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Imperial press and farmer., 1902-07-05
Growth of Temperance

From time to time The Express has referred to the steady growth of temper ance sentiment throughou the country and has pointed out to those engaged in liquor trade that only by following the law closely and attending strictly ob feet ionable features as far as possi- ble, can they hope for the continued existence of the traffic.
 At present the saloon is only tolerat- ed in most of the communities of the country, and although license is lev jed and collected for police purposes the liquor trade has passed beyond the pale of legitimate business, and may be entirely suppressed at any time a ma ajority of the voters wish to do so.
 The day has pa ssed when the whisky man was power in politicsand public affairs, and although millions of capi- tai are invested in the liquor industry, it really has no standing before the law, except to pay taxes 10 remedy the evils in part which it creates.
 As indicating the marvellous growth of the anti-liquor sentiment, a press dispatch from Dallas says because of the spread of the feeling in favor of prohibition number of the largest wholesale liquor houses in the north of Texas are contemplating a removal to Cincinnati. It is told by the whisky men themselves that since last Jan uary the success of the prohibition movement has reduced the business of one house $l5O,0OO year, and that it is feared the reduction will become even greater. The men who are dis cussing this removal will not permit the ma mes of their firms to be made public, but they claim that more than 3O,OO0 persons are directly dependent upon them for support and that the amount of property which they wifldis- pose of runs into the millions. >''.-.''
 Can any one doubt in face of such admissions as these that the end ofthe whisky industry is aPproachingr With Georgia and other Southern states al- most solidly prohi bition. and now with the great state of Texas falling into line, it must be apparent to every thinking person that the day of the whisky man is surely passing.
Imperial press and farmer., 1902-07-05
Southern Pacific Spur

Work oil the Southern Pacific spur from Old Beach to Imperial is progress ing steadily, but not so rapidly as de- sired, the scarcity of workingmen be- ing great handicap. George A. Car ter has recently beenin Phoenix, A. Y. rounding up force of laborers, and it is expected ,ha, he will be able to make greater headway from this time OH.
Imperial press and farmer., 1902-07-05

every two weeks, writes that the beets are in good condition everyway, but are not yet ripe enough to contain the highest percentage of sugar. Tests of ripe beets grown in the valley are be- ing awaited with eagerness by people
 who believe the valley is destined to become heavy producer of beet sugar.
Imperial press and farmer., 1902-07-05
Fine Alfalfa Field

The alfalfa field OH MT. Gant's farm pretty sights of the valley. Mir. Cant is experienced in farming in the Salt River valley, Arizona, and knew just how to proceed to get fine stand of alfalfa under these climatic and soil conditions.
Imperial press and farmer., 1902-07-05
RESULTS OF EXPERIMENTS
Lessons Derived from the Experi-
 ment Farm at CaIexiCO

ment farm at Calexico, for problems are being worked out there which are of great importance to every person owning land in the valley.
 It is not claimed by any person that everything will grow ill Imperial val ley, nor that the cultures which can be made to thrive here can be profitably planted at any time and made to grow under all conditions. There are land owners in the valley who have seemed to believe that all the common rules of farming can be violated here without interfering with profits.
 Because there are eliinitations to prof itabe farming here, as anywhere, it is desirable to watch carefully the work of the farm where Mr. Nicoll is working out problems for the farmers at the expense of the California De- velopment Company.
 The three cultures being tested by him which are attracting most atten- tion are sugar beets, sugar cane and Egyptian cotton. If to these there be added the rice test being made by the Imperial Land Company at Imperial, there are four important cultures any one of which may be future staple.
 Sugar beets, if one can form any opinion from crop which is not yet mature, will be great product of the valley. for more uniformly good growth of beets it would be very diffi- cult to find than that on the experi- ment farm. The beets are of good size, pains having been taken to keep them from reaching too large size for sugar making, though the sugar con- tent and purity cannot be determined for some days. As matter of theory, as yet, this valley should have a very long season, though ii will take fur ther experimental work to determine at what season one should plant to ob- tain the best results. Whatever may be the outcome of beets as sugar product, it is certain they will be great success as cattle ration to be fed in connection with alfalfa or sor- ghum. So far as tests have been made there is nothing but encoura cement for those who expect the valley to be a great beet sugar producer
 As for sugar cane, it is rather doubt full if this season will furnish a satis- factory test. Ribbon cane requires d long season, and that planted oil the experiment farm was put in the ground so late that should it fail to mature, it would still leave the question of it's adaptability to this section open. The cane growing is making a splendid showing for it's age, and il is not im- possible that it will have time 10 ma ture before cold weather.
 The Egyptian cotton plants are growing very satisfactorily on the lighter soil on the farm, though they are not doing well oil the heavier soil As none of the soil on the farm is so light as very large part of the soil of the valley, it would seem from the best plants that splendid results might be obtained if planted on the lightest soils.
 Rice, on the contrary, is growing on some of the heaviest soil in the valley, and certainly appears to be doing
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Imperial press and farmer., 1902-07-05
SuOar Beets Doing We'll

Maj. J. A. Driffil, of the Oxnard sugar factory, to whom D. Nicoll is sending specimens of sugar beets
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-02-22
COTTAGES IN DANGER.
The Sea at Popham Has Badly Washed
Away the Beach.

The cottage owners along the river
front at Popham Beach are consider
ably worried over the condition of their
property on account of the waves from
the ocean upon the beach and they
are having consultations by mail and
telegraph to make arrangements to
protect the summer houses from dam
age.
1t is stated that the owners of the
cottages have agreed to share the ex-
pense of building breakwater along
the beach from the DR.. Fuller cottage
to the Ferguson cottage, a distance of
about 1900 feet. four or five feet in
height. but it is reported that the Pop
ham Beach Association which owns
the hotel and number of cottage lots
along the line of the beach in the ter
ritory declines to assist in the work.
The immediate need of prompt ac-
ton is shown by one Of the cottage
owners ohering to buy the lots owned
by the association and pay the price
asked for the same minus the cost of
the expense of building the breakwater.
One gentleman said this morning that
a heavy southeastern would make sad
havoc with the houses along the beach
which is already washed away to with
in a few feet of some of the cottages
Bath Times, Feb. 81.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-02-22
BOWDOIN JUNIOR ASSEMBLY.
Second and Last in Memorial Hall Was
Delightful Affair.

Brunswick, Me, Feb. 21.-(SpeciaD.-
Bowdoin juniors made merry, this even
ing, on the occa sion of the second and
last of their brilliant assemblies at
Memorial hall. The hall never looked
prettier than this evening. 1t was light
ed with quantities of miniature incandes
cents, which blended well with the deco
rationS consisting of society emblems
while here and there massive palms were
scattered about. Along the sides wera
SetteeS and easy chairs for the spectat-
ors, which We're attractively arranged. In
one corner We're rugs of Oriental deSiSI.
easy chairs and palms, and here the fol-
lowing patronesses received; Mrs. Frank
E. Woodruff, Mrs. William A. Houghton
Mrs. Leslie A. Lee and Mrs. Roscoe j.
Ham.
The affair passed off very smoothly and
great credit is due the executive commit
tee. consisting of Thomas c. White Of
Lewiston, chairman; E. Harrington Alb
bolt of Auburn, Philip o. Coffin of Bruins
wick. Samuel B. Gray of Old Town, and
John l.. Mitchell of Brunswick Music
was furnished by the Bowdoin College or
dances and one extra. The dances were
made up of waltzes and two-steps and one
schottische.
Among the lady guests present were
Dunlap, Lulu Woodward, Huldah
Humphreys. Margaret WILL Mae Des-
peaux, Grace Crawford, Aimee Stetsoa,
Christine Pennell. Belle Smith, all of
Brunswick; Mollie Palmer, Abbie Clark,
Mae Clark. Agnes Hennessey, Ora
Mitchell. Roberta Black, Edith Fuller,
Alma Parlin. Winifred Holt, of Lewiston;
Kate Hay, Caroline Stevens, Ethel Pink
ham. Miss Weber. Portland: Maude
Parkin. Lisbon Falls; Caroline Frye
Briggs, Auburn; Barbara Hunt, Bangor;
Alice Day. Watervile: Miss Burroughs,
Sanford; Mary Mellen, Milton. Mass The
following young men from Bangor were
also present: Don F. Snow. Hugh Quinn,
Roland E. Bragg. Ralph E. Bridges and
Harraden S. Pearl.
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THE WATER CURE.
A Brutal Practice, Though but LittI
Used, Says Funston.

Kansas City. Mo-, Feb. 21.-Gen. Fred
erick Funston. in discussing the IVA
ter Cure" a form of torture charged
against the soldiers in the Philippines,
said that he had never seen the WA
ter Cure" applied, but he had heard it
described.
1.-The victim is bound and a canteen
forced into his mouth" said the gen.
eral. His head is thrown upward and
back and his nose grasped by the fin
gers of the torturer. When the victim
is about suffccated the application is
released and he is given a chance to
talk on recovery or take another dose
Of it, The operation is brutal beyond a
doubt, but hardly fatal.
1.-The charge which 1 have Just re-
futed at the request of the war depart
ment was most vague. 1t was made by
a soldier and to the effect that he had
helped administer the water cure to
100 natives. That is the kind of rot a
soldier is apt to write home when BUSH
ness is dull and he has three or four
beers under his jacket to help his
imagination. Nothing of the kind ever
occurred with the knowledge of the
officers. or ever occurred at all, for that
matter"
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A COUPLE OF BOLD BREAKS.
Grocery Store and Grist Mill at North
End Visited.

There was breaking and entering
presumably by local parties, at the
North End. some time. Thursday night
When Charles Pomerleau went down
to his grocery store on TicOnic street
at the usual hour, yesterday morning,
he found that some one had forced
an entrance during the night through
the front door.
The thieves had carried out the cash
register to the rear of a near by barn
where it was broken open and it's con-
tents ransacked. Some $12 or SIS were
obtained and it was only by chance
that there was not more. Mr.. Pomer-
leau. after attending the Republican
ward caucus, Thursday evening, went
to his store and took $50 from the
register so that this amount escaped
the burglars.
The grist mill of III. c. Morse was
also visited, but no money was found
there. although it is evident that quite
a search was made, as papers were
scattered about pretty freely. The
break at the store was a bold piece
of work as a family lives in the upper
part of the building and the front
is well lighted by a street light. The
work was evidently done with broad
axe stolen from the Maine Central.
There is no good clue but it is be-
lieved that the breaks were made by
local parties and that they can be cap
tured all right.
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PREVAIL.
The Riotous Strikers at BARGE
Iona Are Now Quiet.
WeyIer Asks Queen to Let Him Han
die Catalonia "RebeIs."
Saragossa People Said to Have Joined
Catalonia Friends.

Barcelona, Feb. 21-The predOmi-
ance of bayonets here has had due eff
feet and the most turbulent spirits have
been driven off the streets. Outwardly
the city is resuming an aspect of COM
parative quiet. The leading citizens
are joining the military and civil au-
thorities in restoring order. The cap
tain general has ordered the news
papers to resume publication and has
instructed the owners of public vihicles
to again engage in their regular work.
If the printers refuse to work their
names and residences are to be handed
to the captain general. who will deal
with them. All drivers declining to take
out vehicles will be deprived of their
licenses.
Incendiary posters have appeared
here which threaten the orderly classes
with terrible reprisals, saying that dy-
Mantle will be used to offset the Maui
sers of the troops. The strikers are
looting numerous shops and private
houses.
The best-known Anarchists have dis
appeared and the authorities are hunt
ing for them.
The railroad officials have announced
the suspension of service on the lines
owing to the resolute attacks which the
rioters have made on the trains.
Trades unions throughout Spain have
declared their adhesion to the cause of
the Barcelona strikers.
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GARDINER.
HOBOES ARE WITH US.
Have Been on Ice Work and Many Are
Going to Jail.

1t seems as though about all the no
boes this side of New York have
dropped into this city within the last
few days. They are the wandering
class that have been at work on the
Ice and as work there has stopped, they
come to this city to get their pay. They
have no home and their one desire
seems to secure quarters in Jail. They
are being accommodated as far as pos
sible. Many Of them are of the better
class and considerable of the money
has been spent with the traders. while
some of it has been put into intoxi-
eating liquor. Friday morning. six
were sent to jail and three sent out of
town. During the day and evening,
more were arrested. and, this morning.
n large delegation will follow the others
to Augusta for n rest of 80 days.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-02-22
Church Notices,

Christ church: Second Sunday In Lent
Morning prayer, sermon at 1890; Sunday
school at Il; evening prayer and address
at :. At the evening service a number OF
young women will be admitted into tho
Girls Friendly Society"
Winter Street Free Baptist church, w,
A. Robbins. pastor: Morning prayer, 9,45
preaching service. subject. Local Enc
mics of the Christian Church." at 1880,
Sunday school. 1l.45: Junior League. 3;
Y. L. 8. c. r. service. 6.l5: evangelistic
service, subject, Kept for Jesus Christ.
at {.
Sunday morning. at the Universalist
church, the pastor will preach on the sub.
ject Who Is the Lady? Who Is the
Gentleman? What Relation Do These
Terms Bear to What Some Folks Cal
Humble Work." Sunday school at /.
o'clock; Junior C. w. at Il. NJ; Senior
e. w. at Il. NJ
Highland Avenue Methodist Episcopal
church, William Cashmere, pastor: 1879
public worship with sermon by the pas
tor. subject, The Message of Modern or
thodoxy Concerning Eternity l1.4i
Sunday school: 615 devotional meeting
o. Epworth League: l.. NJ. revival se.'-
vice with sermon by the pastor.
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Baseball Notes.

Manager buckingham of the Harvard
baseball nine. Thursday night, denied
that Willie Keller of the Brooklyn nine
had been engaged as batting coach for
the Harvard nine. No coach has yet been
engaged.
Notices have been mailed to all til,
baseball players under contract to tn.
New York baseball club-21 men In all up
to the present-to report for their prelinl-
mary spring practice on March "a The
men will train at the Polo grounds, the
club having decided definitely to abolish
the Southern spring trips.
The New England League baseball
ball schedule committee concluded its
work at Manchester. Thursday evening,
after two days of effort. The member
of the committee express themselves as
well satisfied with the work ACCOMPLISHED
and believe that their report will NEE.
with the approval Of all the clubs in the
league.
James S. O'Rourke. Jr., the clever little
shortstop on the Yale Varsity baseba, Il
team, has been dropped from his class
In the Law School This means tina:
O'Rourke cannot play on the Yale nine
this season. This will cripple the Yale
team a great deal. O'RQurke was count
ed on to do good work in the. infield.
Without him Yale has. only three veter-
ans of last years nine as a nucleus for
the '02 team. R1
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Mothers and Friends Entertained.

The Grade l pupils of the Piummer
street school entertained their mothers
and friends at their school room, Friday
afternoon. Miss Jewett. the teacher.
made quite elaborate preparations for the
affair The school room was prettily dec
GRATED and the blackboards Were covered
with pictures. the work being done by
the scholars. A short program Of speak
ing and singing by the scholars occupied
the first part of the afternoon, followed
by a mothers reception. Refreshments
of cake, sandwiches and confectionery
were served and each of the scholars re-
ceived bag of candy, pop corn and nuts.
with an orange. The affair was appropri-
ate to Washington birthday and was n
very pleasant and successful affair.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-02-22
TWO LIVES LOST
BY Burning of Petit Orphanage a,
Worcester, Mass.

Worcester. Mass, Feb. 21-Vera and
Charles Louen. 3 and years old re-
spectively, were burned to death at z
O'Clock Friday morning. in a fire which
destroyed the Petit Orphanage in Her.
NIT Lane at Greendale, this city.
A general alarm was sounded at l .4C
and the firemen arrived in time to res
cue. with the aid of Mrs. Petit, eight
children from the building.
Mrs. Petit was burned about the face
and hands during her efforts to save
the little ones.
The fire started from the furnace and
catching in an air shaft went to the
second floor of the building where the
children were asleep.
The building was owned by Frank M.
Horne. The property loss was several
thousand dollars.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-02-22
OVERDUE VESSELS.
Still More Added to Long List at San
Francisco.

San Francisco, Feb. 21.-The list OF
overdue vessels posted at the Mer-
chants Exchange, is steadily growing
1t includes the Red Rock, IS days out
from Frazer River for London, the
Cape Rock, out 50 days from Port Los
Angeles for Portland. the Earl Cado-
gan. "a days out between the same
ports, the French bark Los Adelphes
10 days from Madagascar for Portland,
the French bark Ernest Legoure, 1O5
days out from Cayenne for this port
and the Yosemite, IS days out from Ia
coma for Callao.
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watching an even dozen lines he had
little to say.
He was brought to this city and ar
raigned before Trial Justice d. p. Fos-
ter who fined him $40 and costs, the
whole amounting to $15.97. This was
paid and Mr.. Mason went his way.
Warden Pollard is keeping a sharp
watch on the ponds in his territory
and it isn't safe to NEEDLE with the
game laws in any way. The fishing is
good at this particular pond and there
seems to be a strong temptation to
use more than the legal number of
lines, but it isn't safe while Warden
Pollard wears a badge.
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HEAVEN HELP THEM!
reyler Wants to Deal With the "Rebels
in Catalonia"

London. Feb. 21.-It is announced in G
special dispatch from Madrid that Gen
eral Weyler, the war minister, is urging
the Queen Regent to give him q free
hand in dealing with the rebels in Cata-
lonia," and that the premier. Sagast;i.
threatens to resign if Gen. Weyler's re
quest is granted. The Queen Regent is
said to favor General Weyler's plan.
Advices received here direct from Bill
bao Valladolid. Corunna. Gijon and other
industrial centers of Spain show that the
attitude of the miners and other work
ers is distinctly threatened. The great
est excitement prevails everywhere AMI
the general situation is extremely grave.
The garrison of Burgos and Vittoria
have been ordered to be i'm readiness to
start for Saragossa at a moments no.
tice. All the railroads are guarded Dy
troops.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-02-22

At the monthly meeting of the directors
| of the Maine Central at Portland, Friday
ii was voted to declare the dividend for
April at $3.50 share. Other routine bust
ness was transacted.
There was bad accident at the speed
way at Portland. Thursday afternoon.
The teams of ID. F. Larrabee and r. l..
Wescott met head on. The Larrabee
colt horse terribly injured, but may pull
through
Judge Bonney at Portland. Thursday.
concluded the hearing of the case If
Elizabeth V. Riggs against her husband.
William F. Riggs of Bowdoinham. She
is "a and was q when they We're mar
ried. and he is now 49, Judge Bonney
reserved his decision and took the pa
pers.
While Capt and Mrs. e. A. Call were
mond, Thursday afternoon. one runner of
the sleigh struck an ash heap In front
of Shaw's barber shop and the sleigh
was overturned. Capt Calls leg was
badly hurt and the sleigh somewhat dam
aged. Mrs. Cali was uninjured-
At the annual meeting OF the stock
holders of the Portland, Mt. Desert a
Machias Steamship Co.. at the Maine
Central offices at Portland. Friday, the
following directors were reelected: Luz
cius futile, George F. Evans. Franklin
A. Wilson, VIM. g. Davis. s. G. Law
renee and Joseph Manley. The directors
tnen Te-elttttu pTtSiucnt.
vice president. Geo. F. Evans, and Jo-
siah II. Drummond. clerk Other routine
business was transacted. nE
Schooner James r. Talbot of Thomas
ton South Amboy for Portsmouth with a
cargo of COAL arrived at Vineyard Ifa-
ven, Friday. Capt Averill reports that
his vessel has been one month making the
passage from New York to Vineyard Ha-
ven. Soon after being loaded n small leak
of about 400 strokes per hour was dis
covered in her bow port but while at
New London this leak was partly stopped.
so that she now leaks about 200 strokes
per hour. Capt. Averill states that he
does not deem the vessel safe to proceed
under sail. He has called survey on her
and will probably tow her to her desti-
nation.
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ers are busy. Trade is quiet at Que
bee, but collections fair for the season.
Bad roads at Montreal affect business
and remittances. but trade Is satisfac-
tory on the whole and the outlook is
promising. Trade is unchanged at
Winnipeg and collections fair. Trade
at Vancouver has improved but collec-
tions are slow.
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A GREAT DEAL OF TROUBLE
Was Predicted from Chamberlain b,
Late Mr.. Gladstone.

London. Feb. PIE. L. GOdkin, the
former editor of the Evening Post of
New York. writing to the Westminster
Gazette with reference to Jos. Cham
berlain. the colonial secretary, says
that when Mr.. Chamberlain deserted
the Liberals. he, Mr.. Godkin, asked Mr..
Gladstone, through a correspondent,
for information anent Mr. Chamber
lain. Mr.. Chamberlain's reply was:
chamberlain is the first politician we
have had of the American type and he
is destined to give a great deal of
touhle.''
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STILL AFTER ANDREWS.
Third Warrant in Bank Wreckina Case
Served, Friday.

Detroit. Mich, Feb. 21.-Warrants
were issued. today. for +. c. Andrews
and another officer of the City Savings
Bank charging Justification of the re-
port of the banks condition in Feb
ruary, 1901. The warrant was served
on F. c. Andrews in Jail. This is the
third warrant which has been issued
for him. Andrews was arraigned about
4.30 o'clock. Bail was fixed at $50, 900.
1t was not furnished