los Angeles, Cal. ; S. M. Bixby, of Imperial, Cal. ; Geo. \V. Denny, of Im- perial. Cal.; F. G. Havens, of El Centro, Cal. ; E. A. Slane, of Imperial, Cal. , FRANK C. PRESCOTT, Register. aug-11-sep-8 J. A. MIXER, Prop. Hotel El Centro Building, El Centro, California I I j List Your Lands With IRA ATEN LAND CO El Centro, California. «■« ■ j Successors to Fuller & Aten, Imperial Valley Lands for sale. Im- proved farms and unimproved tracts. Best bargains in the Valley. Lands in all parts of the Valley and town property in all the towns. Lands shown free. FAEMERS— Do you want to buy a twenty-foot-"cut Combined Horse Har- vester, good as new, easy terms, and guaranteed to give satisfaction? For information, address Geo. H. Griffiths Jr., Oovina. Cal. Colorado River dagc Taken At Yuma July. !l I AugU3t >» Gage 3 Height Dis- barge Gage Height Dis- charge 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 .0 1 2 3 4 5 6 .7 8 9 :o :i !2 !3 !4 26.50 25.55 24.35 23.35 22.85 22.40 22.00 21.90 21.85 21.85 21.50 21.55 21.40 21.30 21.10 20.95 20.95 21.25 21.50 21.20 21.35 21.50 21.60 21.50 74,079 65,879 59,695 53,185 49,927 46,104 ,42,309 41,435 40,988 40,988 38,665 38,323 38,118 36,698 36,300 35,380 35,380 32,820 32,500 32,460 32,000 32,000 31,620 32,290 20.35 20.30 20.20 20.00 20.15 25,630 25,450 25,000 24,520 24,800 !5 !6 17 !8 !9 ;o il 21.40 21.40 21.20 21.10 20.90 20.70 20.50 32,960 32,900 30,400 29,100 29,100 29,055 27,000 !l July. I Gage Height Dis- barge >» Gage 3 Height 20.35 20.30 20.20 20.00 20.15 74,079 65,879 59,695 53,185 49,927 46,104 ,42,309 41,435 40,988 40,988 38,665 38,323 38,118 36,698 36,300 35,380 35,380 32,820 32,500 32,460 32,000 32,000 31,620 32,290 26.50 25.55 24.35 23.35 22.85 22.40 22.00 21.90 21.85 21.85 21.50 21.55 21.40 21.30 21.10 20.95 20.95 21.25 21.50 21.20 21.35 21.50 21.60 21.50 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 .0 1 2 3 4 5 6 .7 8 9 :o :i !2 !3 !4 32,960 32,900 30,400 29,100 29,100 29,055 27,000 21.40 21.40 21.20 21.10 20.90 20.70 20.50 !5 !6 17 !8 !9 ;o il I have 160 acres of good land in Water Co. No. 1 and 160 shares of water stock all for $20 per acre. Cash payment of $500. Pay the bal- ance in work, leveling and putting in crop on adjoining land. See me at once. D. H. CHAPLIN, El Centro, Cal. If you want to take home a few loaves of bread we keep It; none bet- ter. Also we can supply you, with meat as we are nicely fixed in our new quarters now. You can see the sign, just back of Franklin hotel. Through To The East AND TO NEVADA GOLD FIELDS VIA SOECISIIO SALT LAKE ROUTE Some day you will go back east again. Perhaps this year. When you do, why not go over the new Short Line to Salt Lake City, thence over the Union Pacific or the Rocky Mountain Scenic line, Denver & Rio Grande. There's BEAUTIFUL . SCENERY along the line through California, Nevada and Utah. Tis not entire- ly a desert region. You will be surprised when you see the reality. SEE SALT LAKE No extra expense is necessary to stop over a day at Salt Lake City. There's much to interest you in the old Mormon City. Through SLEEPERS are run on both Salt Lake Route trains from Los Angeles. THE LOS ANGELES LIMITED with Doth standard and tourist runs solid through to Chicago via Ogden, Union Pacific and North Western >^* lines. There's nothing finer in train equipment. THE OVERLAND i^Cra'^inil carries every day tourist sleepers \J^M'J& J from Los Angeles to Chicago via V^nV & R. G. & Burlington Route, to v *— u^^ St Louis via Union Pacific 6c Wabash Railroads and to St. Louis twice a week via D. & R. G. & Missouri Pacific Railways. There is also every day a Standard sleeper through to Denver via D. & R. G DINING CARS are carried on both THE LOS ANGELES LIMITED and THE OVERLAND in which meals are served a-la-carte. You pay for what you want at reasonable prices and the service is the best possible FREE CHAIR CARS are run on THE OVERLAND to Salt Lake City connecting with simi- % lar car on other lines there. These cars are very comfortable. MCUAnA nr<l - $* ye slee P er expenses if you wish. NE X£?R l£P LD fe co ™?*L on "Mi the Los Vegas & DISTRICT Tonopah R. R. now completed from Los Vegas, Nev., to Johnnieville and o^f rVr^ ells ' Ac SALT LAKE KCJUTE is the Short Line from California and from the East to die Bullfrog, Rhyolite and Beatty gold district. The new line will be com- pleted through to these points in August. CONNECTIONS AT From Imperial Valley points con- COLTON nection is made at Colton with the SALT LAKE ROUTE. PROFESSIONAL CARDS DRS. HOLTZMAN, OPTICIANS. We Correct all Errors of Refraction. Also Prescription Draggiata. Imperial, California. GEO. H. P. SHAW, ATTORNEY AT Law, Imperial, California. j Office upstairs in Imperial Land Com- I pany's building. JI. SHEPHERD • ATTORNEY-AT-LAW Office on East Eighth Street Entitled to practice in all the Courts of the State, Department of the Interior at Washington, D. C, and all the bureaus thereof. — FRANKLIN J. COLE Attorney-at-Law Admitted to practice in all courts Corporation work a Specialty HOLTVILLE. - - CALIFORNIA CHURCH NOTICES Presbyterian Church Preaching Services in El Centro First and Third Sunday 3 of each month at 2:30 p. m. " All are cordially invited to attend. Rev. A. H. Croco, Pastor. Christian Church Preaching in the Hotel Franklin every Second and Fourth Sunday of the month. You are invited to attend. Rev. J._F. Tout. Pastor. ICE CREAM The Imperial Drug Co. sells it, whole- sale and retail. , Wheat for your chickens. Desert Grain Co., Imperial. Teller, Singer agent, Postoffice build- ing. Imperial. AugU3t Dis- charge 25,630 25,450 25,000 24,520 24,800