Imperial Valley Press (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-Current
August 24, 1907

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Imperial Valley Press. VOL. VII PREDICTS BIG CROPS IN IMPERIAL VALLEY Ed. Fletcher Returns From Trip m Back Country With Good Reports. Ed. Fletcher has returned from Im perial valley where he has been look ing after his Interests. He Is Interest ed, with others, In a 320-acre ranch and reports crops as being heavy and the price of grain and hay very satis factory. ■v While there. Mr. Fletcher rode In a gasoMne motor car, built by the Fair banks, Morse Co., and now in opera tion on the S. P. branch from El Cen tro to Holtville, known as the Holt ville Inter Urban. i- "This car has many new and Inter esting features," said Mr. Fletcher, and is. now In successful operation. It has a seating capacity of about 20 to 2S, tut during the campaign over the county seat, the gasoline motor car was run from El Centro to Brawley one evening, and carried 56 passen gers, a' distance of 18 miles in 33 minutes. The great feature of this car Is Its simplicity. "The regular run from El Centro to .Holtville, a disatnee of 11, miles, Is easily covered Including stops, in 25 minutes. The day before Mr. Fletch er arrived In Imperial; the car brought over 1 1-2 tons of cream and 25 pas sengers from Holtville to El Centro in Jess than. 3o minutes. Including several "Istops. This car, In Mr Fletcher's opinion, will certainly take the place of the steam engine for suburban traffic. y The cost of operation for the round trip to Holtville, 24 miles Is less than 33. Mr. Holt says the cost of oper ation by steam Is $12 to $1 4 for the same trip. This does not include the difference In saving of ware and tear of the tracks, or machinery, which Is a very material point. The cost, of malntalnance of the track Is much The new Abstract Company El Centro Is to be congratulated upon the establishment of the Imperial Valley Abstract Title and Trust Com- pany, whose advertisement appears upon another page. They announce to the public that they are now ready to Issue certificates of titles and ab stracts to all sections or parcels of land and town lots forming v a part of the new county. Dan E. Shaffer, who for three year has been connected with the Abstract Title and Trust Company, of San .Diego, is manager for the new firm. He Is a son of the late E. E. Shaffer, for so long county auditor of San Diego county. Thus Mr, Shaffer Is a man eminently fitted to conduct such •a business and those wishing any title business done would do well to con .sult him. t The company's office Is located (In Beach Dool's El Centro offices at .present. Imperial Co. Gets First Court Case. A motion was filed In the superior court yfestefday for the transfer of cause of action to the superior court of Imperial county. The cause In question Is No. 3469, In the matter of the estate of Grey Bussell, a minor. Buy a town lot, a few choice ones left, get In before the raise. Call and talk It over with Jauman. El Centro .Land Qo. 20tf EL CENTRO. CALIFORNIA. SATURDAY. AUGUST,24. 1907 lighter, owning to the exteme weight weight of the engine and train as compared with the gasoline motor car, its total weight being 8000 "Mr. Holt is considering the pur chase of another car and states that later on. providing the S. D. A. road does not run through Sllsbee, that an entrance, will be made from £1 Centra to Silsbee and the same ser vice will be given as Holtville is now receiving. ••The Ice and cold storage plant at El Centra is certainly a credit to the town and Mr. Holt has just entered Into a contract with the Southern Pa cific railroad for many thousands of tons of Ice for Icing purposes, He is now doubling the. original size of the plant. '•Last year nearly a thousand car loads of cantaloups and melons were raised in Imperial valley, and it is ex pected next year the quantity will be doubled. Barley is worth from $1 to $1:10 there and even at that price a great many of the farmers are feed- Ing barley to the hogs for fattening purposes, rather than sell the. 'grain Hundreds of carloads of hogs are be ing shipped out of the valley *nd that Industry alone Is bringing tens of thousands of dollars to the settlers. •'Each year thousands of acres of fruit trees and grape vineyards are being planted and the fruit industry will in time, be the largest industry in the valley, in my opinion. The new railroad cannot be built into the valley any to soon, and I am sure rev enue from the Imperial valley alone, will be sufficient to warrant building the road." San Diego Union RAILROAD BOYS TO LIVE MERE Will Make Calexico Their Homes as Soon as the New Schedule is Ar-, ranged Calexico will be glad to get the news that as soon as the new schedule for valley service is ar ranged most of the railroad men and their families now living at Old Beach will remove to Calex ico. The change will take place near the first of September. The new schedule is now being made up, but is not ready for an nouncement. The runs will be arranged for better accommoda tion of the valley people both for those who wish to visit the city, and for valley travel. The S. P. company recently wrote the Calexico chamber of commerce that the service would be improved just as soon as pos sible and they are keeping their word. Much complaint is made because of the inconvenience of the present schedule: Calexico Chronicle. Optra House Regular services at the opera house next Sunday, Preaching at II a. m. and 7:30 p. m. by J. F. Tout. All are welcome. AFFAIRS AT THE COUNTY SEAT Supervisors and Comty Officers are Ready to Qualify. Waiting for the Judge. The wheels of the new county gov ernment have hardly begun to turn as yet. There has been considerable de lay on account of the absence of any person qualified to administer the oaths of office to the various county officials. Judge Cole, the newly elected Super ior judge, has been awaiting his com mission from the government of the state. He has been In Los Angeles and San Diego and the rest of the of ficers have been awaiting his return as he will be qualified to install them In their offices In shape to transact Im perial county business. The bonds have nearly all been pre pared and everything is in readiness' to commence business as soon as Judge Cole returns: He will return from Los Angeles possibly Friday. Supervisors Meet The board of supervisors met Thurs day unofficially and discussed a few matters that will receive official con sideration as soon as things are in working order. Among other things that ..will have to be settled will be temporary quart ers for the county officials. The judge's chambers and court room ,wlll probably be the Masonic lodge room in the opera house block and. the vari ous officers installed in the off.cc rooms upstairs In the same block. Re corder J. B. Baker will probably be Installed In the brick building built for a restaurant opposite the bank. The treasurer may be found later in the rear room of the bank and he may be given the use of the bank vault for temporary accommodation. Suggested Building It has been suggested that the coun ty erect a brick business block of pos sibly 50x100 feet to be used for two or three years. by county* officials and when the county court house Is com pleted to be sold. and occupied by a mercantile business and offices. Such a plan seems to meet with the appro bation of all who have heard of it and seems to be a good way out of the tem porary office difficulty. The building would probably cost $10,000 or $12, 000.and would save the county rent for the interim. The matter of jail accommodation Is one that will have to receive Imme diate consideration. It will be neces sary to take care of prisoners in some way. The plan to Immediately secure a set of steel ribbed cells that could be set up in a short Mmc seems to be the best yet suggested. These cells could be set up any place and a shed built over them for protection from the weather. The jail Itself could be built up around the cells. Such expedi ences are all to be considered by the board. The first few weeks the board of su pervisors will have to be In almost con stant session for that body Is the busi ness manager of the county and all business questions of ai most every na ture have to be passed np to them. Everyone Is anxious for all officers to be qualified as soon as possible, in cluding notaries public and justices. No Local Government Since the filing of the resolution forming Imperial county with the sec retary of state tn Sacramento all jus tices of the peace have been out of commission; no notary has had author ity to sign his name as a. notary or take any kind of an acknowledgement. There are dozens of papers awaiting the qualification of a notary public, The county ordinances, a whole vol ume of them, went out of effect as far as Imperial county was concerned with the filing of the same resolution. The supervisors will have to pass ordinan ces and have them published fifteen days before they are effective. This means that for at least twenty days yet there will be no county law. State laws are effective, of course. Public sentiment and local leagues will, no doubt, be able to keep things In oraer with the law of persuasion. EL CENTRO TO BE PRINCIPAL CITY Justice or reace or INew County Uptim iftic Over Final Outcome. Felix G. Havens of El Centra, form er.y United States commissioner, and who Is now a justice of the peace in the Imperial valley, is in the city. Mr. Havens says that El Centra is not only to be the metropolis of the Im perial country, but that it is already. It is a well known fact that Mr. Hav ens could have accepted a nomination of clerk of the new county, but that he did not allow the use of his name, the understanding being that El Centra should not introduce any candidates Into the campaign. "There are," says Mr. Havens, "many questions related to the forma tion of the new county which much time will be required In settling. Some of them will have to be settled In courts. However, we are not Banqueted Him District Attorney Eshleman returned Saturday from Berkeley; where he finished in his business affairs in order to take up his new work as legal adviser and prosecuting attorney for Imperial county. He Is now in El Centro where he and his wife will live. .His colleagues and friends about the bay gave -Jack'! a genuine ova tion upon his departure, judging from the Berkeley papers. A fine banquet was spread at which Mr. Eshleman's law partner presided. A large gather- Ing of prominent citizens bade him Cod speed in his new home. The papers say that Mr. Eshleman, was to have been the next state sen ator from Alameda county and that since his removal there have been thirty or forty candidates for his place In the assembly. The district attorney has a hard row to hoe. Nearly all. the officers of the new county are entirely without experience In the conduct of their offices and all must be guided by tne district attorney as to legal points. Having served as deputy In the same office In Alameda county Mr. Eshle man will turn off his work with ac curacy and celerity Calexico Chron icle. A High Compliment The San Diego News of last week speaks in its editorial col umns of Supervisor Webster in the following highly complimen tary manner: Supervisor Webster was one of the ablest men on the Board and commanded the respect of his colleagues and everybody with whom he came in contact. While we sincerely regret the departure of the supervisor from the San Diego Board, we feel that he of all others should take a leading jmrtjn the future affairs of the new county. San Diego county will not re apportion its territory for new supervisoral districts until the meeting of the board of super visors August 28th. If you want a ranch anywhere in the Imperial Valley call In andjt over with laurnan. I can use several 40 and 80 acre pieces Improved or partly so. if your price Is right, your money Is ready. 20tf bothering ourselves about them. They will all be settled and settled right. We expect to make a fine showing over therein the, next fey Mr. Havens is Interested in collect ing claims of Imperial valley property holders for damages resulting from the overflow of the Colorado river. He has already filed at Washington against the government of Mexico more than a million dollars of dam age claims, and he Is still adding to the number. The Mexican govern ment-Is to be held accountable, al though considerable time may be Oc cupied in securing a settlement. Mr. Havens thinks there will be few sufferers In San Diego from the land frauds. y. W. H. BUCK TO BE DEPUTY SHERIFF Mobley Meadows Selects a Good Man to Assist Him in Office W. H. Buck, of Fort Yuma, has been selected by Mobley Meadows as his chief deputy to assist him In the sheriff's office of the new county.: Mr.. Buck Is the proprietor of the Fort Yu ma general merchandise store and the stage line to Laguna.;: He nominated Mr. Meadows In the convention at Imperial and has been a factor In the river political situation. Anticipating his selection to the of fice Mr. Buck has secured valuable options on property at El Centro. It Is reported that he will open a general store at the county seat—- Calexico Chronicle. COUNTY CLERK ELDER TO RESIGN Business Affairs in Idaho Make it Impossible to Take Ip His New Duties. D! S. Elder, elected county clerk, will resign his office as soon as he qualifies. He has business interests' in Idaho that demand his attention and it will' be impossible for him to be In the valley for several months. In order to expedite the business of the new county Mr. Eider has decided to place his resignation with the board of supervisors as soon as he qualifies for Then It will be up to the board to appoint his successor This will prob ably be done at the first meeting. It Is with much regret that the val ley loses the services of so capable a man as Mr. Elder. He is thoroly qualified for the duties of the office and it will be hard to 'find a man who would so successfully fill the place. Calexico Chronicle. The Southern Pacific is run ning three extra trains each day to Brawley from Old Beach in order to give the railroad men there a chance to eat. Hotel Harriinan has been closed down and the "Harriinan Special" has NO. 20

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Calexico Items Miss Faye Mitchell left for a month's In Riverside last Tuesday. Mrs. M. H. Donohoe and daughter. Miss Ruth, accompanied by Miss Grace Dow, left Tuesday for San Die go, where the young ladles will attend school this fall and winter. John Kennedy, who has spent the summer In Calexico, left Monday *njg t for Hemet. Miss Millie Nelson and brother John Nelson, returned from their va cation trip. Saturday night. Miss Nelson has spent her time in and about .Los Angeles, while John has been In Minnesota most of the time. Postmaster Shenk showed us the provision the government has made for a new design in postal cards The new card will be cream colored and the official design will be different from the old timer. E. H. Rock wood arrived Mon day night from Los Angeles, his first visit for some time. His health is gradually getting bet ter. Walter Carpenter, of Redlands, is a new addition to the field surveyor's force of the C. D. Co. He came in Wednesday night. Chief Engineer P. C. Herr mann and Scotty Russell made a fifty, mile drive Wednesday in specting the property of the •company down the valley. Rev. W. M. Harkness and wife Teturned from Huntington Beach "Wednesday night. Mrs. Hark ness health was much benefited t>y, the trip. Claude Palmeteer, who was sentenced to six months in the county 1 jail for beating up the old chinaman, was released by the superior court because of an error in committment. He was .seen in Calexico again Thursday. Varney Bros. adobe addition "to their store has the walls up. The store will have double the floor space when the addition is completed. A wind storm Saturday night cleared the townsite of consider able dust. I El Centro Machine Shops I and Planing Mill *5 The Holton Power Co. has the best *5 equipped Machine Shops in the Imperial Valley. First class work- ■RS> 3 men employed. Blacksmithing, "■■■3* ;.,i> f-.y,#-; S Repairing and Machine work done promptly and at treasonable price E. FROMME, Haster Mechanic. Prof. Morris, an itinerant ne cromancer, entertained in the Burns building Monday night with an assortment of magician tricks and ventriloquistie exhi bitions. Herbert Groves returned Thursday from a ten days' va cation in Los Angeles and the beach^resorts. The new rollers for the new f>fess In the Chronicle office will be here short ly. We have been doing the press work In El Centro because the heat melted two sets of rollers for us. Roy Biggs, who has been spending his vacation In San Diego, returned Saturday and resumed his position with Varney brothers. Arthur Edgar was here Monday looking after the interests of the Edgar store J. B. Parazette. of Imperial, has been a frequent visitor tn Calexico this week. M. E. Greeson Is on a trip to his old home In Kokomo, Indiana. There Is a persistent rumor about the C. .D. offices that Mr. Greeson wtll not re turn alone this time from the east. Miss Rosa Peck, who intended leaving for her home last week from Los Angeles, was surprised by the ar rival of her brother. F. T. Peck, from Honduras, South America, and decid ed to postpone her home going. She is again the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Jas. On the horseback ride the other evening Robert Edwards was quite painfully but not seri ously injured by his horse run ning too close to a barbed wire fence, cutting Bob's right ankle and scratching th^ horse a little. Considerable complaint is be ing made of men, boys, Mexi cans, Indians and white folks bathing indiscriminately in the irrigating- canals. There is a law against the practice and as soon as the new officials are in trim they will be asked to rigid ly enforce the same. Don Knight, contractor of San Pedro, has decided to make the Imperial Valley x his home and will commence a cement con tracting business here. He ar rived last week. D. C. Howard arrived Monday from San Francisco, an advance man for land hunters. Thos. Carter, a business man of Los Angeles, waa here Mon day. A. H. Griawold spent a few days in Calexico this week from Los Angeles. E. T. Watson, of Kedlands, arrived Sunday to look after business interests. P. B. Gabert registered at the hotel from Los Angeles Sunday. The libel suit against Messrs. Howe and Ulrey was postponed to the 28th by Judge Hoffman. Mr. W. E. Cox, attorney for Mr. Day, will handle the case. Mrs. L. A. Potter returned from Los Angeles and the coast Friday night after a pleasant va cation and visit among friends. Rev. R. L. Glasby, who went to San Diego last week to sign some election papers, returned Friday evening. J. A. Morrison, of. the First State bank, is spending a few days in Imperial, leaving Calex ico Tuesday morning. J. A. Strawn, of Los Angeles was in. town Monday. C. H. Day, who has spent most of his time here during the po litical campaign, left Saturday night for the coast. From there he will make a trip into old Mex ico with Mr. Ren-aud, who is go ing down on business to Her mosillo. Mr. Day's auto will go thru a thoro overhauling at the Stoddard- Dayton garage in the city. E. H. (Pete) Games, the now county surveyor, came over from the lower heading Saturday and the fore part of the week quali fied for his office. Mr. Games is enthusiastic about county affairs and states that great interest was displayed on the river by the inhabitants in trie election and selection of county seat. He will remain but a few days as he is in charge of the corps on the levee work and has many duties to attend to. IDO NOT PUT OFF UNTIL TO-MORROW THAT WHICH J SHOULD BE DONE TO-DAY f

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I FANS and ELECTRIC I IRONS FOR SALE I TRY ONE I AND ENJOY REAL COMFORT AT SMALL EXPENSE ESTIMATES FURNISH ED PROMPTLY f Tp -^r m i rr§--r Holton Power Company C. E. PARIS, General Superintendent T A Jr. A El Centro, California f g^^C^^j) fj^^^^p-^ CJ^^ ir^ v^^^i^^^^i^^^^wQ ft rk X JAA A I Remctus34Bo Registered by the German, Hanovarian and 4 Oldenburg Coach Horse Stud Cook 4 Weight 1515 lbs. A This horse stands at the El Centro^Livery Stables K X an^ can he seen at any time. Now is the time to jT K book your mares. ;He is by far the best horse in TV T the Valley. g T f JINGLE SERVICE 15.00 Y JL Remetus was awarded first prize at the California JL Y State Fair in 1906. He was imported from Ger- TT JL many in 1906 by J. Crouch Son, of Lafay- JL TT ette, Indian^. I invite your inspection of this y JL stallion before breeding elsewhere, 2& jL I W. W. Maflen^ 1 v V rr El Centro, Caltfornia 1 r

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THE ENGLISH POLICE HOW SCOTLAND YARD OFFICIALS TRACE MISSING PEOPLE. Methods of London* Detective Force For 1 Locating the Loat One*, and JS+err Detail of Hot* the Mraterlen Are Unraveled. Awny nlong the embankment, close Co the bouses of pnrllnment, Is a big, businesslike red brick building, the headquarters of those whose business It Is to solve mysteries. Scotland Ynrd is the home of thrill ing occupations and has many tasks undreamed of by those who regard it merely as the directing office of the army of blue coated London consta* blcs, and amoug those tasks Is that of probing the mystery of lost persons— a mystery touched often by romance, of* ten by tragedy and occasionally stir* rounded by n black obscurity Into which no human ingenuity can pierce. It Is part of tho work of Scotland Yard to endeavor to extract from the be wildering human continent of London those individuals who have suddenly walked off the track of human knowl edge, who in ordinary speech with friends and acquaintances in one hour have in the next, for no reason and without a 'word, disappeared. Some of these mysteries never have been solved and never will be solved, but they are astonishingly few com pared to those .which Scotland Yard unravels every week. Only one case here and there is heard of, because the work is In the ordinary routine of the yard and the force has no eye f6r ro mance, rigidly restricting itself to prac tical thoughts and practical work. Stretched over twenty square miles of London, with its population of a na tion, are the nervous tentacles of Scot land Yard; ever alert for the work, responding in a moment to an impulse from that center of intelligence— the red brick, businesslike building on the embankment. Frequently throughout day and night the agents of Scotland Yard are scouring London in the search for missing persons. The great or ganization, works like a machine. To give an idea of the work it will be best t o take an instance of what happens in an individual case. A prosperous middle aged civil serv ant living at Clnplmm is amazed and alarmed to find that his son, a bank clerk, aged twenty-four, does not re turn home one night after business. He is a well behaved young fellow and has never before stayed away all night. In the morning his father hurries to the branch of the bank in Kensington where his son is employed and finds that he left at ab6ut half past 5 on the night before. in quite his usual manner, giving no indication that he was not going straight home. From the time he left the bank door he has not been seen. His accounts are in perfect order; he was a young man on the way to pro motion. The bewildered father takes a cab to the nearest police station and relates his story to the inspector in charge. "Oh, I dare say he'll be found in a cou^ pie of days," says the cheery inspect or. "We'll get on to it at once. What Is his description?" -m_ I Thereupon the father gives a descrip tion of his son, running, perhaps, some thing like this: Height, five feet eight Inches; fair hair, slight fair mustache, gray eyes, slim build, wearing silk hat, morning coat, dark striped trousers and glace kid lace boots. The inspector enters this In a book, together with Borne details as to the disappearance. He hands the book to a policeman clerk aud turns to give another word of reassurance to the father. Within a minute the latter hears the "tick, tick, tick" of a telegraph Instrument In the hands of the policeman clerk./ The de scription he has given Is being tele graphed ta every police station in the London area and is also being sent to Scotland Yard. Thus within a few minutes the pol'lce depots from one end of the metropolis to the other are on pxe gui vive 'for the sljm, fair haired young man." i'^i'yf But the process has only Just begun. As soon as the father has left the po lice station the inspector calls out from another room two "special inquiry offi cers," who are expert searchers for missing persons and who have a won derful knowledge of their distrlct-with Its doubtful resorts, low class clubs, boarding bouses of shady character and other places where lost people drift. They hear the details, and they go out on their quest, starting first with inquiries at the hospitals within their reach In order to make sure that no accident has befallen tho youug man. By the time they are in tho street headquarters at Scotland Ynrd has tho mutter In hand. At Intervals throughout the day the private priut ing presses at tho Yard produce v priut ed sheet with the latest confidential In formation on police matters, aud this sheet Is distributed hot from tho press to every pollco stutiou In London, aud as thero are three or four Issues every day only an hour or'two elapses be tween each edition. As a result by midday the description of the young mau- lias been printed and is being distributed broadcast to tho police. Svery expedient Is used to get It round quickly, nnd in ttie case of some of tlic Isolatod pfntlons mounted men convoy It from place to place. As soon na the Gazette Is received at a station the officer In charge sees the description and takes action. Every hour or two batches 'of constables are paraded before him previous to going out on duty In the streets. To each of these batches he reads aloud the de* ecriptlon of the missing man, and ev ery constable goes out to his work with a picture of the fair haired, slim young man In his mind. Within twen ty-four hours every member of the force has beard of that fair hatred young man and Is looking out for him. 1 Hut perhaps there has entered the mind of Scotland Yard the idea that crime lies at the root of the mystery, that the young man lias been murder ed. If that thought comes to Scotland Yiird, another part of the great ma chine ft» Bet to work. The criminal In vestigation department is invited to lend its aid, and a defective Inwpector, with n little band of clever subordi nates, sets to work independently of all that is being done in '"Her direc tions. The young man's emp.^ei-H, his relatives, his friends, bis acquaint ances—every person he bas known to speak to during the past week is ex haustively questioned, and people against whom there may be some kind of shadowy suspicion are unobtrusive ly watched without cessation by care less young racing men, omnibus con ductors or city clerks, all of whom are really Scotland Yard detectives. And, while the newspapers know nothing, the police force of London is humming with the search for that fair haired young man. Perhaps after two days the Scotland Yard squadron gets a clew and, unit- Ing with the local special Inquiry offi cers, tracks the fair haired young man to a shady lodging house in North Kensington, where, half starved, dazed with the effects of drugs, he has been locked in a cellar for forty-eight hours. He has been by some plausible means lured to the house in question and plied with drink by well dressed scoun drels, who believed he carried keys belonging to the bank, Finding he bad not what they required, they had tem porarily locked him up, with what ultimate object can only be guessed. There are hundreds of simpler cases which are solved in a matter of hours. It will be safe to say that the chances are ten to one in favor of Scotland Yard finding the whereabouts of a missing person within a week.— Frank Dilnot in London Mail. Will Work in Harmony The people of Imperial have decided to take their medicine like men. They -..'jvill i not con test the election which resulted in giving to El Centro the cov eted county seat prize. The canvass of the vote by the sup ervisors conclusively showed that, even were the alleged frauds perpetrated fully proved, the result could not be changed and the folly of contesting the election became so apparent that the people of Imperial de cided to accept the accomplish ed fact as gracefully as their natural disappointment would allow. The decision of the people of Imperial will- meet with the most hearty approval from every precinct in the new county. Throughout the valley people feel that "Harmony" should be the watchword of every section thereof, and that the bitterness inseperable from such a heated electoral contro versy, should be allowed to die and be forgotten. San Diego A Paithful Friend •'I have used Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy since it wan first introduced to the public in 1872, ami have never found one instance where a cure was not speedily effected by its use. I have been a commercial traveler for eighteen years, and never start out on a trip without this, my faithful friend," cays 11. 8. Nichols of Oakland, Ind. Tor. When tv man has used a remedy for -thirty-five yeara he knows its value and is competent to Hneak of it. For sale by El Centro Drugstore. FOR SALE 100 head of first class young^jalry cows 1 1 miles South of Pomona. Came and see them milked a:.d see the milk check, they are money mak- ers. Price $bO. Some terms If desired. For particulars address Crawford Davis. Corona, R. F. D. No. 1. 16tf El Centro Livery Stables Good Turn-Outs Rigs Furnislicd Land Seekers at Reasonable Rates. Horses Fed and Cared For by the Day or Week. Inquire at Hotel El Centro El Centro California MONEY. BACK BL^I RA Z O R S I I RAZORS^ Are guaranteed. Buy one try it, an'l if not entirely eatiefactory bring it back and get your money. Shumate Razors eell from $1.00 to $3.00, all guaranteed. Next to the Bank, o ll^- r r^w-,/v C^ ei Cemro Cai. V alley L/rug L.o. 1 GASOLINE STOVES s SI \*C\ .L. A Sv Q E I S^^H_^^ DIRECT i 1 J. STANLEY BROWN. EI Centro m *7 1 ill M& 8* 7V7 V MORE DELIGHTFUL THAN EVER -ragfHM *V V^ J^ L U ffi^S IfclN i till wwwr A i^^W'w'j'^-S^Sm^ 1 Coronado I:u8 the most even and delightful climate of any spot on the con- i tinent. Never hot never cold. Corona do is located on a peninsula with the Pacific '■•"J'Xn^v^^^^^^^ Ocean on the one Bide and the beautiful Bay of San Diego on the other. Hi i)\n?'^?^S^S^M Boating, bathing and fishing are unsurpassed at Coronado. ie fallloU s Coronado Tent City Band Coronado mineral water piped tw each tent. Free electric lights. Perfect sani- T^llt Plfv offerBllleadvai!ta P eso^ a tilv sprinkled streets; street car service; telephone and ?Jiwg^^;s;f;itlii-'i, r fucllitivs; splendid provision for the chlld- iSS&S/iiS^yw^w^Sf^ reii— special play yrotinds and separate lathing pool; all mits vl shops ami markets; daily newspaper cafe, ret>tuuraut, lunch counter and delicatessen under first class management, P.'llm PnttanPQ auJ roomB at the Arcade, furnished for those who desire them. Our 1907 A rI "sKSJMMi mill uuiiuyvo liurauireifives torapleie rates, i"l«G& 15 Ev 13 Price delivered at your Postofficc. All seed strictly the best that can be secured. Winnlngstadt Cabbage Per Ib. $1.50 White Bermuda Onion '*'/L' 2.50 Red 2.75 Crystal Wax 4.00- JOHNSON MUSSER SEED CO. 113 N. Main Street Loa Angeles, Cai.. Real Estate and Investments Imperial Valley Lands aSp€ci Ur than two to-morrowa. Address E.P. HEALD. PM». 14S1 rRANKLIN ST. S. F.OAt.

W. J.Mitcheii Q Watch Maker \^^^^^Sr Eighth St, 3§^g^ ?r IJIPERIAL A good assortment of Watches and Chains at reasonable prices... 7 Jewel Waltham, Hampden orElgin 5.50 IS Jewel Wai ham, Hampden orElgin. 7.50 I7 Jewel Waltham, Hampden orElgin .....$lO.OO 7 Jewel New York Standard all in stout screw case. 3.50 Ingersoll Watch... 1.00 Good Clocks. 1.35 s ..ALL WARRANTED.. j All high-grade watches suitable for rail- way time keeping at low prices and sat- isfaction guaranteed W.J. MITCHELL Watch Inspector for Imperial branch of S. P. Railway. All kinds of watches cleaned and repaired. Charges 1 moderate. v

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IMPERIALVALLEYPRESS PUBLISHED SATURDAYS. EL CENTRO. CAL. I). I>. PELLET Editor and Man After •ÜBSCBIPTION OneYeAr A- t io 2 Bix Months -CO Three Month .26' BlngJe Copies .05 ADVERTISING RATES Per Month 1 inch 1.25 t to 18 inches (1 column) per inch 1.00 tt% inches KM page) 17.50 45 inches page) 30.00 90 inches (fall page; 50.00 Reading notices-, legals and solid matter 10 cents per line first insertion and 6 cents per line for each subse quent insertion, Brevier measure. Make all remittances and address all commuications to Imperial Valley Press. •VWatCh the nuhdcrlptkon date on your paper. The number of our paid circulation will be furnished on application Entered as second-class matter March 3d, 1906 at the postofficeat El Centro. California, •oder the Act of Congress of March 3, 1879. THE PRESS AND THE FUTURE It is expected that the Imperial Val ley and Its towns will take such steps forward this fall and winter and in the next year that the dreams of the most hopeful will be more than realized and just now it will be opportune to say a few personal words to the readers of the IMPERIAL VALLEY PRESS: In the future, as in the past, this pa per intends to keep foremost among the papers of the valley. It holds to day practically an independent field. Inasmuch as it Is a valley paper and is recognized by its large list of sub scribers as the only paper which does. actually print the Important news and records the progress of all the towns and districts of the famed Imperial Valley. In this respect plans have been perfected to Insure not only a continuance, but a betterment of this service. Plans are also being laid at the present writing to make of the Press a better and larger paper. Ev erything now is practically in readiness to meet any demand In improvement at any time. The Press will always keep abreast of the times and will con tinue to be a valley paper. For More Harmony The time is approaching when we expect the home-seeker to come within our borders in lar ger numbers than in the past. The home-seeker and home-mak er is to be sought after and a first good impression should be his. It's the real- home-maker that is going to make the new Imperial county famous among the counties of California. It is the home-maker that we need now. We need him to grow more produce for shipment to eastern markets; we need him to grow more alfalfa to produce more cream for our dairies; to build homes and to increase our population. To best impress this new comer we must become a harmon ious people; we must work to gether for the upbuilding of our county. It seems to be perfectly natural for all the towns of the Imperial Valley to be proud of their particular advantages, and if you will, please, look over the several towns you will observe that each one has some grounds for this feeling of pride. And this pride is' legitimate, too. It puts enthusiasm and industrious ness iuto the people as nothing else will do, and these attain ments are helpful, elevating; they are stepping stones to prog ress and perfection. Let every man and woman possess enthusi asm and industry. But these qualifications so helpful to any and every town, county or community, should not be carried to such an extent that they will lead to jealousy and in harmony. These are the two worst enemies to the progress of any community, and should be positively and etnphat i c a 1 1 y avoided. They sap the strength and vitality of the people and re tard the progress of all who come under their baneful influence. Heretofore there have been times when these two disturbers of the peace and dignity have cropped out and have been the direct means of engendering hard feelings, animosity, and in a few cases have caused a tew the loss of former friends. Unless checked the blight will spread. It is contagious. Now, with the forming of our new county, let every one lay a side the feeling of unfriendliness and perhaps hatred which may have been planted, cultivated and irrigated during the late un pleasastness, and in a frame of mind likely to produce the oppo site of these, go to work for the betterment and advancement of our county. Let the people of the towns work together toward making the valley more populous and prosperous. Each citizen is expected to work for his own town, but why it is necessary to decry another is not at present veivy apparent. The very nature of the towns of the valley, their different envir onments, forbid that there should be any friction. And what is good for the peo ple should be applied to the news papers. They should spend their time and space to the up building ot the country. They should look to the needs of their home towns and give their read ers the news of the day and week. There should from now on, be a concerted action among the pap ers and the people to get to gether on all matters of moment and proceed to forge to the front. There will be many questions in the future to be settled, and these will be of vital interest to us all, individually and collec tively, and the conclusion of each question should \be arrived at soberly, earnestly/ harmonously. In the new county there will be differences naturally. But let s decide our questions and fix' our differences hereafter in a peace ful friendly way. In the new county let harmony^ prevail. Have you prepared that ground for toma oes yet? Fall tomatoes will pay big. So will an early spring crop. Officers Bonds The bonds of the officers of the new county of Imperial have been fixed as follows: Judge of the supsrior court, $4000; county clerk. $3000; sheriff. $10,000; auditor. $3000; treasurer $50,000; as sessor, $300; tax collector, $20,000; district attorney, $2500; coroner, $500; public administrator, $2500; recorder, $2000; surveyor $SCO; superintendent of schools. $5000: members of the board of supervisors, $1500. Favor McCollum Upon the qiuilifitation of Mob ley Meadows as sheriff the of fice of constable for this judicial precinct will be vacant. The name of Frank McCollum has been favorably mentioned for the place and a petition will probably be prepared and pre sented to the board of supervis ors to have him appointed. Sheriff Meadows will probably make the constable his deputy in Calexico.— Calexico Chronicle. liczema For the good of those Buffering with eczema or other eueli trouble, I wish to «;iy, lit v^ wife had something of that kind and after UHing the doctor'u rem edies for Home time concluded to try Chamberlain's Salve, and it proved to be better than anything she had tried. For sale by El Ceutro Drug Store. Getting Pointers Superior Judpe F. J. Cole of the new county of Imperial is tn Los An geles for a few days* making the ac quaintance of local members of the bench and bar and completing plans for assuming the duties of the office for which he was selected at the re cent county-division election that trans formed the eastern half of San Diego Into Imperial county. Judge Cole will take the oath of office, within a few days before Superior Judge Dens more of Riverside county and then will proceed to El Centro. the Imperial county seat, where he will open court as soon as the new Board of Super visors shall take the formal action that will set the wheels of California's fifty-eighth county In motion. For the present the Imperial county officers will be In the bank building at El Centro. As the new county will have but limited funds at its disposal for some time to come, It is thought that a courthouse Is far In the future. Judge Cole Is a native of lowa and spent most of his years he is now but little past 30 In Mason City He Is a graduate of the University of lowa. His home Is at Holtvllle, ten miles from El Centro —Los Angeles Times. A County Without The "Machine" From the San Diego Mews The people of the wonderland over the mountains have for local government purposes cut themselves adrift from the coastal portions of San Diego county and by the vote cast on Tuesday of last week Imperial County is in existance with El Centro selected as the seat of government and with supervis ors and officials elected to ad minister the affairs of the county. t Claiming to be a genuine friend of the Valley; The News desires to congratulate the' peo ple on one thing, that of their determined intention, whatever their internal dissensions might be to keep their magnificent district and themselves free from the hateful, dishonest and un-American maneuverings of the cursed machine in their local politics. We say un-American because, although this country is now in the hands of the ma chine, this creature of rotten ness with its freedom-destroy ing influences and slimy octopus grip on all things political had no place in the minds of the framers of the constitution of which all Americans and ad mirers of America are justly proud. The machine we believe has now got to a point when the good sense of the American people again asserting itself will canse them to say "Enough, we have determined to govern at least our local affairs without this hateful thing. Like the voice of the one of old crying in the Wilderness comes the voice of the people of this new county preparing the way for the coming of a system of government of the people by the people and not by the ma chine. The citizens of the Im perial Valley come from every State in the Union. They have watched the rise and growth of this system of government by bosses who posses wealth, power, unscrupulous cunning everything but political honesty and when the time came fpr these citizens who have built up new homes in this new country to set about governing them selves, they remembered the doings of the political machine and they decided that it would have no place with them. The new Imperial Valley county is non-partisan pure and simple. Neither supervisors nor officials owe any allegiance to anyone excepting tho people. J. P. Crotwimbld K. B. WooLrotK i I I Crutchfield 4 Woolfolk I JS WHOLESALE COMMISSION jj MERCHANTS I Car-Lot Distributers and Growers' Marketing Agents 21st and Penn. Ave. Pittsburg, Pa. F. O. B. transit sale and distributing agents for El Centro Fancy Melon Growers' Association, and Heber Fancy Melon Growers' Association. We are specialists in marketing all kinds of green fruits and jj vegetables, cantaloupes, tomatoes, aspargus, egg I plants, Bermuda onions, celery, grapes, etc. We desire to negotiate with Associations and all shippers j: who wish their shipments marketed in an UP-TO- j j: DATE manner. We will guarantee you best results. I Let us hear from you. MAKE US YOUR I MARKETING AGENTS for your future crops. 5 Our connections in every leading market are the best I and gives us an outlet for marketing your produce j which is unsurpassed. Get in touch with us. i IH. B. PEARSON, Field Manager 1 1 I Office in Valley State Bank Building, El Centro, Cat. j j§ Associated with Crutchfield, Woolfolk Gibson, Inc., Chicago 111. \X/hf*Y7=» I Bccchj-Nut w Uplg Sliced Bacon Buy Your j^mp\. Groceries fifpHjl Our goods are mSrrK always Fresh... IPS© Satisfaction in jTv/O' j. every order we SCG^tlrNllt our prices Sliced Beef are right PAYNE HAMILTON Dry (_»oods and Groceries EL CENTRO, CALIFORNIA 1 Lumber Prices Reduced Oregon Pine Reduced $6 to 9 per M» White Fir, Madera/ $5 Redwood $1 NOW IS THE TIME TO BUY JLs» i; W olltlfl Litl HI DG i C/O* T. B. Blanchard, Agent El Centro, California

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EL CENTRO TIME TABLE Holton-lnternrban Railway Company WEST BOUND Leave Hoitville 8:30 a. m. daily. Arrive El Oentro 9:00 a. tn. daily. Leave HoUvHie 4 530 p. m. daily except, Bnnday. Arrive £1 Centro 6:00 p. m. daily ex* cept Sunday. BAHI BOtIHII Leave £1 Centro 10:30 a. m. daily. Arrive Holtville 11 :00 a. m. daily. Leave El Centro 6:30 p. m. daily except Sunday. Arrive Holtville 6:00 p. m. daily except Sunday. W. F. Holt Is In El Centro this

week. T. J. Boyd Is In Los Angeles on a ten day's business trip. J. C. Newton Is again on duty after a short trip to coast points. C. E. Paris Is enjoying a vacation In Los Angeles and coast points. Ice cream Is a food. Try It for your noon meal, at the drug store. Rev. J. F. Tout returned Wednes day night from a trip to coast points R. E. Jaunlan has returned from a business and pleasure trip to Los An geles. A. R. Abbott returned from a two weeks vacation at coast points, Mon day night. A. P. Nuffer, left Wednesday night for a visit with relatives and friends In Santa Ana. True Vencill returned Tuesday night from his vacation at Los Angeles and coast points. Quite 'a crowd attended the Morse, magician entertainment in the Ma sonic hall, Saturday night. Just out. 1908 'Prospectus of the Los Angeles Business College. Ad dress the Secretary. Geo. Cook, who has been In Oak land and Los Angeles for several weeks, Is again In our midst. E. G. Johnson, U. G. Burns, Prof. P. L. Evens, R. E. Falrchild and E. Sanborn, all of Redlands, arrived In El Centro Monday night. They are In the valley looking up prospects for In vesting In land. F. B, Shaw, who has invested in considerable property, In and near El Centro, left the first of the week for Wllllts. Mendocino county, to accom pany his family to El Centro. to make their future home. C. F. Buttress, after his return from Los Angeles on a trip to Calexico, happened with quite an accident on the speeder and was confined to his bed the first of the week, but Is again able to be on our streets. A jolly crowd of young people from Calexico, about 21 In number, tpok advantage of the bright moonlight, Monday night and visited El Centro, on horseback, Lunch was served at Hotel El Centro and all had a merry time. E^. M. Adams and family left for Penlel, Texas. Friday night, where they will place their children In the high school. After a short visit Mr. Adams expects to return to El Centro. Mrs. Adams will go to Missouri on a visit to relatives and friends, after which she will return to Texas and make that her home for this winter. Their daughter who was recently marrrled will live on the home place, near El Centro. WE'VE GOT IT The court house! Come and see. Your old whiskers removed and a clean place made for new ones. Something new; at the El Centro Barber Shop. W. E.D.. Prop. TESSIE THE WAITRESS. The Rtnaon Thnt Fnlthfnl Ko. 13 Took A liny Off. Like Ihe fnt*?d duchess in Hrown- Ing's poem, Tesnic smiled upon all men. No matter how intricate the order or bow many timed you gent things back, she never grumbled. There was al ways a struggle to get a scat at her tAble. "The boys" who regularly gath ered in the downtown restaurant at half past 12 would' wait fifteen min utes for the privilege of being served by Tessle./ They Joked her a good deal and always were rewarded by a flash ing smile and a twinkle of the eye, a bit of repartee or perhaps a little ex tra attention to their order. But nev er did one of them presume upon her friendliness and bon camaraderie to overstep the very certain line which •he bad drawn between herself and those whom she served. She was young, piquant and pretty, but she "mothered" them all, and, no matter how tenderly she might ask If the eggs were just right or the coffee hot, they knew that It was useless to misinter pret that "mothering." Tessle stayed in the downtown lunch room Just three years. Prom tire day she came the. manager's discerning eye discovered a prize in her, and from the ladies' table she was promoted to one where masculinity and tips were more frequent. If a waitress were absent, Tessle was always given the "extra" table to serve, and she never complain ed. Tessle i was never tardy, never too ill to work, never distrait or care less. Tirelessly she went up and down with her arms full of dishes and food. "The boys'.' used to speculate sometimes upon Tessie's I matrimonial possibilities and hazard guesses as to what they would do when some fellow carried her off to wait on himself ex clusively.' But in time she became such a fixture that they ceased wonder tog why such a pretty girl was forced to work In a quick lunch room and gave up the thought that she would ever marry at all. That Is why they were Very much surprised one dny when they arrived to find no Tessle. Another waitress tried to take her place, but nobody got what he wanted, and nothing went right. They had been so used to de pending upon Tessie's suggestions and her' memory that the new waitress had a hard time of It. Finally In a fit of the grouch one of the boys called the manager over. "Say," he demanded, "where's Tes *le?" The manager lifted his eyebrows po litely, r "Tessie?" he began. "Oh, you mean No. 12. She will be back tomorrow." The next morning Tessie appeared as usual. The crowd of young clerks greeted her with a whoop. "Where have you been?" they de manded. Tessie looked at them for a moment Her fingers gripped the edge of the table, and two big tears rose to her eyes. "I— l stayed home yesterday," she said chokingly, "to— to go to my hus band's funeral." The clerks looked at one another blankly. "Your husband!" exclaimed some body. "Yes," said* Tessie simply. "He's dead. He had been 111 three years consumption." And then she hurried away to the kitchen to give her orders and wipe her tear stained face.— New York Press. Color nuii Lfsrht. The peculiar simplicity of the coun try darky In the south Is Illustrated by a story told by a congressman. An old negro had gone to a postof flee in Mississippi and offered for the mall a letter that was ov<er the weight specified for a single stamp. "This Is too heavy," said the post master. "You will have to put another etamp on It." The old darky's eyes widened in as tonishment. "Will anudder stamp make it any lighter, boss?" be asked.— Harper's Weekly. Oni.spi.-iioun. The minister had preached to the graduating cluss of a girls' college. The girls of the class were on the platform rill round the pulpit and all dressed In white. "I felt" confessed the preacher to hla wife when he got home, "like a crow on a snowdrift." Life, to bo worthy of a rational be ing, must bo always In progression. We must always purpose to do more or better than In time past— Johnson. Jarring RenlUin. A popular novelist described at a din ner In New York the difference be tween realism and romanticism In fic tion. "To make my meaning clearer," said the. author, "I will take the case of a young man and a girl—sweet hearts. The young man. a romanti cist, eald pnsslonately to his girl, 'Dar ling, It shall be my life's one purpose to surround you with every comfort and to anticipate and gratify your ev ery wish.' The girl, a realist, smiled faintly as she answered, 'Oh, Jack, bow good of you, and all on $9 a week tool'" I _ _ I 1 Gone East to Buy j The management of this large and fast growing U store has gone East to buy goods* for the trade. |t H The store has done a phenominal business during |i II the past year, and the indications point so strongly m to a large increase, it has been deemed advisable to P go direct to the manufacturers to buy the goods M I Better Assortment of Goods I M In buying goods on large consignments we will be W H able to sell a good deal cheaper, and will also carry a If w much larger stock of goods than ever before. We H are proud of our store, and proud of our town. We P 0 want people to like to trade with us, and we are go- w H ing to use every inducement to make you satisfied. I A .New, E)e part u r e I H After having made up our minds *to buy at first M hand all our goods, we thought it best to add another H store to our li£ and in this way be able to get in i| H closer touch with the buying pubic. Consequently H we have purchased the C. J. Schenck store at Holt- H ville and will take charge of the same on September fi 1 10, 1 907. This store will have the benefit of the 1 If large stock of goods we intend to carry at this place. W I "Vyatcn 1 M Watch El Centro, the county seat of Imperial J§ Ml rf) county, grow. Watch the El Centro Department M Store grow. Yours for better business, and lesser 1 pric 1 iNi Ml fy| EL OENTRO. OAL. ROY L. RUMSEY, P f N PRIETOR ;fi|

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For an Impaired Appetite To improve the appetite anditrengtb* «n the digestion try a few doses of Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets. Mr. J. H. Beitz, of Detroit, Mich., nays: "They restored my ap petite when impaired, relieved me of a bloated feeling and caused a pleasant and satisfactory movement of the bow* «ls." Price, 26 cent*. Samples free. El Centro Drug Store. Ltst your lands with the Ira Aten Land Co They can give you best results. Witman The Plumber Tanks and Pipe of all sizes Work Done all Over the Valley Phone 129 Imperial, Cal. A. F. LAWSON PLASTERER AND CEMENT FINISHER All Work Guaranteed Refer to El Cento Work Completed. Estimates Furnished V AL L K I N D'SJOF j! j! wiQH GRADE I I I l IMRFR J i v-^ 1 V JILJm aJL v j jjj| Independent j Cut Rates j| Brawley Rate applicable to J 0 n,i Centro. t 1 i 0 1 BRAWLEY, :zd Z3CALIFORNIA S f ~^a f H. Woods >«tVSi i CHioago JSoie iqent tor Uie famous Mermaid brand 01 Cdntaiopes from Coacheiia, i California diiiii me tdmou» ri Centro Cantaiopes, at Cl Centro California. V ■|5 Best Possible Price Obtained S f GENERAL/ PRODUCE COM- A I MISSiorN MERCHANT S J Potatoes, Tomatoes— All Kinds of Domestic Fruits in Car Lots J y^^\ East and Return W L|^|iu V SUMHER OF 1907 LOW RATES ROUND TRIP TICKETS \Jf"V C/"\ I \f \/A Account Jamestowu Ter-Ceiitennial Exposition l^lWIV.r'V/i-iIY, Trt. Dates of sale August 19, 29; Sep- COO Ift tember 11, 12, 13, 25.26. Rate 4>W,O\f SARATOGA SPRINGS, N. Y. iStffi 9ale dates September 3,4,5. Rate

Return limit 'M iluvt> from date of sale except that for sale dates Sept. 25, 26, 3t)*atul "October 1,1. Limit will be November 30, 1907 For further information a* to routes, stop-over privileges, etc.. write, phone or cull on A. D. MEDHURST, Agent El Centro, Cal., or D. W, Pontius, Commercial Agent, Riverside, Cal. Monday evening a horseback party took another trip to El Centro. At the hotel there re freshments were in waiting and a jolly time was experienced all around. These events seem to be a popular way to spend the evening about Calexico. The young ladies are all good eques triennes and a gallop iajjthe moonlight of twonty-fivej miles is just fine fun. Following aro the members of the party Misses Grace Bennett, Grace Dow, Lu cile Dool, Gladys Mitchell, Susie Shenk, Alice Randolph, Paye Mitchell, Margaret Bradbury and Rosa Peck, Messrs. R. L. Conklin, 'W. H. Chadney. O. R. Miller, A. E. Eslow, Ohas. Wolf, Orville Small, Gunterman, J. B. Canham, Robert Joseph Edwarda, F. T. Peck, O. B. Tout. Calexico Chronicle. V/e are agents to sell lots for the El Centro Town company; also for acreage adjoining town,. Now Is the time to buy while cheap. Ira Aten Land Co., El Centro. Calif. THE STAR MIRA. A f«n of Great §f«e That la Strtiar* Kiln* For fSxlatenee. For the greater part of the time the variable Mlra, which has been known to antronomera for 300 years. Is alto gether unnotlceable and Indeed Invis ible, except with telescopes. It once disappeared entirely for a period of four years, but afterward attained ex traordinary splendor, onlj to fade again to Invisibility. It Is a sun of great size, brighter than our sun when It shines at Its brightest, but som* trouble, some solar disease, seems to be sapping Its vitality, and It resem* bles a patient almost at the last gasp. Once In about 331 days— but the pe riod Is Irregular— lt has a sudden ac cession of energy and flares up for a little while with several hundredfold brilliancy only to sink back into a dull red point that nearly escapes the ken of the telescope. One interesting explanation that has been suggested Is that the surface of Mini periodical ly bursts into a vast flame of burning hydrogen, so great ami powerful that It Is visible across millions of millions of miles of space. It Is a star for the Imagination of a Dante, yet there Is reason to believe that the time Is coming when every star in the sky, not excepting the sun, will have to confront a similar struggle for exist ence, just aa every mortal being must some time see death.— Garrett P. Ser vtss In New York American. Whnt lie Wanted. "How will you have your hair cat, sir?" said the talkative barber to the victim in the chair. "Minus conversational prolixity," re plied the patient. "How's tha^, sir?" "With abbreviated or totally elimi nated narrations." "Whatr "Without effervescent verbosity. Let eren diminutive coll_i* Pi I\| \o v Prices on other movements, sizes and grades are jr Yll E,' :9 f equally low., IT 5 fS k\ yf^l (Charges prepaid, money refunded if not pleased.)?^ -*fl VvV 8./^ Write for Complete Watch, Jewelry and Silverware A A -fM vi ?vTi Catalog Wo> aa uis free K3c BROCK <8b PEAGANS W?mr Broa«wijr 4tfc St. Jeweler* Lo« Angelet ij&pr _.;

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