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Imperial press and farmer., 1902-03-21
ABOUT THt TOWNS

In the dcveloument of Imperial val ley. as of all countries. II is found nec gssary to plan for towns as well as for country development, and the laying out of towns is no small feature of the great scttlement plan for the valley When those who know little about the country being developed hear that there will bc some eight or ten town, located ou the tract 10 be irrigated they nigh, naturally think that ih, town idea is being overdoue. But when ,he fact is presented to them that if the irrigabie section were to be evenly divided between d dozen tows each of them would have about i, q larger area cf irrigated land than al. most any town in Southern California the magnitude of the Imperial project is within their comprehension. and the fact is made manifest that there is room here for many prosperous towns
 For instance. take the town of Impe. rial, which is the central point iu the valley. aud thc town which is undoubt- cdly destined to become of greatest importance as trade center. Some nine or ten miles north of il is 10 be the town of Raucheriia. as yet only having existence on paper. Ten or twelve miles to the northeast and southeast will be two towns on the east side of the Carter river. In the course of time there will proba bly be one or two towns OH the west side of New river, fully as far away, though that is matter for the future. Eight miles to the southwest from Imperial is the projected town of Blue Lake. Eleven miles southeast is the platted town of Parenga, and five miles fur ther in the samc direction is Calexico, already considerable of town. Thus Imperial will be surrounded by towns, the nearest of which will be eight miles away, and all of the great valley to be irrigated will have its general center iu the town. This fact has al- ready been generally recognized, and the demand for lots has become so great that the Imperial Land Company is compelled to announce that on April lst the price of lots will be advanced. This is because the future of the town is already csta blished, and many im- poriant projects are under way for its impro > ement OH stable basis. The rapid development of the resources of the country which is certain to be trib- utary to the town make it certain that it will take place at all early date fully corresponding with that of such towns as Bakersfield. Fresno and Stockton, which are made important because of the great wealth of the country surrounding them. It is the firm belief of the people of Imperial that it will be the third or fourth town of Southern California within five years.
 And yet this does not imply that
Imperial press and farmer., 1902-03-21
Planting Grapes

W. $. Corwin of Highland spent the past week in Imperial, experimenting the planting of five acres to grape cuttings on his land three miles south west of town. The vines are all of the Seedess Sultana variety.
Imperial press and farmer., 1902-03-21
Beet Sugar Outlook

There is brighter prospect ahead of the beet sugar industry, with less proba bility of Congress admitting Cuban sugar free, and with reported consolidation of beet sugar men to meet the competition oi the sugar trust.
Imperial press and farmer., 1902-03-21
GROWTH or POPULATION


 the irrigation of tens of thousands of acres iu inc valley is having it's nat ural effect in bringing into the valley an increasing number Of people. it is not unusual for the stage line Co have so many passengers that three stages are required to bring Inc people from Flow wiugwell. while there has never been time iu the history of the val. Icy when so many people were driving in to take possession of their farms. bringing with them all the equipment necessary for making homes and cul- tivating their land. Not day goes by but one or more "dcscri schoOners' arrives. carrying d family of home makers, d load of household effects and agricultural implements. with a COW or two being led behind. 4 coop of chickens is au almost universal ac. compartment to the genera equip determination to participate in the building up of the resources of the valley.
 The result of this migration into Imperial valley is such that not even those persons who are attempting to keep track of the development have d complete knowledge of what is being done. Scores of tent> are springiug up over q stretch of country miles in width and length. and temporary houses are being erected everywhere, partially from material purchased in Imperial and partially from that brought in with the household effects. One does not take drive over an ac- customed route without seeing new evidences of tle evolution of the val ley.
 And lhe wonderful rapidity with which ihe face of the country Is being barren land today will seemingly be- come q growing crop tomorrow, and thousands of acres are green now which but all incredibly short time since were < barren as d desert could be. And this carpetinp of the deser, with green is not without a definite object in each case Almost every person who is putting im 4 crop is planning 10 bring iu his own stock to ,i, NN,tJ, person it is hogs. with another beef cattle, with another dairy cattle, and with others sheep that are being planned OH to consume the product of the fields.
 With all this work III progress. word comes in from day to day of other land owners who are planning to come in in the near future. or to begin active work early next fall.
 All this is highly emcourag gimg to those whose expectations for the val ley have been great. showing that there is to be no hesitaucy in getting the country into great production. Heretofore there have been those wine have felt that q large portion of the land might be held in idleue,s simply for speculative purposes, but those who have figured on that have evi- dently got surprise ahead of them. There may be some land thus held, but nothing is more certain now than that it is to be small portionof the whole.
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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-12-08

RADIO River" an account of its first dis
covery and of explorations from $40 I'M
til the present time, by Frederick S.
Dellenbaugh; THE Papal Monarchy" by
DIR. William Barry; 1.-THE Life and Times
of Robert Harley. Earl of Oxford"
"Red-Head," by John Uri Lloyd, author
of "Stringtown on the Pike" etc, will be
published early the coming year by Dodd,
Mead & Co. The story Is true picture of
the feud it still exists In Kentucky. 1t
may be remembered that Red-Head is a
character in the authors 'Stringtown on
the Pike" but the story is new. although
IL touches upon the characters in the
former book. The forthcoming volume will
be illustrated and decorated by Reginald
Birch.
A number of reviewers have spoken of
1.-The Master of Appleby," recently issued
by the Bowen-Merrill Company, as first
novel by a new author. Mr.. Francis Lynde
has. however, been writing since 1898 and
has published number of successful books.
"a Private Chivalry," "A Romance in
Transit and THE Helpers all have had
wide circulation. His short stories and
essays have appeared frequently in the
better magazines and, as he said in telling
his publishers about the success of some of
his earlier work: mo door at which |
have persistently knocked has failed to
open-save only one"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-12-08

Members Of the French Cabinet Not
Permitted to FiSht.

PARIS, Dec. THE violent scenes i'm
the Chamber Of Deputies yesterday which
marked the close of the session are fol-
lowed to-day by lively discussion of the
incidents in parliamentary and official cir
cles. In an interview NJ. Syveton defends
the course he took yesterday, declaring
that Minister Vale was the aggressor He
asserts that the affair will not end until
meeting has occurred on the field of
honor between him and the minister. NJ
Syveton has chosen the Marquis De Dion
and NJ. Guyot De Villeneuve as his sec
onds TO meet the seconds appointed by
Minister Vale. As preliminary to a
meeting, however, IL must be decided who
was the aggressor and whether the offense
Syveton's personal offense against Minister
Vale consists In giving him the lie, while
the minister's personal offense consists of
having called NJ. Syveton wretch" A
further complication Is pointed out by the
Figaro, which says that duelling is prac-
tically interdicted among officials in au-
thority and TO engage in duel Is tanta-
mount to the giving up of his portfolio by
an official. The general belief is that the
seconds will determine that no cause for
duel exists.
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INDIANAPOLIS.

Two employees of the Big Four Company
were injured.
Council No. 4, United Commercial Trav-
elers, initiated forty-three new members.
The new Claypool Hotel is nearing COM
pletion and may be opened within thirty
days.
The Columbia Voting Machine Company
is ready to begin the manufacture of ma
chimes.
Mrs Mckee. daughter of the late General
Harrison, desires TO have part of the
estate sold.
The plaintiff told his story in the Fed
eral Court in the 100000 damage suit
against citizens OF Salem.
James E. Dolan. of Syracuse. N. ", ma
tional president of the Ancient Order of
Hibernians, was In the city.
Capt. William E. English wrote to a
friend in this city from Italy, telling of
his home coming in January.
An interesting bit of history explained
the increase In the price Of the stock of
the Indiana Manufacturing Company.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-12-08

The Macmiilans will issue this week Rev.
Edward Everett Hale's Memories of
Hundred Years." which have been running
in the Outlook In serial form.
.sThe Romance of Modern Invention" by
Archibald williams, just published by j. b.
Lippincott Company, is an interesting and
up-to-date account OF air ships. subma-
rines. sun motors, dirigible torpedoes. mono
railways. teIautographs and other examples
of invention and scientific achievement
George Horace Lorimer's Letters from
a Seif-Made Merchant to His Son. pub
lished in October by Small, Maynard &
Co.. has already had a remarkable sale
for a first book by a new author. Ten thou
sand copies were sold before publication.
and the publishers now announce the for
tieth thousand
The Baker & Taylor Company. of New
York has just issued a book entitled
Valid Objections to So-called Christian
Science" Ii is the work of the Rev. DR..
Andrew UTnderhiIl. who has made a care
full investigation Of the cult. III is said TO
be a temperate yet convincing argument
against the claims of Mrs. Eddy and her
followers.
Gen Christian Rudolf De Vets book on
the Boer war is at last announced for
American publication. The Scribners will
have II ready this week. IL will bear the
title Three Years War" and will appear
i'm one substantial volume Ii will be
illustrated with a photOgravure frontis-
piece By John s. Sargent. r. A. together
with plans drawn by the author. a map,
etc.
The c. w Dillingham; Company an
nounces the fourth edition of "A Speckled
Bird" running il into the l25th thousand.
a second edition of .DensIows Night Be
fore Christmas. making the thirtieth
thousand and a third edition OF Grace
Duffie Boylans The Kiss OF Glory" Much
interest Is manifested in Leyendecker's
beautiful frontispiece Illustration of THE
Kiss OF Glory" which is being reproduced
for a poster.
c.. p Putnam's Sons publish this week
1.-The Hudson River from Ocean to Source"
by Edgar Mayhem Bacon. with over 100
illustrations: The Romance OF the Colo
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-12-08
HIGHER COURTS RECORD.
SUPREME COURT.

Minutes
1774s Hector Desgoin VS.. Jesse ID, Wess-
ner' Blackford c. G. Appellee's brief.
1eeae Hector Desgoin VS.. James McCor-
mick Blackboard c. c.
I7435 Michael p. Hollingsworth VS.. c., l..
e. L. Railway Company. Clark c. c. APP
pellants brief (S).
1929 Tyler Cruthers VS.. Evan Bray.
Hamilton C. c. Appellants petition and
brief 90 for rehearing-
APPELLATE COURT.
Minutes
aen Mary =. Galebart et al VS.. Herbert
~ Sullivan. by his next friend, etc. Marion
5. c. Appellee's motion and notice TO dis
miss Brief 90 on motion.
a54e National Supply Co. VS.. Benjamin
7. Stranahan. Grant S. c. Appellee's brief
ai50 Oil Well Supply Co. VS.. Benjamin j.
stranahan Grant S. c. Appellee's brief (S.
ss25 Jacob a. Cannon VS.. Andrew o.
Casfleman. Starke c. G. Appellee's brief
4s3l. Josephine Eikenbury VS.. John
Burns. Pros. Atty, ct al. Wells c. c. APP
pellant's BRIEF (o).
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Foreign.

King Alfonso has authorized Senior Silvela
to form a Conservative Cabinet, to sue
coed the Sagasta Ministry.
riot occurred in the French Chamber
of Deputies in which several statesmen
were severely pummeled. Numerous duels
are expected TO follow.
The Bishop of Orleans denounces as false
the stories that the Vatican has made dis
paraging remarks about Joan of Arc and
the efforts to effect her canonizauon.
The suffering among the poor of London
grows each day, while the army of unem-
ployed men is constantly increasing. In
the West End, however, the theaters and
cafes are reaping a golden harvest.
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NEWS IN SUNDAYS JOURNAL.

Brief Resume of Principal Events
ChrOnicled in the Issue Of Dec. =.
at Chicago closed with stock-judging
contest.
The mayor and eleven aldermen of Dem
yer have been sentenced to four months in
prison for violating court injunction.
Miners gave testimony before the strike
commission in effort to show that wages
are low and coal digging is dangerous
work
Accidents on the Canadian Pacific and
the Erie Railways caused the death of
seven persons and the injury of about
thirty.
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SnOU0akes.

Out of the bosom OF the Air.
Out of the cloudfolds of her garments shaken.
over the woodlands brown and bare,
over the harvest fields forsaken,
Silent and soft and slow
Descends the snow.
Even as our cloudy fancies take
Suddenly shape in some divine expression,
Even as the troubled heart doth make
In the white countenance confession.
The troubled sky reveals
The grief IL feels.
This is the poem Of the air.
Slowly in silent syllables recorded;
This is the secret OF despair,
Long in its cloudy bosom boarded.
Now whispered and revealed
To wood and field
H. w Longfeiow.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-12-08
LONG HOLIDAY JAUNT.
Six Hundred American Scandinavianx
Going Home for Christmas

CHICAGO, Dec. THE annual exodus
from the Northwest and the middle West
OF Scandinavians who return to the mother
land for the Christmas holidays is unusu-
ally heavy this year A special train that
left Chicago for New York to-day carried
GOO OF these excursionists TO Norway and
Sweden. The train, which was deliberately
decorated with flags of the United States
and of Norway and Sweden. carried a brass
band. Practically all OF the excursionists
large number of them have arranged to
bring kinsmen with them on the return
trip.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-12-08

in the Philippines, and that the mortality
rate was 81 per cent.
The House passed the pension approprla-
ton bill in just four minutes. The Butter
Wagner contest case was reported;
President Roosevelt has signified his in
tention to accept the Worlds Fair Com
pany's invitation to participate in the dedi-
cation of the exposition on April ~ next
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Ma. winsiow's Soothing syrup

- ,,sen used for over fifty years by millions NJ
has for their children while teethng with
m1ssct success. II soothes the child softens the
Gums ailays pain; cures res wind , cole rssulates
me ,hsr arising from teething other Gauges
M ale by druggists in every part OF the world
Eof ssre and ask for Mrs Winslow's Soothine
Ssxsn % cents bottle
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-12-08
Why He Left the Priesthood.

CINCINNATI, Dec. Father Thomas L.
McGrady, of st. Anthonys Church, Belle
vue, KY, who has retired as pastor, refus-
ing TO retract his address In favor of So
cialism when requested by Bishop Macs,
announced to-day that he will write a
work on why | Left the Priesthood"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-12-08
THE COURT RECORD.
SUPERIOR COURT.

SUPERIOR COURT.
Room John L. McMaster, Judge.
Vern Startz VS.. Andrew Startz; divorce.
Evidence partly heard and continued.
NEW SUITS.
Rettie Howell VS.. Lucien Wulsin ct al.
iudgment-s2193 Superior Court, Room 2.
Mary Scott Harrison Mckee vs. Elizabeth
Harrison, minor, ct al; ownership. Circuit
Court.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-12-08
Indiana.

Indiana oil advanced to s1.04.
The Purdue football team was banoueted
by students at the Lahr House, Lafayette
Otto Weber. a Logansport brakeman.
was killed in a freight wreck on the PAN
handle at Gas City Saturday midnight
A franchise has been granted the Town
send-Reed Traction Company by the COM
sures the construction Of the Lafayette
Indiana polls line.
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Washington.

Ex-Speaker Thomas B. Reed died at 1910
a. m Sunday.
The Treasury Department has ruled that
the eleven Cuban children, Lotus Buds
be admitted to the United States.
The War Department Is notified that al
r,ost 10000 cases Of cholera have occurred
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-12-08

Seven safeguards against consumption are
united in Hale's Honey OF Horehound and Tar.
II Gains the most violent cough and cures the
worst cold In a few hours and averts all dan
ger Sold by all druggists
Pise's Toothache Drops cure In ! minute.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-12-08
Among the Publishers.

The number is an excellent one. both in
a literary and artistic way.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-12-08

Emergency satchels. Medicine Cases. lnstru-
rnent sets Operating Gowns and Cushions
I1hys.csans' Pocket Knives. with Spatuia. and All
other suitable articles. Bath Cabinets.
VIM H. Arm stron 81 81 Co
Surgical Instrument Makers,
,2t and 22s s. Meridian ST.. indianapolis. Ind
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Patent Office. at which place Booth OBJ
tanned horses for us. OLaughlin and
then rode to our rooms on ID street and
made all our necessary arrangements, each
arming himself. O'Laughlin and l then
rode out to where the performance was to
take place.
We stopped at a restaurant at the foot
of the hill to await the arrival of the other
parties They not arriving as soon as We
expected, we remounted our horses and
rode out the road about mile. We then
returned and stopped at the same restau-
rant Whilst in there Atzerodt came in,
having just arrived with Payne. short
time after Booth and Surratt came in and
we drank together. Booth had made in
quiries at the encampment where the per-
Torrance was TO be held, and learned that
the President was not there. After telling
us This we separated, O'Laughlin and my
self riding back TO the city together. Sur
raft end Booth rode out the road towards
the country. O'Laughlin and L left our
horses back of the National Hotel, at a
livery stable.
CONSPIRACY ABANDONED
About O'Clock / met Booth and Surratt
near the stable. This was the last time L
ever saw Surratt. and l never saw Payne
after We parted in our ride into the city
until the day of our trial. O'Laughlin and
L left Washington on March 20 and went
to Baltimore. Booth went TO New York,
and thus L thought the whole affair was
abandoned. L then. told my family l had
ceased business in Washington and had
severed my connection with Booth.
My father told me that II / would apply
TO j. w. Wharton for employment might
obtain 1t. as Wharton was looking for a
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-07-18
SHORT STORIES FROM
THE SMALL AID. PAGE
ObseTva1t Citizen Declares People Like
To Drop Things Just to Ad-
veTtise for Them.

My. but the people of Washington are
getting careless nowadays" remarked
the ObserYant Citizen this morning.
itiYThy. just look at the lost column in
The Washington Times today-might al
most think that people like to drop
things just tc advertise for them to see
if they viii come back or not
1T is curious thing, too the Oh
servant Citizen added, how many arti-
cIes are recovered through advertising
in the daily papers Now. my wife lost
a common ordinary brown leather wal
let several weeks ago There was 4 lit
tie money in it, about 50. and she gave
1t up for lest. I said advertise for it.
but she wouldn't Then I tried an "ad''
IL TIE Tines on my own hook. It was
five days after the loss but It woke I
all right a small boy came to the
house that night with the pockatbOok.
He said he had been watching for some
tody TO advertise for it I gave him 4
collar for his honesty. Now that's per
s0nal.
But look at the list Of articles adver-
tised in The Times this morning Here's
a black Sicilian cloth Elton jacket
dropped in a depot Then there's a
pocketbOok, and two purses. But that
isn't all. There's an ovaI-shaped iocket
and bTind!e ard white bulldog. II that
isn't combination to make the old
resident declare that Georgetown WASH =
founded soon enough, then you can T
row ne auout the river"
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-07-18
NEW I MAINE RETURNS
TO CRAMPS SHIPYARD
Fastest Vessel of Her Class
and Weight Afloat.
EcHpsed All Speed Figures Ever Made
BY q Battleship and Rivals
the RetviZar-

PHILADELPHIA July IS. - The new
tattleship Maine returned to Cramps
shipyard at 100 O'Clock this morning
after a NEST successful builders trial
trip. She proved beyond doubt that she
IS the fastest vessel Of her class and
weight afoat. Just a fraction under
twenty knots an hour was attained in
one Of the remarkable bursts Of speed
As she lays of the Cramps yard the
figures 1923 were embIazOned on her
great smokestack- While indicating her
speed over the measure course, these
figures DO lot tell her greatest burst Of
speed.
The Maine. even though using ordinary
fuel and with a foul bottom. ecIipsed
the highest speed figures ever before
made by a battIeship- Its closest rival
is the battleship Retvizan. bJ.llt by the
Cramps Company, AID recently turned
ever to the Russian government The
Retvizan on its Official trip with the
best Of fuel, hull carefully scraped and
Under the best possible conditions made
less than one-tenth more than eighteen
knots an hour
The official trial does not come OF IN
til late in the fall
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-07-18
SOUTH AFRICAN TRADE
AWAEBES AFTER WAR
Consul Bingham Writes the
State Department.
NATIONS AFTER COMMERCE
All Except the United States Have Es-
tabIished Regular Direct TransPoIta-
ton Lines-Only Al Occasional Slow
Freight Steamer from This Country.

In a report to the State Department
on Trade conditions in South Africa, 8"
by ". R Bingham. consul general at
Cape Town. the following passages are
found.
Now that peace has beef declared in
South Africa. there viii cone an enor-
nous demand for ~5ods.. Many farm
houses in the TransvaaI and me Grange
River Colony have had their matched
roofs burned Gnd will have to be re
rooted, probably with galvanized iron. a
material much used for sUch purposes
here.
1T viii also be necessary for many
Of the farmers to purchase new agrl-
cultural implements. vehicles, furniture,
harness. and food for man and beast
Every store viii have to be restocked.
In short. all enterprises will be started
anew, and it viii not DE possible to get
goods into the interior fast enough to
meet the demand that viii arise.
All nations are awaiting this trade
and are preparin- for it by establish
ing direct lines of ocean transporta-
tion-aH nations except the United
States, which. other than occasional
freight steamers. has no direct com
munication With Cape Colony.