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4 Imperial Valley Press Official Newspaper of Imperial County and City of El Centra PUBLJBHED EVERY BATURDAY Editor Allen Kell> Business Manager Lewie Havirmale SUBSCRIPTION One Year |1 .00 Six Months 50 Three Months ',25 Single Copies OB WATCH THE SUBSCRIPTION DATE ON YOUR PAPER The number of our paid circulation and rates of advertising will be famished on application. Entered as second-class matter March 3, 1906, at the postofflce nt EJ Oentro, California, under the act of Congress of March 3, 1879. A NEW DEAL IN IRRIGATION It is probable that the question of final disposition of the Cali fornia Development Company's canal system will be put up to the settlers of Imperial Valley at an early day, and it is for the water users to determine whether the property shall go into the hands of private investors or be taken over as a public work by the people of the valley. The problem is not a simple one and is not to be solved offhand at the last moment. There are many things to be considered, many details to be worked out, many business aspects of the proposed deal to be scrutinized carefully. It may be found advisable to form an irrigation district under the Bridgford Act and issue bonds to pay for the system, but that might involve radical modi fication of the mutual company form of organization and introduce complicated legal questions requiring careful treatment and the aid of skilled lawyers. If the settlers propose to bid for the property when the receiver offers it for sale, they should know what it is worth and how much they can afford to pay for it, and they must have the money ready. Also it may be advisable that nobody but a committee of water users empowered to make the purchase should know just how far the settlers mean to go in the bidding. This is not a matter to be allowed to drift without plan or definite purpose. It should be taken up at once and discussed thoroughly in all its aspects, and the association of mutual water companies appears to be the organization fitted to take up the preliminary work of collecting data relating to the problem and obtaining legal opinions concerning possible methods of acquiring and operating the canal system. The Southern Pacific wants to get the canal system off its hands, and perhaps the sooner it gets out of the irrigation busi ness the better for all concerned. The railroad should not be ex pected to take the entire responsibility of controlling the Colorado from Laguna dam to the golf, but apparently the government does expect it to do that very thing while it retains actual control of the canal system. Congress says in effect: "The Southern Pa cific's property is menaced by the Colorado floods and it is im portant to that company that the property it holds as security for large loans shall not be destroyed. The railroad is rich and able to protect the valley. Therefore let the railroad do the work and let Congress do politics." When the people of Imperial Valley own the canals and the headworks, they can make their demand for government atten tion to the Colorado river's menace to all irrigation work in the Southwest heard and heeded. Perhaps they can even induce a congressman to attend to public business of real importance. The Colorado river will make somebody sit up and take no tice before the first of next year, and the Southern Pacific is not desirous of sitting up alone to attend to the job of putting the riv er to bed and saving the Laguna dam. Moreover that is the government's business, as it involves international questions and' no permanent works may be constructed below the line without the consent of Mexico, which a private corporation may not easily obtain. Already the Mexican government has forbidden the com pletion of protective works considered important and necessary by the C. D. Cos. engineers. It is evident that the Southern Pacific is not considering the sale of the canal system to the Reclamation Service. That proposi tion was dismissed some time ago as impracticable and inadvis able, and it is now held by engineers best qualified to pass upon the matter that it is impracticable to connect the valley canal system with Laguna dam. The cost of a canal on the west side of the river from the dam to Hanlon heading, that would be safe from destruction by torrents coming down the canons after sum mer cloudbursts, is virtually prohibitive. The settlers of Imperial Valley may as welL cease looking to the Reclamation Service for any solution of the <janal problem, and prepare to work out their own salvation, not forgetting that the government, like Provi dence, is" disposed to help only those who have the will to help themselves. ; Doleful essays on the decadence or disappearance of Ameri can humor are much in fashion among magazine "lit'ry fellers," and their readers might conclude that no more are there funny men in the land. It is not so. Funny men are still writing for the newspapers. The funniest of the lot is the paragrapher of the Los Angeles Times, and this is the merriest jest he ever committed : "The great thing about the Hon. William Howard Taft is that he is ingratiating himself into the hearts of the people more and more every day." The successful bidders for the El Centro water bond issue of $69,000 have notified the city attorney that the bonds have been approved and are in the hands of the printer. That all proceedings in the bond matter were regular and the details of issue were flaw less is due to the great care and minute attention given to every step by City Attorney Ansel Smith. Everyone knows that the Los Angeles Times is a very wicked paper; it maltreats the poor Democrats, abuses the labor unions and jumps upon all persons that have incurred the editor's dis tinguished disesteem ; tells the news to suit itself, lauds Cannon, Al drich, Rockefeller and other undesirable citizens, and roasts those sublime patriots Uncle Aleck and Judge Works; is thicker than thieves with the railroad, prints more paid matter than any other paper and has no more show of getting to heaven than a rabbit. The Times may lay the flattering unction to its soul that it can continue its hellish career with impunity, but it forgets there's one whose eye never closes, one whose responsibility for the con duct of the universe never is evaded. The Times may think its iiiiiwreiMMiiiiUfl h iiiiinii inii'iliiiiiifntr"' ih rmnTirrni ■ n iimim'urßnamirrntH i imim m ■nmmrtr IMPERIAL VALLEY PREBB sins arc unobserved, but Howe sees them. The total obliteration of the wicked is an appalling thing, but sometimes it is salutary, and when the sinful Times gasps its last and the worms eat it, the world will say of its sternly virtuous destroyer: "He seen his duty and he done it. Angels couldn't do no more." A PERILOUS PLAN OF REFORM Some persons fancy that it is a difficult thing to reform the world, that is : to make it wag the way they want it to wag. Pshaw ; it's as simple as rolling off a log. All you have to do is get a bill passed by the California legislature. Now there are newspapers that pervert the news, suppress some facts and distort others, play politics like crooks and tell fibs about public affairs and pub lic men. It is so easy to compel them to be good that it is odd nobody ever thought of doing so until Brer Howe pointed out the way. The Sage of Imperial says : The legislature of California should enact a law providing a penalty for any writer who deliberately and willfully falsifies conditions or facts and for any newspaper that persistently and willfully publishes false statements regarding affairs that affect public Interests, and this punishment should rise to the degree of barring from newspaper connection in the state any person who is found guilty for the third time and for the suppression of any news paper found guilty for the same number of times. The chief objection to the plan is that if such a law were enforced the Sage himself might be tumbled off the tripod, and then the country would be without moral guidance and would go to hell sure. Senator Aldrich, through whom "the interests" have been bossing this land for a good many years, does not misinterpret the insurgent movement in Congress and throughout the country, and he is no Joe Cannon to prance around daring the lightning to strike him. Mr. Aldrich remembers that he had typhoid fever about fifty years ago and that his health consequently is not as robust as it was before the war ; wherefore he announces that he will not return to the Senate after this term. Political ill-health is catching and it is probable that there will be a distinguished company of retired invalids after the next elections. POLITICAL ANNOUNCEMENTS FOR COUNTY CLERK I desire to announce that I am a can t ?.date for the office of County Olerk. subject to the Republican primary elec tion. MAJOR S. COOK. FOR COUNTY TREASURER I desire to announce to the voters of Imperial County that I will be a candi date for the office of County Treasurer, subject to the decision of the Republican primary election. J. STANLEY BROWN. FOR SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS To the voters of Imperial County: I hereby announce that I shall be a can didate for '{he office of County Superin tendent of ' Schools, subject to the action of the Republican primary election. Sin cerely yours, GEORGE A. RAGAN. FOR SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS I hereby announce myself as a candi date for the nomination of the office of County Superintendent of Schools, sub ject to the decision of the Republican County • primary elections. L. E.COOLEY. FOR AUDITOR I hereby announce myself as a candi date for the office of County Auditor to succeed myself. My record in this office is an open book. I refer you to the Board of Supervisors as to the manner in which I have conducted my office. LEWIS F. DAVISSON. FOR COUNTY SUPERVISOR I desire to announce my candidacy for the Republican nomination for the office of Supervisor from the First District (Calexico). Good roads has long been my slogan, and In handling the County and District business every Interest will be considered with the view of securing the greatest good to the greatest number. 6 OTIS B. TOUT. FOR SUPERVISOR, SECOND DISTRICT I hereby announce to the voters of the Second Supervisorial District that I am a candidate for the office of Super visor, subject to the will of the voters at the fall election. My platform em brbces as principal planks: A supervisor first and all the time; the man to count, not the dollar; the interests of two res idents and taxpayers outweigh the In terests of one: dollars and acres not con sidered; good roads and dry roadH. DAVID DeWITT LAWRENCE. Mrs. J. Y. Hall came down from Los Angeles the first of the week to spend several days with her husband. They are guests at the Hotel Oregon. Just received a full line of tents at the Valley Hardware Store, El Cen tro. ' 3-U 04750 Not Coal T,and« NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION Department of the Interior, United States Land Office at Los AnQele», California, April 13, 1910. Notice Ib hereby idven that Mabel Claire Edgar. »t Calexlco, Cal.i wh... on .Juno 20. I!M7. niside Potiert Land Kntry No. 3672, Serial No. 04750, for N. half NW. quarter, BR. quarter Nvv". quarter, NW. quarter PW. quarter, KR. quarter, Section 23. T. 16 s •• n - Vi X - 8> "• M ; f by renurvey, KotH 1. 2, 3. B, 6, 7. 10. HlO. quarter NE. quarter. R. half RR. quarter. Section 27, and I*ot 1. NR. quarter NR. quarter, Bee. 34, Township 15 8., RanK« 12 8., 8. H. M.i hait filed notice of In- tention to make Final Proof, to eHtabllsh Halm to the land above described, before Clerk of the Superior Court, at Xl Cen- tro, California, on the 24th day of May 1910. Claimant names as witnesses: William Moores, Jenue A. Wolllueroft, William A. Kdgar, Klluworth C. Nuttall, John Btu- begger, all of Imperial, Cal.. and nay Bd- Kitr ,of Calexloo, Cal. flfH FRANK IHJREV. 8-5t Register. KING EDWARD HOTEL When in Los Angeles make your stopping place at the general head quarters for Imperial Valley people, the King Edward Hotel on Fifth street just east of Main street. This hotel, which is absolutely fireproof, gives ex cellent ; service at most reasonable rates; it is right in the center of the down-town business district, conven ient to the theatres, big stores and all electric lines. You will find the King Edward just the hotel you have been looking for. Try it the very, next time you go to Los Angeles, 2-1 f YUMA LODGE, No. 476, Benevoleai and Protective Order of Elk» meets every Wednesday evening at Elks' Hall. Visiting brothers ar*> heartily welcomed. Meeting hour— 8 o'clock. W. C. PETERSEN, Exalt- ed Ruler. W. C. PRYOR, Secretary. EL CENTRO AERIE, F O. D; meet* the first four Thursday nights of each montu. Members and vlsitln* Eagles invited to attend. : V dti&Bk. v EL CENTRO LODGE C&gVSgttjZ. No. 397, LO.O. F. wV/a* meets every Satur- day night in Masonic ft*f^N«3 Hall. Resident aad visiting members cordially invited to attend. F. A. Über. N. G. E. H. Sher- man, Secretary. ' • New Lot of SOIESETTE SHIRTS in White,. . Tans and Grays lust the thing for comfort and Good Looks. Swell lot of Four-in-Hand and Club TIES Sure to suit your taste Preston & Macartney El Centro Hotel Block Valley Lumber Company El CENTRO CALEXICO REXALL From BOSTON / The world's famous Rexall remedies at your very door. f) For the past six months we have been urged by the United Drug Co. «•'* i Boston to take the agency of the famous Rexall medicines In whioh there is f remedy for every human all. And not until we were convinced that It was th-5 bent and most reliable line of goods on the market would we accept U, n.s »0 , reputation and high degree of responsibility would not permit us to stock ana thing of inferior quality. At a cost of several hundred dollars we have placed v at your command a line of goods that will not only make friends for our Btore, but customers for the Rexall remedies. As every package bears an absolute guarantee and we stand ready to refund your money without question H you are not satisfied. Remember, a remedy for every human all. We want you to nsk about toese remedies. For sale only by Exclusive Rexall Agent*. DUNAWAY & LOWE ofcour»e LEROY HOLT, President. Paid Up Capita) TRUE VENCILL, Vice- President. r r R. B. MOORE, Vice- President. 'fc'lO 000 J. V. WACHTEL, Jr., Cashier. *P-/V f W\/ The First El Centro, California ,7 v •^/' ; Every accommodation consistent with conserva-. tive banking extended to customers Haying Tools Well, a few. Just have space to tell you that you will have to let us know when you are coming to town after that New Standard Mower. We are so busy setting them up, that we can hardly find time to tell you all of their good points, and have to tag them with the buyer's name to avoid mistakes in delivery. Don't crowd, but stand in line, for there is- another car due in a day or two. Alfalfa Rakes? Be patient, and we will supply your wants with what you know to be the best and heaviest rake sold in the .valley. It has one-half inch teeth, (twenty-six of them), and has made more farmers happy, than any other tool sold in the valley, barring the Standard Mower. .: See the Continental (Johnson) Header. With its reel adjust- able from the driver's foot board; guards on a level with the plat- form canvas, four and six horse hitch, and the strongest and best built frame ever put on a header. Reversible feature for heading corn. Take a look at the Johnson Grain Binder, and we will show many desirable features; tongue truck, transport, wide elevator; in fact the best eight foot cut binder you ever saw in the valley. - We will tell you more soon. Remember that we sell Cotton Tools, (while they last). Better hurry and don't wait, for tilings are moving some. Don't think we do not carry repairs for all our implements and wagons. Our lines are the oldest and most reliable made. Visit us and see with your own eyes. Delta Implement Co. PHONES: MAIN 3 EL CENTRO BRAWLEY HOLTVILLE Central Hospital (Incorporated) EL CENTRO, CALIFORNIA Thorough equipment . for any Medical or Surgical Case. Lat- est equipped operating room. Rooms exclusively for Maternity Cases, where the patient has ev- ery convenience for comfort and quiet. New two-etory building, 'with spacious screened-in veran- das. 30-bed capacity. Graduate Nurses. RATES: Ward, $15.00 per week. Private Room, $20.00, $25.00, and $30.00. For other in- formation address Central Hos- pital, or Dr. Virgil McCombs. WE ARE MAKING A SPECIAL OFFERING NOW ON Cotton Flumes and Cantatoupe Flumes THEY ARE OF REDWOOD, ONE-HALF INCH BY ONE AND A HALF INCHEB, AND ONE-HALF INCH BY TWO INCHEB. COME IN AT ONCE AND PLACE YOUR ORDER. FULL BTOCK OF LUMBER ALWAYS IN OUR YARDS J. 8. Jones, El Centro Mgr. W. C. JONES, Calexlco Mgr. Saturday, April 23, Ml THE "BOSS." £j Tree Protecto^ \A vV MADE OF YUCCA PAbß*.^ V$ Lv^ jfir Is oheap> - durable, and ■**\i i LJI%. qulckly P ut on the tree - ft "*»l ] r\>. Prevents rabbits from de- ,*2^O f~*& stroying your trees. A sure ' (L n protection against frost, rti'i br* sunburn, grasshoppers or dry winds. Can be easily removed; will last for years. Send for samples. PRICES per 1000 i 110 in. long 7 in. wide $ 9.60 12 in. long 7 in. wide 10.60 14 In. long 7 in. wide 11.59 16 in. long 7 in. wide 18.00 18 in. long 7 in. wide 14.60 24 In. long 7 In. wide 17.00 30 In. long 7 in. wide 20.00 Yucca flanufacturing Co, 1380 Willow St., Los Angeles, Cal.