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Saturday. Atifca>*t * : . I**M.
(tHKMANv seems net ermine*! i*
do everything in its power tc
hamper, and consequently lesson
American trade in that country.
United States Consul Warner, at
Leipzig*, says in a report to the
Department oi Stale that it is re
ported the Reichstag will pass a
law compelling American export
ers to Germany to make out in
voices covering the shipments
which must be authenticated by
the German Consul in the United
States in whose district the gooj^s
are produced. This course is ex
pected to help officials in perfect
ing statistics of the im|>orts from
the United Slates, and to also
throw another obstacle in the way
of American exjx>rts to Germany.
Hon. JoAoriN ISakknpa. who
was for leil c i years a member of the
Cabinet of President Diaz of
Mexico, was in Washington the
other day. and in conversation at
the White House, a gentleman
who had just been introduced
said something about how much
the we! fore of Mexico depended
ujK»n the health of President
Diaz. Mr. Barenda said in reply:
"President Diaz is a threat man.
but if he should die or leave his
position, there are many men in
Mexico able to cope with the situ
ation and to conduct a good gov
ernment. Mexico has never been
more prosperous or more peace
ful."
The Post Office department
means business in itsfiyht to shut
fake publications out of second
class mail. The orders of Post
master General, calling attention
to the law and declaring that it
must be enforced, has been fol
lowed by a circular letter from
the Third Assistant Postmaster
General, telling postmasters that
their bondsmen will be held re
sj>onsible for any loss to the gov
ernment on account of their fail
ure to scrictlv enforce the law.
Not one in a thousand of those
people in the eastern and middle
states who are daily committing
suicide because of the intense
heat, ever pause and wonder how
warm their next abiding place is
likely to be. Better quit that
foolish way and come to Imperial.
COURT OF INQUIRY
To [\amin Into Sampson-Schle >
Coatrovrrsy.
Third Volume of Maclay's History is
Condemned Stricken from
Natal Academy
Special Correspondent.
Washington, July 25. 1991.
THK Sainunon-Schlcy controversy i*
strain raffing 1 like a house afire.
Cotiservitive friend* «»f t*»th regret
thi*. but if it lead* to a Congressional
investigation that will bring out the
rear fact* which now mtcim probable, it
may do govd by preventing future n>
rivals c»f the coutroversy. The pres
ent revival na* started by the publica
tion of the third volume of Maelay'*
History of the I*. S. Navy, which i\
u»evl a* a »ext book at the Naval Acad
emy, in which Kear Admiral Schley in
called "coward" ami other insulting
epithet*. The author, a clerk in the
Hrooklyn Navy Yard, in saving that
he had submitted proof* to Secretary
Long. wa» understood to mean that
Secretary Long had approved «>f the
u»c of the abusive epithets. Thin
Secretary Long k>«»t uo time in deny I
in};. He al*o ordered the objectionable
volume *thcken from the li*t of text j
book* at the Naval Academy. If Sec
rrriary I«oui; had allowed his denial to
end with his having said "It is absurd
to say that 1 would endorse hi* lan
pua^e when he call* Admiral Schley a \
a coward. Admiral Schley i* no cow-]
ard. No one in the service who knows
him has ever f«>r a moment doubted his
bravery or hi* gallantry in action;"
the friends of Schley wouldn't Ik* **>
fighting mad. but he continued by nay
ing that instead of the Navy Pepart
ment l>eing opj>**cd to a Congressional
investigation, he had written u> Sena- j
tor Hale, chairman of the Senate Na- 1
val committee, asking fur one, and
made the fire hotter than ever by add- ]
ing: "Admiral Schley should have!
been C'jturt-marttaled as .noon a* we
learned at Washington that he had
deliberately disobeyed his order* when
searching for the Spanish ship*. I
augmented to the President that'
Schley ** action ought to be in juired I
into, but the President demur
red. The day we learned that Schley
had turned back wa* the darkest day
in all the history of that war. The
President felt convinced that Admiral
Schley had some good reason for turn
ing back, and would not order a court
martial. When Admit al Sampson
took charge of the fleet, he refrained
from ordering a court-martial because
he wan a junior officer, and asHtimed
that Admiral Schley would a*k for a
Court of Inquiry, when he learned that
the Navy department was dintatinfied
with ht» courmr.**
A Court of Inquiry ha* been named
to look into the controversy and clear
away the mi»U.
WILD MAY ON THE NEW RIVER
Hundred* of ton* of wild hay will !>«•
harvested on the low land* alonj; New
river within the next thirty day». Ar
thur Kvrin* wa*» here from Diamond
lake Sunday, and made arrangement*
with Wenley Pat ton to cut ftbont four
hundred acre* of wild hay. which ha*
grown up and matured nince the over
flow of the river, a trifle more than a
month ago. It i» estimated that thin
hay will turn off atxnit one ton to the
acre.
Imperial flVrcoo
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Will & Lumber (&
WHOLCSALC <no I I I|\ /I W—% |T-"i DOORS. SASH.
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RETAIL DEALERS IN L.WIV ILJI— I 1 ... MILL WORK
YARDS AT
ban pioro. whoiiiui Main Office Cor. Alameda & Macy Sts
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freight of all Kinds
Handled With Care
If you arc coming to the Imperial country you will
find it to your advantage t<> consign you freight to
Wesley Peittoti,
who has first-class rii^s for handling anything from a
box of groceries to a steam engine. And if Patton
handles your goods you will know they arc handled
rijjht side up with care.
If you have any land to l>e juit in cultivation or crops
to bo harvested, he will look after that too.
Imperial, Cat.
REASONS FOR COMING TO IMPERIAL
THK unprecedented hot »pell and
drouth in the eastern and mid
dle state* remain unbroken, and a* a
result nearly all crop* will be a failure,
while each day bring* increased death
roll* and prostrations among both i**>»
pie and livestock. During the past
two weeks the mercury ha* registered
about the same in the east a* it has in
Imperial. This i* a critical state of
affairs for the cast, *ince 120 in not
so oppressive here a* HO or 85 in St.
Louts and eastern cities. A* to the
drouth, it never cut* crop* short in
these part*. When the faithful farmer
puts in a crop here he in .sure of the re
sults. He know* he is not dependent
on the uncertainty of rainfall. It is
all the same with him if it never rains
-and it never does. When he has hi*
crop ready for water he has only to
turn it from the ditch out onto the field,
and there you are; and another nice
feature of the hu»iue»ft t* that Home
portion* of the crop which doesn't re
quire but littK* water, in not drowned
out while another part which requires
more water ha* not enough. The
farmer controls the supply, hence cv
eay part of the crop geta junt what it
should have. He never prophesies or
wonders when it will rain, because he
doesn't want it to interfere with hit*
business. Irrigation i» not a Htib*ti
tute, but an improvement on ram.
These fact* alone should appeal to the
intelligent man at the Kant sufficiently
to cause him to come here, rather than
remain where he mu»t contend with
difficult i«-s innumerable. We have
room for you. Our railroads will give
you low rates. We will welcome you
with the gladde»t of glad hand*.
Come along.
NEW RIVER IS FORDABLE
Arthur Bwins and others were up
from the New River section Sunday,
and reported that the river ii not car
rying more than two feet of water at
the Ewtn croiwing near Diamond lake,
and may be forded with jK-rfect safety
at that point.
CHURCH COMPLETED
One of the jircttic.Ht hiklUh which
greet the eye of an early ri»cr U the
sudden flashing but in the »ky of the
golden crucifix on the graceful, though
tinniest little »|iire of the Christian
Church, as the first rays of the huh
Htrike it. High above the mint** c»f the
city, it apparently floats in the air, and
ncenjH to renew the nwect *ong of it*
predccennor at Bethlehem: ''Glory to
Cm] in the Highest, Peace on Earth,
good-will to men." The exterior of
the Christian church and alno the par*
nonage incomplete.
Mrs. W. F. Gillett and little
son were in from their ranch Mon
day* shopping.
Mr. Vandcrpool, ranching
south of town, was here first of
week buying supplies.
Dr. HefTcrnan returned from I«o*
Angeles Monday. He will remain in
the valley a week or ten days,
L. (J. Jackson, who has been in
Imperial some time, left Thurs
day for a vacation. He tfoes from
here to Long Beach, and will go
to Red lands from there. He will
probably return to Imperial in
September.
