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TEMPERANCE NOTES.
By Mrs. J. C. Blacklnton, Press Cor
respondent of the W. C. T. U.
(The Press given this space to the
W. C. T. U. and is not responsible
for the opinions here expressed.)
"Another year of defeat for tho Am
erican 8aloon" is the heading of an ar
ticle In the May Review of Reviews
from which we quote the following:
Tho revolt against the liquor traf
•o seems to be world wide.. The fight
against it in Europe is nearly aa flerce
as it Is in this country. Finland
abolished intoxicants by a vote of its
Parliament. Iceland adopted national |
prohibition in September last. The
Duma of Russia ordered the removal
of the royal eagle from the vodka
bottles, and the substitution of the
■tnill and cross bones, tho symbols
•f death, and the word poison writ
tea in largo letters beneath them as
m warning to the people. In Paris
there are placards placed on the bulle
tin boards saying that "whoever puts
alcohol in his mouth takes out his
brains, hls'money, his health, his hap
piness." Government statistics In Eng
land show a decrease of $30,000,000
■worth of intoxicants in the consump
tion during the year 1908.
The temperance revolution in this
.country continues with unabated en
ergy. Eleven thousand saloons were
put out of business during the year
ISOB. ■As many more in 1907, and at
that rate of decrease it would re
fuire but twenty years to abolish all
the saloons of" the country.
About 18,000,000 of the 20,000,000 of
the people of tho Southern States have '
already outlawed the saloon. In New j
\ Tork city alone there are 1000 more j
I saloons than in all the fourteen south
1 crn States, and it looks as though
I within the coming five years every
\Statc in that section would vote the
'saloon out of existence.
- Almost all of the Legislatures meet
ing during me present year had
'■, bills relating in some way to the li
quor traffic. Very few of vhese bills
I showing any friendliness to the sa
j loons have been allowed to necome
/ laws. A recent editorial in Bonfort's
' Wine and Spirit Circular, written by
T. M. Gilmore, the president of the
National Model License' League, ex
presses the opinion of many liquor
dealers upon the present temperance
revolution. It says:
"The An ti- Saloon League is backed
by able men and plenty of money. In
— tbe last 'eighteen months the business.!
we represent has been outlawed In
tho states of Oklahoma, Georgia, Ala
bama, Mississippi, JJorth Carolina, and
Tennessee, and it is now facing de
struction in West Virginia, Texas,
Kentucky, Arkansas, Utah and Idaho.
.The saloon is fighting for its life in
practically every state In the Union."
The liquor men have untold wealth
at their disposal, the ablest minds in
the nation are employed as their at
torneys. They have lobbyists, at the
sessions of every State Legislature and
national Congress, they have poli- 1
ticians of both parties in every State I
and city who can be relied upon to
. promote their interests. They have
an army of 200,000 saloon-keepers, and
more than that of lpyal patrons, rall-
Kons of dollars are spent in adver
tisements and in their literary depat
ment each year, and their fight will be
desperate and prolonged. But the self
interest and conscience of the nation
are against them, and unless there
!, shall .be some reformation in the 11-
traffic, which seems now impos-
Vrtole, or if there should occur no dls
/ agreement .or disintegration among
the temperance forces now so united,
it is likely that within a generation
the saloon, as we see it today, will
hare passed away.
REAL EBTATE TRANSFERS.
(Furnished by the People's Abstract
and Trust Compsiny, El Centra)
Frank N. and Mittie M. Chaplin to 1
... A. M. pWealoy; Ipt 15, block 24, Holt
rllle. ..
Imperial Valley luaperoveruent Co.
to Imperial Valley Union High School
lots i; 2, and 3, block 20, Park Add.
to Imperial,
thirteen ems leaded brevier.
U. S. Land Office to Aldio J. Young
Tract 39-16-16.
U. 8. Land Office to Frank B. Jor
dan; Tract No. 56, Bees. 20 and 29,
T. 16 8., It. 16 B.
Howard P. Meyer to Horace B.
OlUesple; lota 12 and 13, block 19,
Holtvllle.
Bateman, Thou. 11. aud Chrisale, to
Krneßtlne L. Sheppard; lot 1, block
6. Holtvllle.
Thos. H. and ChriasJo Bateman to
Ernestine L. Sheppard; lot 17, block
12, Holtvlllo, •
leaac N. Stephens to City of El Cen
tro; NB. quarter of SW. quarter of
Bee. 26-15-14.
El Ceutro I,aud Co. to C. P. Wible;
lot 25, block 35, El Centro.
luiperial Valley Improvement Co. to
Imperial Valley Uuion High School;
■toU.i, 2; and 3, block 20, Parn Add.
to Imperial.
Ctia*. Hougtou Smith and Jessie
Sbendaa to C«ceU» Batter Tbonuu;
lots 10, 11, 12, block 13, Park Add. to
Imperial, i
Frank N. and Mittie M. Chaplin to
A. M. Mealey; lot is, block 24, Holt
rllle.
Oeorgr A. Thrclkold to Title Ins. &.
Trust Co. State Mutual Building and
fx>an Assn. lot 1, block 73, Brawley.
Imperial City Bank to Imperial Val
ley Invest men t Co. lot f>, Mock ?.".,
Imperial.
Southern Pacific Co. to Imperial Val
ley Improvement Co., lot 9. block 7~>.
Imperial.'
Southern Pacific Co. to Imperial
Valley Improvement Co. S. K. quarter
of Sec. 14, Twp. 17 S., U. 14 E.
Imperial I^and Co. to Imperial Val
ley Improvement Co., lots 1, 2, block
SI, Sllsbee.
Imperial Valley Improvement Co. to
Brawley Cantaloupe Growers Ass'ni
lotfl 4, 5, 6, block 100, Brawley.
Chas. F. Buttress to Mrs. Florenco
Buttress; lot G, block 9, First Add. ;
to Calexico.
Ridgley C. aud Mary W. rowers, to
J. M. and T. M. Prim; Tract 91-15-15.
(formerly N. half of NE. quarter of
27-15-15.)
Theodore P. Prim to James M. |
Prim; N. half of Alamo Tract No. 25,
Holtville. !
El Centro Land Co. to William W.
Sullivan, lot 34, block 19, El Ceutro.
El Centro Land Co. '.o Harvey Par
ish; lot 33, block 19, El Centro. :
U. S. Land Office to Geo. T. Well- j
come; Tract No. 84, Sec. 1-13-13.
U. S. Land Office to Geo. T. Well
come, Assignee of Asa Corson. Tract
No. 85. Sec. 1-13-13.
U. S. Land Office to Anetta S. Gris
wold, Assignee Anna K. Brown; Tract
No. 81, Sec. 25-14-15.
COUNTY BUSINESS
Supervisors Attend to Road and
Bridge Matters and Appoint
Accountant.
The Board of Supervisors of Im
perial County met at the Court House
in El Centro on May 10, all members
being present except Supervisor Mc-
Harg.
The minutes of the meeting of May
5 were read and approved.
This being the time and place set
for the hearing of petitions for the
East Side- Orchid Avenue road, the
same was taken up and regularly pro
ceeded with.
M. W. Conkling appeared on behalf
of certain property owners and asked
lhat the road be located on the sec
tion line, and that one half of the
road be placed on each side of the
section line. The matter was taken
under advisement..
The Board voted to award Messrs.
Mead and Rehkopf one dollar each
for damages in connection with the
iSast Side-Orchid Avenue road.
The bill of Yuma County, Arizona,
for $117.56, for the care of iudigents
received from Imperial County, was
allowed.
The action of the President of the
Board of Supervisors in the matter
of an invitation to President Taft
to visit Imperial Valley was approved
by motion adopted by the Board.
The applications of G. S. Helms and
J. Stanley Brown for appointment to
the position of County Accountant
were received and filed.
On motion of Supervisor Webster,
seconded by Supervisor Ferguson. J.
Stanley Brown was appointed as
County Accountant.
The Board, by motion adopted, ap
proved the action of County Survey
or Games iv lowering the New River
bridge on River Drive from ten feet
to six feet.
The County Surveyor was instruct
ed to prepare plans and specifications
for a bridge to cross New River on
Cantaloup© Avenue road.
The County Clerk was authorized
to advertise for bids for the grading
of approaches to the Thompson
Crossing bridge on New River, bids
to be opened at 10 a. in. on Juno S.
J. M. Eshleman was appointed a
delegate from Imperial County to the
National Irrigation Congress, at Spo
kane, In July, the county to pay ac
tual expenses not to exceed $1 GO.
The Board adjourned to meet the
first Monday in June.
TO CUSTOMERS OF ALL MER
CHANTS.
Imperial Valley Business Men's Pro- !
tective Association, respectifully ad- ■
vlnea the customers of all merchants
to see that all outstanding claims
against them are either settled or
properly arranged for with the mer
chants, before leaving the valley for
the cummer. This Is absolutely ne
cessary in order to prevent possible
trouble und annoyance to all parties
concerned.
W. n. STEVENSON,
6-tf. Secretary.
A. Hwpold of Colton vltfies to an
i.ohhoh that all the people in the Im
perial Valley who wish can nave first
olaa* jepper trees, four feet nigh, at
8 eettta tyth. to 100 lota, dead postal
order. ZUt
IMPERIAL VALLEY PRESS
EVAPORATION TESTS
Observations at Salton Sea to Deter
mine Formula of Value to Irrlga*
tion Engineers.
— — — ■
Problems of evaporation, the solu
tion of which ia expected to bo of
! profit value In Irrigation projects, nt<.
! being studied by the United States
I Weather Bureau at Salt on Sea. The
; station a 1 which the observations will
' be taken ia located on the Southern
; Pacific near Salt Creek bridge, nbout
j one mile from Durmid and three and
one-half mlle3 from Salton...
A preliminary examination waa
nifldfl in 1907 of tho. Saltrf£,Sea aud
its neighborhood, with a view to its
availability for extensive research in- j
to the laws controlling tho rate of
evaporation of water In the open air
over large lakes and reservoirs. . The
tests showed that It is a splendid Geld
for that purpose.
Tho sea* is nearly fifty miles in
| length and eighteen wide. Although
j the Alamo aud Now rivers are. still
j discharging into it, there ha 3 been a
subsidence of the water amounting to
about seven feet.
This great basin can never be drain
! cd because it is below the level of
tho sea. How long it will take the
water to dry up under tho slow pro
cess of evaporation is a problem diffi
cult of computation. Soundings re
cently made show that the sea in
places is seventy-eight feet deep.
Four towers, for the purpose of ob
j servation, have beou erected. These
! are of open frame work, about 40
i feet high. One is located on laud,
I about 1500 feet from tho sea; another
stands in twenty-five feet of water,
about 450 feet west of the railroad
bridge; the third is about one-half
mile from the bridge, in forty feet
of water, and the .fourth, a mile and
a half from the shore, in 55 feet of
water. A gasoline launch has been
provided to carry the observers and
supplies to aud from the towers.
There are platforms every ten feet
on the towers, and on each platform
is a galvanized iron pan, two feet in
diameter, and filled with water. Ob
servations will be taken every four
hours. The data will show the amount
of water lost by evaporation, its tem
perature; that of the air at tho sur
face of the pan and of the air above
the pnn. Computations will al.°o be
uiade as to humidity and the vapor
tension.
As the velocity of the wind is an
important factor, anemometers will be
placed at the top of the towers and
near the surface of the water. More
scientific experiments will be made as
the work progresses and self-record
ing apparatus will be installed.
In addition to the work at the main
station, observations will bo taken at
Mecca, on the upper shore of the sea;
at Brawley, in the Imperial Valley,
and at Mammoth, in the desert.
The object of this extensive re
search is to determine a formula for
.evaporation that will be of practical
value to engineers. In irrigation pro
jects it is important to know just what
volume of wacer will be lO3t by evap
oration under normal conditions in or
der to build reservoirs large enough to
meet all emergencies. The determin
ation of this formula has proven a
much more difficult task than was an
ticipated. The working out of a prac
tical evaporation formula is in the
hands of Prof. Frank Bigelow.
Experiments to date have shown
that the vital terms in a practical for
mula aro the temperature of the wa
ter, surface, the temperature of the
air, taken by both wet and dry bulb
thermometers, and the velocity of the
wind. Besides these are, according to
Prof. Bigelow, some unknown terms
which may involve certain difficult phy
sical processes, like diffusion and
mixture of gase3. It is the search
for these unknown terms that is now
being prosecuted.
LOT AND COTTAGE FOR SALE
A lot ou Brighton aye, CO by 140,
planted with alfalfa and otherwise im
proved, and well-built tent cottage
are offered for sale at $750. -Apply
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Whooping Cough.
iv February our daughter had the
whooping cough. Mr. Lane, of. Hart
land, recommended Chamberlain's
Cough Remedy and said it gave his
customers tbo best of satisfaction. We
found it qs ho said, and can recom
mend it to anyone having children
troubled with whooping couch," says
Mrs. A. doss, of Durand, Mich. For
Rale by Dunaway it Lowe, Druggists.
NOTICE.
Notice Is hereby givea that all cot
ton seed for Imperial Valley must be
consigned to the County Hoard of
Horticulture at El Centro, there to be
examined, treated and held, until they
-tre eatlitn^d that the >»-<l contains no
insect lufection. Tbiß notice ia given
under the State quarantine onl t ot
April 28, IWB.
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