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 Moved that the report of the com mittee be accepted. Carried.
 w. s. Fawcett moved that com mittee of three be appointed by the chair for the purpose of suggesting candidates for places on the board of directors for the ensuing year. Motion carried. The chair appointed as that committee w. s. Fawcett, I. w. Gleason w. A. Edgar. Thereupon, upon motion duly made, seconded and carried, a recess was taken until 1:3O pm.
 At 1:3O pm the meeting recon vened with the president in the chair and the stock represented in person and by proxy the same as at the morning session.
 The minutes of the annual stock holders meeting held January 14th. 1902, were read and approved
 The report of the board of direc- tors for the term ending January 10th, 1903, was then read by the secretary as follows:
 Los Angeles, Cal, Jan. 13, 1903.
 Annual report of the Imperial Water Company No. l, 19O1-1902.
 To the Stockholders of Imperial Water Company No. l. Ladies and Gentlemen: The cooperation opened it's office at Imperial California, on the first day of June, 1902, for the transaction of business relative to delivery of water to stock holders and the control and main tenance of the canal system as then constructed.
 A brief summary of the business transacted since that date is here with submitted.
 Your board of directors, having been previously notified by the Cali fornia Development Company that said company had constructed the main canal and the principal laterals of the canal system for Imperial Water Company No. 1, pursuant to it's contract of July "A, 1901, ap- pointed a committee consisting of I. w. Gleason, J. H. McKim and Geo. A. Carter, which committee was in- structed to make an examination of the work done by the California De- velopment Company, with the view of accepting such work as complete. This committee submitted written reports, recommending the accep- tance of certain canals and laterals as complete for the purposes inten- ded, except as to capacity, with cer- tain reservations. The canals so re- commended for acceptance con- prise the Acacia, Alder, Beech, Birch, Boundary, Dogwood, Date, Dahlia, Imperial Side Ditch, Eu- calyptus, Elder and Elm, with their respective tributaries. These canals, with their tributaries as thus inspected and subsequently, accepted, aggregated one hundred and fOrty-three miles of completed canal
 Acting upon the report of this committee, your board of directors entered into a contract with the California Development Company and the Mexican Company under date of May IF, 1902, whieh modified in cer- tain particulars the original con- struction contrs between this com pany and the CaifYornia Development Company and the Mexican Company, bearing date Of July "A, 1901. This modified contract Was published at length in ''The Imperial Press and Farmer" May 31, 1902. By it's terms this company received and assumed full ownership and control of all the canals recommended for acceptance by the committee of inspection, as complete for the purposes intended
Imperial press and farmer., 1903-01-24
Financial statement approved. J. M. HUSTON,
 LEROY HOLT,
 I. w. GLEASON,

Auditing Committee. MT. R. c. Powers, proxy for A. w. Patton, moved that the report as read be accepted, and approved.
 MT. J. w. Shenk moved to amend, that the report be adopted Subject to the approval of the auditing com mittee. The amendment was duly seconded and carried. The motion as amended was then put before the meeting and carried.
 The president thereupon read Ar ticle XVI of the bylaws as follows:
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The committee on credentials then offered it's report by MT. D. H. Chap lin, chairman, as follows:
 "YOur committee find that the fol- lowing named persons have presented proxies which are now on file with tre secretary, which entitle them
 'te the number of shares appear
 pOsite their names, as follows:
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BESTED THE BEAR.
Lawyer Killed Big Animal with
Common Bird Shct.
New York Telegraph.

New York Telegraph.
A narrow Adirondack ledge is a danger
Gus place 10 be at any time but il is a
particularly dangerous situation with 4S2
pounds of live bear advancing from the
and yawning chasm gaping in front.
But William l.. Brown. of Newark, N. j.,
was not paralyzed with fear. He had al
ready emDtied two loads of birdshot into
bruin, which didn't tend TO put the ami
NAL in a good humor, and then he emptied
another charge.
Bruin rose on his hind feet and advanced
to the combat. Mr.. Browns bottle hold
err was half mile away and going in the
wrong direction to lend encouragement TO
the situation. 1t may be remarked that
next time Mr.. Brown, who is a lawyer,
goes hunting he will insert a clause in the
contract, probably, compelling the guide
TO stand by in the event of danger. This
particular guide started for camp ana got
The bear advanced TO the combat and
Mr.. Brown drew a dirk, he says. swing
of the left fOrepaw caught the lawyer on
the jaw. But Ii wasn't a hard swing. The
birdshot had begun TO make the varmint
tired. Noting this Mr.. Brown sailed in and
finished his enemy.
He has just returned from the North
woods and while among his friends cor
rOboratiOn is not necessary, there are the
scratches on his face to show what he has
been through
bTOWn says he WIS WIFI SulQe par
fridge hunting when he met the bear. The
guide was unarmed and Browns ammuni-
ton was not intended for bear. He shot
twice at the animal ne declared, and then
fed, with the bear in pursuit, made fero-
cious by the peppering of small shot.
1t was not until after he had begun his
flight that Mr.. Brown discovered that his
companion had deserted him, and was well
on his way down the mountain toward
safety. During the race Mr.. Brown tried
TO reload both barrels of the gum but sue
ceeded in inserting only one charge.
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responding streets in Jerusalem. When
completed. about three hundred Of these
houses viii appear. more than a dozen
streets being completely reproduced.
Among these thOrOughfares are the Moor
fsh street. Chemists street, Coppersmiths'
street. Silversmths' street, Jewish street
and others. The name Of each thorough
fare affords an idea as to its character. In
Jerusalem the workers in one occupation
pre-empt a whole street. that is to say, all
the coppersmiths have their shops on one
street. all the chemists on another. and
so on.
In these streets, which are very narrow,
the worlds fair visitor will find native ar
tisans and tradesmen OF Jerusalem plying
their vocatiOns The silversmith will live
above his shop, just as he does at home. II
is not at all unlikely that some of the ma
tives who come 10 st. Louis will be privi-
legged to occupy the very house that CORE
spends to their own, and in that case they
will feel quite at home. for the New Jeru-
salem with worlds fair crowds in attend
ance win be very much like the old Jeru-
salem at Eastertide when thousands of pill
grims throng its narrow streets.
In the Mohammedan quarter Of the city a
big Arabian cafe will be located. where the
hungry pilgrims may dine in true Oriental
style
Across from Market square is a row Of
buildings more modern in pattern than most
of the structures in the city. These are the
Austrian pOstOffice, the United States con-
sulate and the Cooks tourist Office. On the
other side of the square, the outer gate OF
the citadel admits TO a bridge spanning the
moat. Climbing the inner terrace. one en-
tiers the citadel through a wide passage be-
tween the Tower of David and the Tower of
Hippicus. Within this citadel Herod erect
ed his palace, building noble towers at three
of the corners TO serve for defense and or
namentation.
At the remaining corner Of the Citadel is
the Jewish Syna gogue in which the Hebrew
natives from the Holy City will worship
Not far away, across a garden, is one of the
most curiOusly interesting features of the
entire reproduction. This is the Jews wall
ing place Here the Jews are won't to
gather. against a wall which separates
them from the temple area. and pray for
the restoration of the sacred inclOsure.
Until comparatively recent years the Mo-
hammedans refused to permit the Jews to
approach even this near 10 the sacred in
closure, but after much persuasion Il was
permitted the descendants of the builders
of the temple to approach this wall and
wall out their sorrow, because of the loss
of the sacred soil of Zion, and pray for it's
restoration 10 the Jews.
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ENGLISHMEN IN AMERICA.
Sixty-sevcn Per Cent. of Them become
Citizens of the Republic.

New York Times.
1t has often been charged, sometimes
with considerable animosity, against the
Englishmen who find it convenient to live
and do business I'm this country that they,
more than other residents of foreign birth.
utilize our privileges and opportunities of
American citizens without assuming by
naturalization their duties and responsible
titles. Not only is this accusation widely
believed, but our English guests themselves
have frequently admitted its truth, and,
with somewhat laborious ingenuity, have
defended. at their society dinners and else
where, the course so much criticised.
Curiouslv enough, however. some figures
Labor Statistics show that in that State
certainly and in the whole country prob
ably. the English who come here are rather
more than less inclined than foreigners
a body 10 take out their papers and par
ticlpate In the joys and sorrows of our
politics at least TO the extent of voting.
As might have been expected, the Irish
stand first of all in the table of eligible
and naturalized percentages. seventy-nine
out OF every 100 of them with the requisite
mentous step that links their destiny per
manently with ours. The Germans come
second with seVenty-four out of 100. but
the British a close third with sixty
known as Welsh do even better. with
seventy. Stringing along after these, and
some very far after, come the other peO-
pies, with the Italians at the end of the
line with only thirty-seven naturalized out
of 100 eligibles. DoinG little better than the
Russians with forty-four, the Canadian
French with forty-six and the Swedes with
fifty-three. Britishers from the maritime
provinces seem much less inclined than the
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S15-IN BOOK NAMES.

Given the ms to supply the Outs"
AT '*"*@*$ Inn (Albion Tourgee) on Lake
Erie, two In'""*+"* *+*'** mark Twain)
CHANGED to meet. One was missionary
who strove to walk In*ss f*s*t (Rev Charles
Sheldon) and to do good In s*+ $50 Edward
Everett Hale) Where" he asked the
other, who was a lawyer, have you passed
the summer II have BEEN" he an
Swered, lin the South making some papers
In *+*****~s% %*Hs csc sss+sss%rs %ssss Frances
Hodsgon Burnett and was so well paid for
my labors that / am, you see, In *~%+
*~++** civilian Black, and L have a friend
at the court of Edward VII who has asked
me TO spend a day In s's +s'**% - s%s s*ss
(F'rancis Marion Crawford.)" Monarch
said the missionary, I'm these days of
anarchy live constantly In see *s++* - *****s
(Robert Barn. have been prea ching to the
heather natives of Africa. l find them In
++t ''+''' Grant Allen. not simply In +.s*'
49, *F|~" (Rudyard Kipling) am going now
to rest at my home In ~~'ss+ - -" -""-"
(Bret Harte.)" Well" said the lawyer,
IF you are going to California you will live
in the golden State, and hope your efforts
and those of your c0workers will be so sue
cessful that we shall all feel, soon, that we
living In $50 *%**@* %** (Edna LyaIl)"
X. b. s.
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MU[P EHNZXeY
Adventure on a Western River


Jim Crowder, captain and owner of the
one-boilered, fat-bowed, stern-wheel
steamer Growler. The GROWER towed
RATS and did general business on the up
per Bitterwater, and could run down
stream like a wild locomotive when she
was feeling good. Captain Jim and his
crew had formed themselves into a fire
brigade, and he was very. proud of their
performances. One day he received an
order to go fifteen miles up the river and
bring down nearly 200 negro wood choppers
ing he invited a few friends to accompany
him up and back on the trip.
Said he: II want to show you coming
back how my new fire brigade works. It's
a success"
The guests stepped aboard, and. all be-
ing in readiness, the Growler started up
the river after the wood choppers, who
We're on the bank waiting her arrival After
taking them on board, she turned her head
down the narrow stream, the decks black
with wood choppers. Old Captain Jim had
posted his crew, and he wanted them to
show Off before his friends. Getting them
together, he led them down to the fore
castle with the remark: Now, you fellows
stand right here and I'll show you some
thing you never saw before. Now watch,
and If you don't say it's a success you kin
have the boat
The negroes were all over the boat-up-
stairs and down, some singing, some dane
ing. some asleep. On the Growler flew. Old
Captain Jim remarked to his guests: Are
you ready? Here goes! Watch EN-" And
he gave one wild Comanche yell of ''Frei"
and made rush for the roof, but he never
got there All was wild commotion. Every
body yelled Fire. The officers flew to
their posts of duty-as they had been
trained to do The negroes jumped over
board from the top and sides, and some
jumped over the wheel behind. About fifty
CT them rushed down the front steps over
Captain Jim, hiding him from view alto
gether for a time; and before they could
stop the Grower there wasn't a negro on
the boat anywhere and the banks or both
sides of the river were lined with fright
| ened darkies. wringing wet and trembling
| from the shock of their sudden bath. The
boat landed TO take them aboard, but they
preferred walking, and the GrOwler went
down the river without them. Upon arriv-
| ing at the home wharf his friends took old
| Captain Jim by the hand and one of them
observed: Captain, we have enjoyed the
| trip and thank you, and we are unanimous
| in our opinion that your fire brigade is a
! success. There wasn't a life lost and the
experiment worked like a charm. You
ought to get it patented"
Yer see, 1 furgot all about the derned
fool niggers bein there" he answered
! alphabetically. 81 ought to have told 'em
| about il afore l hollered fire, oughtent I?''
The next time Captain Jim tested his fire
brigade it worked like a charm.
WILL DIETZ.
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simon-pure Britons to acquire our citizen
ship-whoever will may say. Because they
know US better. Only sixty-two out of 100
Scotchmen make the plunge, but they are
never scOlded as are the Britons. The eX
listing misapprehension-if these Massachu-
exists-is doubtless due to the fact that
good many of our unnaturaliZed English
men are of a class more than ordinarily ar
ticulate and much inclined to explain them
selves to the interested and disinterested
alike, while other foreigners do as they like
as to getting naturaliZed and say nothing
about il. AS for the Italians, their failure
to acquire the franchise has in the past
probably been an advantage to us rather
than a disadvantage. The best of them,
however, are doing il more and more, and
in time presumably they, too will get all
the scolding they deserve if they take
everything We have to offer and give moth
ing except work for the wages.
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being enacted, several steam
Il*fE{I boats were burned, one after
S- another, at various points on
the Ohio and Mississippi rivers ana
their tributaries. A singular fatality
seemed to have befallen them, as one
after another fell victims TO the
flames. Finally. after the last one burned
the Inflated Sultana-abOut twenty-five
miles above Memphis. Tenn, there came a
feeling of relief. Still, with the regalned
confidence, the owners and officers OF
steamboats, took every precaution to pro-
tect the lives and property iutrusted to
their care. The government grew more
exacting in enforcing its licenses and laws.
New life-saving inventions were imposed
upon the boats until it almost an inn
possibility for boat to be lost by fire, or
the life of a passenger or one of the Off
GERS or crew to be sacrificed. Every cap
tain felt ii his personal duty to look after
the safety of his boat and the passengers
under his charge.
Suddenly an idea sprung up, and it was
seized upon as being very good and SEN
sible one if properly carried out 1t was
to organize the officers of boat into a sort
of a fire brigade and drill them in such a
manner that in of fire each man
would understand his duty and be found
at his post when called upon in the hour of
| danger and need. The captain was to rush
to the roof, ring the big bell TO sound the
alarm; the pilots were to stand at the
wheel until ordered to desert 1t by the cap
| tain; the clerks were to rush to the office
and save the books, money and papers; the
| steward and cabin boys were to make their
| way to the rooms and arouse the passen-
| gers; one engineer was to stand by his en-
| gines, while the other was to remain at the
| pumps; the mates were TO apply and direct
| the hose; the deckhands, roustabouts and
| firemen were TO throw the stages and life
| boats overheard. Thus every man on the
boat had some special duty to perform as
| soon as the alarm of fire was given.
OF course, rehearsels were necessary and
/ frequent to make the men perfect in the
! performance of their duties. The expert
ment soon became such a success that
! quite a number of boats adopted the plan
and began Boosting of their success.
Among these may be mentioned old
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Some write IL IL, but between you and me,
l think il is properly spelled 1928;
Well, our townsman protested, in language
profuse,
That he wasn't afraid to say THAT to a
goose"
So he said great deal to the strangers he
met,
Who appeared to belong to the anserine
set,
For our town was so dull, he declared
more and more,
He intended to get I'D a 1924.
What methods he used, L for one could not
guess,
But they surely achieved an amazing sue
cess.
A livelier 5-6-7 dawned by and by.
When buildings and prices 6-7-S sky-high,
And all the air 6-7-S-9 like a rhyme,
With praise of the man who had brought
the new time.
Here the 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-S-9 turned
And as values still rose this sad lesson he
learned,
His expense grew so fast, L weep to
record it,
He must move out of town, for he couldn't
afford it.
NJ. C. S.
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observation-disclosures.

A hundred years into the past have flown
Since first he to the Muse FIRST homage
paid,
Until, as fancy SECOND realms surveyed,
He and seized and made his very own
That instrument, with ivy overgrown,
Which countless MINISTRIES had before
essayed,
For when amid the strings his fingers
Strayed"
The Master of the Northern Harp was
known.
Some say he was no real poet, yet
How many men, whose judgment all
revere,
On some one song have their approval set
And said, This will live on from year TO
year,
One of the things the world cannot forget :"
No harp of strained and tuneless chord
is here!
SWAMP ANGEL
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Food for Geniuses.



Four years ago little Max Darowski the
boy composer. was extremely delicate-sO
delicate that IL was thought that il would
not be possible TO rear him. His life was
saved in manner of which vegetarians
would not approve.
Seeing that he had no teeth, although he
was four years old. diet specialist decided
10 feed him IN such a way that their
growth would be encouraged
II ordered him a liberal diet OF meat and
plenty OF fresh air" said the doctor yes
terday. Vegetables We're TO be avoided as
much as possible. Three good meals a day
soon helped te build up his teeth and 10
improve his bone development III was
the meat upon which / depended for every
thing. He was not ordered cod liver oil
as he would have been by nest physicians.
neither was he prevented from eating
sweets, for, eaten IN moderation, they are
good for children.
The result that when the teeth
grew gradually and hts health was there
by improved. his musical capacity expand
ed like flower. IL was a wonderful thing
TO watch"
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S13.-Anagram,

CON STAR WRITER; BEATS LOT.
He who from level plains doth mountains
seek
Climbs first some height which, had il
stood alone,
Would natures grandeur fittingly have
shown.
But let him not too soon. too warmly. speak
The thought that lights his eye and tints
his cheek,
For, though they may be to his sight I'M
known,
Its equals crowd like peers around
throne,
While over all looms the majestic peak.
From that bright summit, crowned with
endless snow,
1t We're a task of doubt" if not of dread,
To make the foothill which first felt his
tread.
So with HIS fame; il boots us not to know
OF other writer's, great but far below,
Whose name stands first where English
books are read"
SWAMP ANGEL.
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S14-DOUBLE HOMONYM.

(First Homonym: FIRST, LAST; second
HOmonym: ONE, TWO)
If all would only FIRST and ONE
The consequences of their doing,
So many things would not be done
That call for sad and constant ruling.
The LAST that burdens many men,
Resulting from their TWO of acting,
Makes every thought of might have been,
AS years pass, more and more distracting.
Then let us FIRST and ONE AND TWO
LAST of sorrow may Cypress us
Till we are sure that what we do
Will not condemn instead of bless us.
T II
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S2O.-ANACROSTIC.

See shining art in anagram:
How different from that l ann
Indeed, l never make things bright,
Nor pleasing TO artistic sight.
L spoil the luster you put on
No matter with what skill tbs done.
Gilt that adorns l can demean,
And character / make unclean
Regard me. then, as opposite
To everything that's pure and bright
NELSONIAN.
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PRIZE SOLVING.

An attractive and pleasing prize will re-
ward the sender OF the best list OF book
names answering No. SIS. The solutions are
to be forwarded within one week and In case
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SEALS, STENCILS AND STAMPS

extra merit of one of the nearest complete
lists.
The prize for No 7S2 goes TO Minnie Kemp.
Marengo. Ind Other excellent solutions
were those Of: Emma c. Humphreys TO
7s2. 7Ss 7S4. 7s5. 7s6; ]. D. Allen. 7S2; NJ.
Raschbacher, 7s2; Mrs. Hattie Hunt, 7S2.
7s4. 7S5; f. l.. Elan. 7S2; g. f. Lewis. 7S2;
Josephine K. Thomas. 7S2; n. II. Perkins.
7S2: Stella j. Scott. 7S2; Mrs Coffern. 7S2:
G. d. Roberts. 7S2; w. f. Storey, 7S2; Mrs.
Pearl Hammond. 7S2; L. NJ. Paddock. 7s2;
r. ID. Emery, 7S2; Mrs. Kate Schooley. 7S2:
c. O. Holman, 7s2; Mrs. c. a. White. 49,
7S4. 7ss. 7Ss. 1885, ]. n. Luce. 7S2: f. L. Husk-
ins, 7S2; NJ. e. Home, 7S2.
ANSWERS.
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Holly;
Ring;
Stockings:
Table;
Map;
Shoes.
796-Feasts, east.
1911. Don. ? May. g. Asa. (. Bill.
s. Grace. 8. Frank. Z. En-. s. Guy.
g. VIII. 10. Mark II. Sue. u. Rob.
ID. Carry. Il Anna. 15 Rose. 16 Pat.
IL. Justin.
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BUNDLES
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! city. 4. Sagacity. s. Mendacity. 6. Fe-
rocity- Z. Audacity.
SQ2-SpeculatiOn, peculation.
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SI9.-ENIGMA.

/ am the ocean, vast and deep;
Eternal secrets meath me sleep.
Yes. I'm the sea. and l am land,
With forests, lakes and rivers grand
Lifeless, beneath the sea / lie,
Yet Fame will never let me die.
Whateer the trappipgs or the speed
/ deck the sportsman's finest steed.
If you my name associate
With that of chickens, sad to state.
l then become SO low and mean
You would not at my place be seen.
X. y. S.