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SILSBEE What's Doing Over at the Pleasure Resort on the Shore of Bicfe Lake Master Harry Fuller returned last f -<mi a visit of several wt'eks spent with ln-r sister, Mrs. Jtvmes Piukney, at Mr. and Mrs. Pinkney of Brnwley vi<ite<i Mrs. Pinkiiey'rf parents, Mr. an 1 Mr*. D.tiuel Pyle. at Silabee, lust Mr. H. C. GriswoM returned last week lr«»m a vacation tripof Home weeks fi|>e lit II 't jn>t iniased tlie worst of the hot Westou 11. Vanderpool went out hint week to iiet a few breaths of Hea breeze. lie c<>ul<l have g<»t "sometliintr equalh as good" if he had only remained at Imme a few days longer. The social at-Mr. Uunipey's hall last Tiiesday evening was well. attended and a pleasant evening was H'l»eiit by all (jamt'B, in which all joined; were played, ie« cream ami cake were served and everyone enjoyed, themselves. The overflow id slowly receding but not fast enough but what a great deal of land will be under water when it is time to s->vv crops. It is still over a large arei west from Blue Lake and se«Miis to be falling very slowly out there. It is reported that as soon as the water goes down Mr. Jones will rebuild his headgate in New river and carry out his plan to irrigate fiom that stream. It is said that he is sending over a pile driver now to put in the foundation. The summer came to an abrupt end last Monday, the wind coining up from the west in the afternoon in real old fashioned style. By Tuesday morning it was fall of the year and we all knew the long hot summer wan a thing of the past f<r this year. Tht-re may be a few warm days after this but it will only be for a few days at a- time and the nights will all be cool. e^jlm wSrßw ■2^9 BBpl pAtf^s \?\ :?i: ?i Fob csM^f hM^ifTi f*'^'^ Bi 13 ff^B? K^xl \bß^ WkjH b^^RF ibbbhß i Is^n •-•■j^< i * £." ; *"3 fr>^^ 'iFr**^"^ kh^B« ' • ■• ■ • > If you use McCormick Headers to cut your Kaffir Corn. It is a generally \ '' % ' rfc admitted fact that Kaffir Corn can be grown to better advantage in this Valley !* than in any other portion of the United States, but heretofore the expense of 2 harvesting has been so great that there was no profit left. By means of the % McCormick Header the farmers have surmounted this obstacle and saved to % the Valley one of its most profitable industries. By using the McCormick % % Header corn can be harvested as economically and as readily as wheat or #f * -barley. %k Owing to the peculiar construction of this header the knife can be elevated $fc $fe fully six feet from the ground, and it is the only header of which this is true. . . J The McCormick Co. did not know that this was true of their Header until H j£ some farmer with a mechanical turn of mind discovered the fact, but they are |! Jl glad that it is true, for they appreciated that it makes the worth of their header % % to the farmer at least double that of any other. All crops can be harvested % with- one machine. Come and see them. 4 ' The wild ducks arc coming in by the thousands, Blue J.ak<i is covered wit ii them, they are in New river, the over fl.w, iti the canals and everywhere.. There is danger of their being so numer ous as to seriously damage '-crops. No one in allowed to shoot them and they seem tVk'now it so they just bob their heads arid quack at you. The largest and most successful sur prise, party of the season was the one given for Miss Crystal Woodward by Mrs; John Jackson on last Friday even ing. MisS;CryHt») was sent away for the afternoon and early evening on sioihe pretext, and when she returned she f.Mind about ninety people there to meet her. As a surprise it was a com plete successjind eVery one of the large crowd spent a niost pleasant evening Games were played, the graphophone rendere-l excellent selections, ehara"d<\s were played ana all had a s})lendid time. Icecream, cake, iced lemonad suid melons were nerved in gr^at 'abun dance and wiien at an /early hour t lie , — . — < — . . % ■ 9% I FOR tl m i v/rv -bits. %- ■ I 4 W\ - and pr \ for The Best Quality In Lumber i iuuj - uk I at " '■ I i The most Economical Prices I i■- • i 4 - : ■■ ■ I I IMPERIAL LIMBER AND COMMECIAL COMPANY f || J. E. HEBER, Manager *£ Yards at Brawley, Heber and Imperial Main Office: Imperial, Cal i| <@ . . k next inorning the luippy pafty brokeup to each weiul their -way home, it -was with many thanks to -Mrs: Jackson for her pleasant; and bountiful hospi taiit}. One of the pleasantest parties of the Sulnmer was the ice cream social at Mt\ and Mrs. Hardin^a; Thursday evening. Mrs. Harding has spent most of the summer visiting in the east and only returned home a short time- a<:<>. She lias therefore, missed a great deal of the pleasure enjoyed by the Silsbee people th'S suinmef. However,- she took her place in lin'eassooTi as she" got home, and the ice ci'eSnj and cake she served to her guests was of the very best. "_ The pleasant evening spent by the h. rge number of people wiio j>artook of her hospitality will l)e long "rein em be red by all. Silsbee neighborhood is rapidly estab lishing a reputation for hospitality and good fellowship. The past month has Oi-en hot and the weather oppressive but it has been one of exceptional activity in social circles iii our neiglibor houd. In "that kind of weather nothing is more approi'riate nor grateful to the pakiU; Iliair ice«t reiie«bnient~s. To this end a. succession of ice cream patties have buen given, the liousewives Vying with each other in the quantity and quality of these tempting viands supplied. Ti:e result has been that ♦SilsiH-e people fjave bad a most enjoy able season and have solved the prob lem oi how to pleasantly Hpend the summer on the desert. JSot less .than twenty of these parties • were given during August, a -fellow ciui-^get liiled up on ice cream tweifty times during tlie month lie should 1 be able to stand any degree of hot weather. uoi off Cheap He may well think he has got off cheap, who, after having contracted c-oiiHtipation or indigestion, is atill able to pwrfectly restore bis health. Noth. ing will do t ,his but Dr. King's New Lite Pills. A quick, pleasant, and cer tain cure for headache, constipation, etc. 25c at all druggist; guaranteed. Like Finding Money ■Finding health is like {hiding money — .so think those who are tick. \Vhen yon have a «»nigb^ cold, sore throat or oliest better act prTnYifitfy like \V. (J. Barber, of Sandy Level, Va. lie says:. IT had v terrible client trouble, ranged by ensoke and coal dust on my lun»s; bin, after finding no re lief in other remedies^!! was cu'ietl by Dr. King's New pispWery for Consump tion, Coujgjia and Colds."" Greatest ol any couglj- or lung medicine in the worl'L J^oid by all druggist*; 50c and 31.00; iruararjU-ed. Trial bottle free. DESERT LAND, FINAL PROOF— * y: NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION. Department of the Interior. United States Land - Oftice. Los AiureJes, Cal.. August 11. 1905. Notice is hereby j^ivon that Louis Salz_reber, of Tropico, Cal.. has filed notice ofc intention to make proof on his desert-land claim X.» Hi-4, for the ]£,)A of SE l ii, S«-c. 6, Twp. IS Sj Rl5 E % S. I>. M., before KeiriSter aud Receiver at Los Ayg-eles; Cal., on Monday," the ISth day of Sep^mber. 1905. lie naates t!ie followin? witnesses tc> prove the complete irrigation aud reclamation of said land: v J.H. liloitfett, of Holtville, Cal.; William Baunian. of Holtville, Cal.; Edwin Mecul, of {UltviUe.Cai.: Dewitt Cos, of Ho!tvitlo. Cal. A. J. CROOXSUANK, Ke^ister. Notice is hereby jriven that the undersigned citizen of the Untied Slates is in possession of of the tract of laud described as the SWV^of SE}-4, and SE}-i of SWJi, S«c. 12, Twp. lo S,^K 15 E,S. li. M.. according to the survey made in l)oO by ihe Imperial Laud Compaay and cjmnionly called the Imperial survey. I hereby certify that Ihavebeen in possession of said land since Ang. 1, 1905, and that there is no adverse claim or possession to said land in opposition to mi^e. I also certify that the n timbers properly describ- iuysaid lauds !n the United States records have I been used by other people and applied lo oilier lands two miles east of the lands -»ccnpied by me. And I further certify that it i-» my bona- fide intention to enter said above-described lands under the desert land act as spor. as the new survey of these lands provided for by the Act of Congress dated July 1,1902. Statutes at L«rye Vol. 32, part 1, paj*e 725, shall be com- pleted an.' the correct map of the^e lands filed tn the U. S. Land Office at Loa AncMes. Cal. Siened, R. C. STARNER. Witness: J. H. HUFF. Imperial, Cal., August 29, 1905. sept 2-23 NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC Notice is hereby given that the undersigned citizen vf the Uaited States is tn possession of the tract of land lying 1 between the South line I of the SWH of Sec. 34, and SE& of- Sec. 33, Twp. 15 S, X 15 E, S. B. M., according to the Eastside orßothwell survey, and the north line of Sec. 1, Twp. 16 S, R 15 £. S. B. M., according to the survey made in 1900 by the Imperial Land Company and commonly called the Im- perial survey. Said ttact of land is shown on the map of Imperial Valley published by the U. S. Department of Agriculture in'theirsoil surve\- of the Imoerial area, 1904, and is about one-half mile wide, north and south, and one mile long, east and west. There are nonnm- bers or descriptions in theU. S. land records by which said lands can be entered, consequently no entry can be made at the present time. I hereby certify that I have taken possession of this tract of land on this sth day of September, 1905, and that there is no adverse claim or pos- session to said land in opposition to mine. I further certify that it is my bona-fide intention to enter snid lands v ;der the land laws ot tie TTnited States as soon as the resurvey of this tract provided for in the act of Conirrrs un- proved July Ist. 1902. Statutes at Large. Vol. 32, Part 1, page 728. shall be c» mpleted and the co-rect .nap describi"" these lands filed in the United States Land Office v Si<ru«"i: M«. E. A. DUNDON. Witness: C.J.SCHENCK. Holtville. Cal.. September 5. 1905. , sept 9-30