The Imperial press., 1905-09-23
IMPERIAL
School Books at the Post Office.

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 Willis K. Shrode of HoItville was an Imperial visitor Monday.
 w. F. Holt is in the Valley this week on one of his periodical business trips.
 Claude Chaplin was an Imperial visi- tor Monday en route to HOltville from Visalia, Cal.
 c. J. Eaton was 8 returning passenger from months stay in Los Angeles one evening this week.
 Ed Manning, who has spent the sum- mer at Los Angeles and the beaches, returned Monday evening.
 Rev. H. B. HolIingsworth and wife went to Los Angeles Friday to make annual proof on their desert claims.
 NJ. F. Boettger of lIoltville came in Tuesday night from his summer vaca- sion. While out he made final proof on his land.
 Editor Baker of the HoltvilIe Tribune accompanied by Mrs. Baker and little son, Chester, were Imperial visitors Thursday.
 G w Bothwell of Los Angeles, and a director of Water Company No. 5, was Valley visitor this week and spent Sunday in Imperial.
 Mrs l.. c. Vickery returned from Los Angeles one evening this week. She has been away since May last and is very much improved in health.
 c. $. Thompson, prominent rancher in No. was a returning passenger on Tuesday nights train from a months vacation spent in Los Angeles and Red lands.
 F. c. Paulin is a Valley visitor this week. He has been reported as being sick at his home in Los Angeles, but it must have been false report for he is not looking like a sick man or a dull one either.
 Mrs l.. Denny writes Us from Los Angeles that she is expecting to return to Imperial about October I and will bring a stock of millinery goods which sine will offer to the ladies of Imperial and vicinity and solicit share of their patronage.
 II. J. Hapeman and wife. who went back to visit their old home in Nebraska some two or three months ago, returned Tuesday morning They report having st very enjoyable visit and return full of aealth and spirits, and with the cOnvic- &ion that Imperial Valley is tlte best place of all.
 Prof E. H. Norrish came in overland from his summer outing on the coast, and has rented the $. O. ong cottage on West Eighth street. His family is expected to arrive the last of this week, anI as school will open next Monday, september 9, the boys will be just in time for school
 Imperial was visited on Friday morn ang hy d slight shower of rain and neavv battery of thunder. West of the Valley there was heavy rain, judging from appearances. Such weather is not down on the bills at all but this is an "off' year and perhaps We are en- titled to an equinOctlal storm.
 Albert Ferguson and wife, who spent the summer at Long Beach returned on last Friday nights train. They will have occasion to remember the trip for a long time, for few hours after their arrival, the stork, that ubiquitous b'rd, whose calls on Imperial families Lave been noted so much of late, put in his appearance and left them the happy parents of baby daughter.
 School will open up next Monday, September 9, with the same force of teachers that tGught go acceptably last term Prof. No~ri~h will teach the seventh and ei 'th grades and serve as principal Mrs. Tutt'e, Miss O'Connell and Miss Richardson will teach the other grades. IT is expected that there will be large inc ease in the attendance, and the brick school building be taxed to its full capacity.
 Volney P. Edie of Albuquerque, N. Mex, arrived on Tuesday evening from a trip to pOrtlanl and the Worlds Fair. Mr. Edie is interested with Mir. w. M. Weaver in a section of land just east of Mesquite lake They are also I artners in the sheep business in New Mexico, and are arranging to bring in large band of the animals and fatten them this winter on the abundance of feed so plentifully to be had everywhere in this Valley.
 John A. Shafer of Des Moines, Iowa, 4In Uollau Ia ;c