The Imperial press., 1905-08-26

in darkness" Thursday night. The dynamo "kicked" and the electric "iuice" was off. The kerosene lamps of forgotten days were brought forth and our people groped about their busi- ness.
 It is reported that the Commercial Hotel property has been purchased by a party named Wright wilo expects to open it for business in short time. As an evidence of the confidence with which Imperial property is regarded, the price is said to have been about seven thousand dollars.
 M. l.. Cunningham, a business man from Boston, Mass, has been in the Valley this week visiting his brother-in- law and sister, Mir. and Mrs. F. $. Webster at the Calazona ranch. Mir. Cunningham is on his way to the Port land Exposition and will spend six months on his trip, covering practically the entire west.
 It is reported that Ear! Eeber will retire from the management of the Imperial Lumber and Commercial Co., on October 1st and accept the position of secretary of the Colony Investment Co., Should Mr. Heber make this change we hope he will not be taken out business circles in our Vallay, and the PRESS wishes him success in whatever he undertakes.
 c. R. Redwood was in the Valley thts week for a couple of days. He re- ports progress made in the work of installing the headgate to control the water at the Colorado river. The material is now being delivered and the excavation being made and every thing is expected to be in readiness for the carpenter gang to begin installing the big structure within two weeks.
 Varney Bros. Company have filed articles of incorporation at San Diego They are capitalized at $75, ,0O0 and the encorporators are George Varney, l.. J. Varney, E. H. Houcb, l.. A. Potter and w. T. Heffernan. The business pro- posed to be done by the new corporation is that of general merchand sing and it is assumed that they will succeed to the business of Vafney Bros. at Calexico Imperial and Brawley.
 D.. Henry Holtzman was the victim of rather peculiar and distressing &C., cident Wednesday. He was operating an ice cream freezer in the backroom ot his drugstore when in some manner a bedspring, that was standing against tie wall, got knocked over and struck the doctor on the head, laying his scalr open and knocking him out for the time being. He secured the services of Mr. Wright from the CaleXiCO drugstore for a few days, and left Thursday morning for Los Angeles.
 The City Trustees, sitting as a BoarC of Equalization, raised the assessment of Imperial property made by Assessor Dyke in varying amounts of from 10( to 1000 per cent. They began on Thurs day last to hear complaints of people who appeared to show cause why tn, raise should not stand. We all believ, in the great future of our town anc Valley, but some of us think 1t IS brett, tough to have to begin paying taxes or that basis at once.
 The evening train on our local railroac ; continues to be quite generally late il arriving at Imperial. This is caused b, the condition of things in the Saltol } Sink. where the railroad people, havin. built two "shoo flies" are now con structing a third to get away from tn, rising waters. When this third one i done it will make more than twent, miles of new track the company ha built and a corresponding amount aban doned to the waves. More than $1OO .OO( has been spent by the railroad in thi unequal contest, and the end isn't i, sight.
 A eliot Time" In CaIexicO
 Calexico, our strenuous neighbor ol the border line, seems to he strivin0 f,