The Imperial press., 1905-06-03

The hard winds of the past week are
 reported to have blown out considerable
 of the grain in tue fields still unthrpsh-
 ed. However, in this dry climate, all
 this grain is available for hog pasture,
 and can be gIeaned very closely and
 proitably in this way. The demand for
 stock hogs has received quite an im-
 petus and lean porkers are quoted
 above par.
 David Dewitt Lawrence and Mrs. , Eileen E. Lynde were married on last 1 Thursday evening in the parlors of the
 Hotel Imperial, by the Rev. H. c.
 Mullen. The newly married couple are
 the recipients of the hearty congratula-
 tions of their many friends, and the
 PRESS wishes them every happiness in | their new estate. Mir. and Mrs I.awr- ence will make their home in BraWley. Volunteer weather observer Dyke re- ports the Imperial weather for May as ] follows. Mean maximum 937; mean minimum 563; mean temperature for month 75 degrees. The hottest day was the l6th when the mercury climbed up to ll2 degrees and it was codest on the 5th when tue minimum temperature was 46. There were 20 clear days and two days that were partly cloudy. Taken in all it was pretty decent month and far better that the average May in Imperial Valley, from the stand point of both heat and wndstorms.
 To Detect Leakage
 The United States Reclamation Ser vice has just ompIeted the establish ment of a cable across the Colorado river at a point near Hardyville, Mohave county, to be used in the work of measuring the flow of the river to obtain data upon which to estimate the loss of water between that point and Yuma, where the measurements are takei daily. Such information as can be thus obtain ed will be of great value in figuring on the various contemplated government pro- jects along the Colorado river.-Yuma Sun.
 Damage Done by the Salton Sea
 Breakers of the Salton sea in the Colo rado desert are menacing the Southern Pacific tracks for a distance of 40 miles. It is expected that the suit of the Salton Salt Co., against the California Develop ment Co.,, which is to ascertain whether the latter company IS responsible for the presence of the vast body of water in the Salton basin, will be determined very soon in the Federal court. recent storm on the sea demolished the last of the Salt cOmpany's S00-foot warehouses and other buildings. They were par tially destroyed some weeks ago the fn- ishlng touches being accomplished by heavy breakers which swept over the structures. At present the water is re- ported as being within TOO feet of the railway tracks, which are on a roadbed of mixed sand and peculiar clay that is disntegrated rapidly by water. If the sea continues to approach the rails and is accompanied by desert gale the con sequences might be very damaging. As the sea is shallow, when heavy wind blows it lashes the surface into pillows that rival in size those of the real ocean. 
 Lawing Comes High
 J. c. Blackington recently had some experience that emphasizes the neces- sity of dividing the Imperial Valley from the rest of the world and erecting ourselves a county of lmperial at the very earliest moment. Mir. Backing ton had occasion to have some papers served in civil action and as here are no deputies vouchsafed us by the powers that be at san Diego, he was perforce compelled to have Deputy ShnriR in,, tO hn Non