Imperial Valley press., May 15, 1909, Page 8, Image 8

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ROAD TO SAN DIEBO
Engineer* Have Found No Better
Route Than the Devil's Canon
Oracle.
Engineer Perry and his assistants
are still at work trying to find a bet
ter route than Devll'R Canon for the
8&n Diego road, but all other routes
through the mountains are 6<> rugged
that it Is cot likoly they will be Able
to work out a better grade at any
reasonable cosL Tho surveyors 1 have
smashed two wagonß among the rocks,
and they have been working in coun
try too rough. even tor burros to nar-
To get a practicable grade, it would
be • necessary to - move a i vast quanti
ty of boulders' and Increase consider
ably the legnth of the mad. Until the
survey shall be completed and compu
tations made, no definite estimate can
be made, but at present Mr. Perry Is
of the opinion that Devil's Canon of
fers the best grade and that a good
road could be built along that route
much cheaper than on another line.
There is no lack ot.flrst-raia material
for construction of a permanent high
way, and the engineers are inclined
to favor the use of oil as a binder.
About six weeks will be required for
completion of the survey and compu
tations, and the results will be sub
mitted to the Highway Commission.
WOULDNT PAY LICENSE TAX
V. Rapp, attorney, refuses to pay a
license tax of $3 to the city of El
' Centro. Marshal Bradford tried many
I times to collect the tax, and then he
! became tired of the hopeless job and
arrested V. Rapp, who was taken be
fore Recorder Havens to show cause
'why he should not contribute hid
small share to the city treasury. V.
Rapp professed to regard the tax or
dinance as invalid, illegal, contrary to
the constitution and void, and he cited
iin support of his view a decision that
was reversed long ago and cuts no
*legal ice. Recorder Havens was not
| impressed by the obsolete decision.
% He fined V. Rapp $25.
SLUMP IN CABBAGES
Imperial Vallej^ cabbage growers
were fortunate in cleaning up their
crop and getting it to the markets
before the slump of the past two
weeks. By the flooding of the mar
kets -with cabbages from the Carolinas
and Virginia, the supply in the north
has become much greater than the
demand, and prices have fallen to 75
cents per. hundred pounds.
WEST SIDE PLATS READY
Notice is giveo that Township 14
south, range 13 east, T. 15 S. f R. 12 E.,
T. 16 S!,, 12 E., and T. 15 S., R. 13 E.,
San Bernardino Meridian, have been
resurveyed and that the plats of re
Corner Seventh and Hope
Streets, Los Angeles, Cali-
fornia, opposite Postoffice.
BEAUTIFULLY FURNISHED
COOLEST ROOMS
EVERYTHING NEW.
. Completely furnished apart-
ments for housekeeping,
only $15 monthly. Three
rooms, kitchen, bath, phone.
VERY HOMELIKE AND NEAT.
' — <m «gr f*m. m fm « ~> - . You can combine Quality with Economy here. Every department of our
-^^^ .- i ■%/§ ryy* j-|.Tr T C* ww T V W% Wy^MvvA/w \l / 0"% 111/\A big store is fully stocked with the Newest and Best the Eastern markets
,^YjtiCiBii ivionc y "Oci v ioh opjriOH v siiugs aff ° rd - we saved m ° ney by bu y ing Hait *"« c *" 3ave y ° v m ° ney ° n y ° ur
Two Bargains ra Silk Shirts Men's Trousers for Less Than Half Price i > Warner's Rust Proof Corsets
Men's Golf Shirts, coat style, made from the highest An after-season buy from one of the best makers in The rust proof feature of Warner's Corsets makes theia,
grade silk, in pretty figures. Cluett, Peabody & Co.'s • ?£, B "ff LL r ° Ug Mof UUn8 n in'ffp^J"^™ 1 !?!? especially desirable for Summer wear. We have several
* . . „ _/ „ ? . - *.., , ,„ . lew prices. Not a poor number in the lot. Summer , , . , „ . , - ** nn.
$5.00 shirt. All sizes from 14M» to 17. fry j-^ weights, latest colorings, stylishly tailored, worth up to models to choose from, priced from $1.00 £| Art
On sale at exactly half price : «p&«tJU $6.50 a pair. We will make all ordinary alterations free to $3.00. Also a Rust Proof Girdle at tpI.UU
v«,;. „ „ „„ __ and sell them to you at $5.00, $4.50, (ho AA v ••• ' c' «i
Wlnte Negligees at $2.75 $4.00, $3.50 and <P«J*UU " ouse " DUI B Specml
Men's White Negligee Shirts, made from extra good Special Price on Men's Half Hose ' Columbia H brand of unbleached cloth, usually |*
quality of Bilk; will wash like a piece of linen A good Cream fme , y finished ha , f fl gQod 2 fQf sold at 6ftc to 7c. our price per yard. DC
value at $5.00. All sizes. A fortunate • \9 7C 25c value. While this lot lasts we will typ This is aa exceptionally good house lining and is also
buy enables us to sell them at .«P"» • ** sell them at 3 pairs for £*oC just the right weight for dairymen's strainer cloths.
THE VALLEY DEPARTMENT STORE
Corner Sixth and Main Streets, El Centro ROY L y RUMSEY, proprietor
survey will bo filed In the United
States Land Ofilco, Tx>s Angeles, Cal- j
lforni.l, situate in Room 1 12. Chamber i
of Commerce liuilding, on Tuesday.
June 15, 1 009. and that on and after
raid day the Register and Rocolvor I
will be prepared to receive applica
tions for the entry of lands in these
townships which applications will be
suspended for a period of ninety days
from June 15, pending the adjustment
of entries already of record. The I
townshipo described are on the west i
side of tho valley. j
CITY FIRE DEPARTMENT.
Hose Company Will Meet Monday
Night to Elect Officers..
C. E. Tumber, who was appointed
temporary fire chief by the Board of
Trustees, has called a meeting for
Monday night. Twenty-five men have
agreed to join the fire company and
the organization will be limited for
the present to that number. At the
meeting Monday night Mr. Tumber
will ask the members of the company
to elect their own officers— a chief,
assistant chief, and foreman, of Hose 1.
Hose 1 will for some time constitute
the entire department, other compan
ies being added as the growth of the
city demands them.
It is proposed to divide the city
into three wards or districts, and tp
arrange for alarms which will indi
cate in which district the fire is. The
question of having fire alarrn^ boxes
with electrical connection with the
hose house will be discussed and if
practicable the boxes will be put in.
The interest now being taken in the
organization assures a first class and
efficient organization and El Centra's
fire protection will be all that could
be expected in a city, of its size.
COUNTY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
The County Chamber of Commerce
met at Heber Wednesday, this being
the last meeting until September. Ac
tion on the meeting of the Grand
Lodge of Odd Fellows was deferred
until the return of Mr. Sherman. The
sign board at Imperial Junction will
be put up and the Railway company
will be urged to give Heber an agent.
AH of the local Chambers will be
urged to pay up their dues at once
and when this is done there will be
a surplus in the treasury. The del
egates attending were Shrack," Moore
house, Williams and Booth, of Heber:
Giles of Calexico; Jones, of Brawley,
and Morton, of El Centro.
HEAVY BARLEY YIEI^D.
Hay bailers on the ranch of Will
Holland, between El centro and Cal
! exico, have been putting up a re
j markably heavy crop of barley, and
; last week baled forty-one tons of
i barley hay from ten acres of land.
! The baling was done two weeks after j
! the barley was cut, so that the bay
I was well dried out before it was
■ weighed. In the field from which this
j was taken much barley remained, the
growth having been so rank that a
considerable amount lodged and could
| not be cut, so that the actual crop
was much in excess of the forty-one
tons for the ten acres.' ,
EUCALYPTUB SCHOOL CLOSING.
The most successful school year In
the history of the Eucalyptus dis
i trict was closed on Friday night of
[ last week, when a public cntertain
| ment was given at the school house.
j Eighty persons were present, and an
i interesting programme was given by
j Mrs. Beale, the teacher, and her pu
j pils. The Eucalyptus school building
; has recently been painted and im
j proved, and the grounds have been
j set to trees and shrubbery.
STREET CLEANING.
During the past week men and
teams have been engaged in cleaning
the gutters on Main street. The
street sprinkler has been started, so
that the dust nuisance is abated to
some degree.
IMPERIAL VALLEY PREBB
NEWS BREVITIES
San Frnncipco witnesses* testify that
Harrltnan merger killed competition.
Jr— > — •>
New Sultan of Turkey enthroned in
Constantinople with many imposing
rites.
o o ■ -i
Orbund broken on Mount Wilson
for construction of largest tower tel
escope in world.
o — o — o
Capt. Hams found guilty of man
slaughter in the first degree for the
killing of Annls.
o o -o
State Engineer Ellery objects to
price of cement and says "trust" has
stifled competition.
o •<> «
Postal Telegraph Company sues
Southern Pacific for right of way from
Sacramento to Reno.
The President names Democrat for
Federal judge against advice of North
Carolina Republicans,
o — o — o
Union Pacific plans new trans-con
tinental service from ocean ,to ocean
without change of cars.
o — o — o
Missouri Socialist candidate for
Governor gets divorce because wife
didn't appreciate his cooking.
o — o — o
Gas company files suit to enjoin
Redlands Trustees from enforcing or
dinance providing for $1 gas.
o— o— o
Aged inachlnest at Palnesville, 0.,
says he is John Orth, missing Prince
of the reigning house of Austria.
Gov. Hadley, of Missouri charges
Federal courts with unwarranted in
terference with authority of State In
its dealings with railroads,
o — o — o
Judge Wellborn rules that grazing
on forest reserves without the govern
ment's permission is no violation of
any law because statute is defective.,
v O O O
James D. Phelan on witness stand
in Calhoun trial tells of his associa
tion with Rudolph Spreckles in pro
ject to take street railway system
from Calboun.
Senator Crawford argues for free
iron ore, oil and lumber to save na
tural resources, and Senator Poynter
would protect Kentucky farmer against
tobacco trust.
WATER STOCK ASSESSMENT
j At the monthly meeting of the di
reoiors of Water Company No. 1, held
j in Imperial on Monday, it was voted
' to levy an assessment of $1 per share
on the stock of this company for the.
purpose of meeting its obligations and
making improvements in the system.
Tho drectors decided to make a per
j sonal inspection of the Acacia canal,
where much trouble has .been exper- j
ienced because of drifting sands fil- j
ling up the water-way, and to inves- 1
tigate the proposed plan of replacing
{ tho open ditch with a wooden flume.
!
' FLOUR MILL WANTED.
. Persons interested in the progress of
Mexlcali and the developments of the
country lying directly below the in
ternational border are advocating the
location of a flouring mill at that town.
Tho duty on flour imported into Mex
ico is $2.75 per hundred pounds, gold,
but the Mexican government has ar
ranged to remit the duty on wheat
during March and April of each year
I because of tho scarcity of wheat and
'■ flour at that season.
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MAKING FINAL PROOFB
During the past week the following
persons have made final proof on their
desert entries or homestead claims be
fore County Clerk D. S. Elder:
Peter Walker, Brawley, for desert
entry, Tract No. 111, In township 13
south, range 13 eitst. ' *-;
Frank I* Weed, Calexico, homestead
entry, for tho southeast, quarter of
scot Inn S, township 17 south, range
14 east.
Denjamin F. Simmons, El Centro,
desert entry, northeast quarter of the
northeast quarter of section 34, town
ship 15 south, range 14 east.
Allan L. Weaver, IJrawley, deesrt
entry, northwest quarter of Sec. 12,
township 13 south, range 13 east.
INVITATION TO ODD FELLOWS
Facilities of Imperial Vailey For En
tertainment of Grand Lodge
Next Year.
If the invitation to tho Qrand Lodge
of the I. O. 0. F. to hold its session
of 1910 in Imperial Valley should be
accepted, probably the meetings would
be held in Holt Opera House and Ma*
sonic Hall in El Centro, and tho Rc
bekaha would have the use of the au
ditorium at Imperial.
In order that the members of tho
Grand Lodge may realize tnat the val
ley is prepared to accommodate such
a gathering, a booklet has been pre
pared, containing views of all the val
ley's principal hotels, and setting
forth the general attractions.
The general plans for entertain
ment would include a visit of the en
tire body to all of the valley towns,
with special entertainments at each
place; a public barbecue, probably at
the C. M. ranch, and trips into Mex
ico and to the Laguna Dam.
SCHOOL NEWS.
: Supplementary Examination For
; Grammar Grade Pupils.
■ The Board of Education will com
; plete its scrutiny of grammar grade
! examination papers today, and pupils
I that have failed to pass will be given
' an opportunity to try again on May
i 28th and 29th. The examinations on
• May 28th and 29th will be held at El
Centro for all pupils of the valley
who have failed.
The grammar schools have closed for
the summer vacation and the high
schools will close in June.
j The Semi-Annua! .examination for
] teachers' certificates will be held at
j El Centro on September 13th.
County Superintendent Carr visited
[ the Central and Alamo districts this
j week and reports those schools in
! a flourishing codition. Miss Powell
[.has charge of the Alamo district and
Miss Baggeln has charge of the Cen
tral school and under their manage
ment the schools are making excel
lent advancement.
"SHEEP CAMP" PARTY
Last Saturday night a "sheep camp"
party was given by Miss Coral Rapp
at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Rapp on
Broadway. Tiny bows and arrows
were furnished to the guests to be
used in a big game hunt. The game
was found in the shape of pictures
pasted on the walls, and prizes were
given for the most successful archers.
CERTIFICATE FOR BANKING
No. 9350.
Treasury Department. Office of
Comptroller of the Currency, Wash-
ington, D. C, February 25, 1909.
Whereas, by satisfactory evidence
presented to the undersigned, it has
been made to appear that THE FIRST
NATIONAL BANK OF EL CENTRO
in the City of El Centro, in the Coun-
ty of Imperial and State of California,
\ has complied with all the provisions of
the Statutes of the United -States, re-
quired to be complied with before an
association shall be authorized to com-
| mence the business oi tsanlung:
Now, inerefore I, Lawrence O. Mur-
ray, Comptroller of the Currency, do
hereby certify that the FIRST NA-
TIONAL BANK OF Ei^ CENTRO in
the city of El Centro, in the County
of Imperial, and State of California,
is authorized to commence the busi-
ness of banking as provided in sec-
tion fifty-one hundred and sixty-nine
of the Revised Statutes of the United
States.
In testimony whereof witness my
hand and seal of office this twenty-
fifth day of February, 1909.
LAWRENCE O. MURRAY,
6-10t. Comptroller of the Currency.
f| McCormickitis m.
Ja^ . A contagion which is sweeping the country /W£
*jjj from A to"Gizzard ;" from the line of the Southern Jjffc
S£J Pacific Railway to the head waters of the Gulf; (&5
JL* creeping into every hamlet and farm home ; but, in £*f^
Sj|o place of leaving behind it a trail of loss and un- *$££
*TJJ happiness, the path of its progress is marked by J^TT
c£rt joy and prosperity. (SsS
«!Cr During the month of April our sales amount- *J*
c^J ed to more than any other one month since we Kgb
JCJ have been in business. Last year we thought the ttjt
c^|y business was running, away, but the month just JK£
$ *Cf puat aa set a new mar^- urm £ c m °nth our £jT
c^jrt sales have been confined chiefly to mowers and (vgo
Tjtt rakes, and to our new Buck Rakes and Stack- S#
H?u ers. Everyone who sees one of these machines Kgo
+ Q wants it. Every man who owns one boosts for it. *5m
CETW Since we published Mr. Mcade's letter, we f155
*\* have heard of eight or ten McCormick mowers in wjfjj
c^M the valley which have been in operation for fif-
£G teen years or more. No other line can hope to tS»
5^5) equal it. At present we have a good stock. We flgg
?C are receiving a car every five days. W/*
$i Edgar Bros. Co: p
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Saturday, May 15, 1009.