The Imperial press., 1905-07-15

ger for Los Angeles Wednesday morn ing where she goes for vacation at the beaches.
 Captain H. G. Stratton came in late Monday night from trip to the coast and proceeded to his Eastside ranch near IIoltvllIe to put i'll summer crop.
 J. NJ. Cardiff, one Of our prosperous ranchers i'll the Mesquite Lake region, went to San Bernardino last Thursday to select herd of thorough bred, milk strain Durham cattle with which to stock his new ranch that he lately pur- chased from the Cram brothers.
 F. l.. Wales who has been out to River side and Los Angeles for month or so returned to the Valley last Tuesday evening Mr. Wales says he is sure he suffered as much from the heat at Riverside last week as anyone did in the Imperial Valley, for while the mercury did not register as high, the greater humidity made it far more op- pressive.
 Frank Chaplin returned to Los An geles las Monday. He is working out a plan for the upbuilding of Imperial Water Compony No. and expects to soon have that company's affairs in such good condition that it will make the Eastside and No. , second to no part of the Valley in the matter of attractions and advantages for the homesceker and investor.
 Funny things happen to a newspaper when it is printed away from home. Last week we were in the midst of in- stalling our new press and had our paper printed at the Standard office We also had au excess of local matter and had to cut out some of 1t. From q combination of both circumstances. our Fourth of July reports got thrown together and as printed read as if G. H P. Shaw's speech was delivered at Cal eXico, whereas 1t was at Brawley that the event transpired. We don't know whose fault it was but we strongly sus- pect. the printing press.
 W. F. Holt has been in the Valley this week looking after his many enter prises. If all the business men com nected with the development of our Valley worked at it as hard and as effectively as Mir. Holt, this Valley would soon be in as hi gh state of de vtlopment as Redands The facts are that matters seem to drag in the Valley while he is out, and business goes alono in a hum drum way, till Holt comes in. Then he will do enough business in one day to completely change the face of things. Hail to Holt the hust- Ter May his tribe increase.
 We learn from w. D. Conser, the New \ ork Store man that the contracts for the construction of his new store buiId- ing will soon be let. The plans have already been prepared and the contract ors are buslly figuring on them. The building will be of brick and will he located on the vacant lot between the present location of the New York Store and the Ice cream parlor of J T. Moore. Ihe store room Will be 25 100 feet and when Mr. Conser gets i'll his fall and winter stock he expects to have it Janncd lull to the ceilings The New York Store is enjoying u rapidly grow Ing business and WeIl-deserved popu- latlty, and the Increased facilities will enable them to all the better serve their customers.
 s. NJ. Bixby is another enthusiastic advocate of alfalfa farming iIf tns Val ley. In conversation with him tiIs week lie Informed Us that on fifteen acres of land that he sowed to alfalfa the last day of March, last, just three and a' half months ago, he Is HOW cut ting his first crop amt that it is turnino off at least one and d half tons of hay per acre. He took twenty four-hors4 wagon loads off the fifteen acres Wa dare say that there Is no other couptrv in the world where d like result ,.nulJ be attained. From everyone th.