The Imperial press., 1905-09-23

couple of days the past week looking us over. It Is assumed that he is con nected with the financing of the San l Diego Eastern road and is Investigating the matter for the prospective bond buyers. He was very much surprised | to find so much business and so many people already here and was much pleased with his visit.
 Mrs. V. F. Kucera and her daughter, MISS Mamie, returned Thursday from a two months visit to their old home Ill Nebraska and to friends and relatives i'll that State and Kansas. Both report having very enjoyable visit, and say those states are fine countries for those l who want to live there, but they prefer the sunshine of Imperial Valley. It ralned almost the whole time they were there and they got tired of 1t.
 Ernest Thornquest has been employed to teach the Van Horn School for the coming term and it is learned that Miss Lotridge will teach at Calexico. The schools at Alamo, or Number Seven, Holtville and Eastside have been having a good deal of trouble in getting teach CTS and at last reports were not certain as to what they could depend on. School will quite generally begin OH next Mon day. Sept. 25th.
 J. $. Bridenstine, who went to North ern California for his health about four months ago, returned this week. He spent most of his time at Klamath Falls, Oregon, aud was employed by the Re- clamatiOn Service part of the time. He says that Is nice summer climate but as frost came there On August 18th 1t can be seen that it is not adapted to tropical fruits. Imperial Valley looks plenty good enough for Mir. Bridenstine.
 H. H. Dickens and wife of Hedrck, Iowa, and David Ulrey of Santa Rosa, Cal, were visitors in the Valley this week Mrs. Dickens is sister and Mir. Ulrey is the father of our esteemed fellow citizen S. J. UIrey. Mir. and Mrs. Dickens were on their way to their Iowa home from trip to the Portland Exposition, while Father Ulrey made the trip to our Valley to visit his son and family. It was the first visit to the Valley for all of them and they each went their way convinced that this is a great country, with greater future. Water Measurements
 The water measurements are incom- plete this week, no report having been received from Mir. Hardy of the dis charge going into SaltOn Sea. On Sep | tember II, the measurements made on | the Colorado river showed that there | was flowing in the river at Yuma 9,640 l cubic feet per second and that .230 l cubic feet were flowing in the river be- low the Imperial intake leaving 8,440 | cubic feet per second as the amount being diverted and carried to this Val ley. This is considerably more than there had been for some tune but the river rapidly declined to it's usual stage of about 5000 cubic feet where it stands at the present time. There was mark ed rise in New river the first of this week but it is reported to be falling again. The stage of the water in New river and Alamo responds very closely to that of the Colorado.
 Senor GuiIlermo Andrade, Mexican Consul to Los Angeles, died in the City of Mexico last Sunday. He was very wealthy man and formerly owned an immense tract of land south of the line in Mexico. He sold the California De- velopment Co. the land on which their canal runs in Mexico, and later sold a million acres to the Otis syndicate He used his powerful influence to make it possible for the California Development Go. to perfect their plans and it was largely through him that 1t was accom- plished. He was great man in many ways and hisfrendship for this valley and faith in it's development was un- bounded. His vacated office has been filled by the appointment of Senor Cas- tro. who but lately arrived in Los An. geles from Mexico City. Senor Castro will no doubt fill the office acceptablv and with credit, but no one can fill the place in the hearts of the people left va cant by the death of the kindly old gen. tleman, Guillermo Andrade.
 The Water Pollution Trial
 The trial of w. A. Van Horn and Fred and Arthur Fuller on the charge of polluting the water supply of the city of Imperial by driving hogs in Date canal, was held before Judge Banta on Wednesday last. The defendants were represented by Messrs. Farr & McPherrin, while the prosecution was looked after by Assistant District Attor- ney Schoonover. Messrs. Shaw, Carey, Meadows, Vessel, Price and Ravens were sworn and testified for the prose- cution, while the defense testimony was given by the three defendants. MT. Klippel and the two Mr. Lyons, father and son. The testimony was all much