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The Imperial press., 1905-03-11

Tn this issue will be found the report of the accountant who eX- perted the secretary's books for Imperial Water Company No. 1. The expert found the books to balance all right, and to have been well kept. In view of the difficulties under which Mir. Mo 'herrin has worked, the plan ming and systema tizing necessary to be done and the perfection to which it has been brought, we feel that MT. McPherrin has done very creditably and we con gratu- late him. No stOckhOlder of No. II, nor any one else for that mat ter, has ever found MT. McPher- rim to be other than a courteous gentl ,men, and the best we can expect for the stockholders of No. 1 is that Mir. Baker, the present secretary, shall prove to be as acceptable and capable as Roy McPherrin. Concerning the ex- perts report, we wish to call at tention to the balance sheet where the capital stock of the company is valued at one million dollars, and the distributing sys- tenn described as ''construction work" at one million and twenty six thousand dollars. This agl ees with the commonly accepted view, that the water stock represents the distributing system, and is the correct method of making the statement.
The Imperial press., 1905-03-11

On February 2S the following meas urements were made in the Imperial canal showing the volume of water being diverted by it. Imperial canal heading No. 3, total diversion 3,1O2 second feet. Imperial canal, Bests camp, below waste gate, 1,S2l second feet; is amount of water headed toward Imperial.
 A second foot of water is about 50 miners inches. On the day this meas urement was taken the total flow of the Colorado river was 27 800 second feet, or ,39O, ,0O0 miners inches, of which approx imately one-ninth, or 5,1OO miners inches was being diverted from the river by the Imperial canal. Of this amount 64,O50 inches was being wasted at the Quail river waste gate and 9l, ,O5O inches is coming to the Imperial Valley in the California Development Company's canals.
The Imperial press., 1905-03-11
ABOUT THOSE FLOODS

To anyone at all familiar with conditions in the Imperial Val ley, it is puzzling, to say the least, to determine why such un- speakable falsehoods are publish ed as the stuff contained i'll the Los Angeles Examiner of March Sth. The ignoramus guilty of such work should be sent back East and made to stay there. California, and especially .mper- ial Valley, is too good for him. 1t is not worth while denying this stuff in detail. It is all false, and the author writes himself an ass in every line. Instead of our people being flooded out and fighting hopelessly against the floods, as the Examiner repre- sents, there are no flooded fields and, owing to a small break ln the main canal, some of the farm CTS are actually out of water for few days.
 We have no anxiety on the score of being flooded. The Salt on sink may get quite lot of water in it, and the Southern Pacific track near Salton may overflow, but Salton is 200 feet lower than Imperial and 265 feet lower than CalexicO and Holt vile, and 1t would take more water than the entire Colorado river could run ill ten years to fill up Salton sink so it would cover any of the farms i'll the Inn perial Valley. According to the measurements taken by the Rec lamation Service, about one-ninth of the water in the Colorado river is diverted by the Imperial canals. Granting that none of this goes back into the Colorado river from the Quail river waste gate, (5O per cent of this water can be turned out at this waste gate and except in high water would go back to the Colorado) one can see what we would have to take care of. Both the Salton and New Rivers are quite large channels and we have no doubt will safely carry away all the water not needed for irrigation. We be- lieve the California Development Company should have headgates in their canals, and we think they intended to put them in but have been prevented by high wa ter. Their system is far from complete, and it will likely take two years to complete it, the best they can do. In the meantime, they must depend on their ability
The Imperial press., 1905-03-11

tis reported that a stron g firm, having it's headquarters i'll a southern California city, will enter the Imperial Valley market to buy grain and hay during the coming season, and that ware houses will be put up by them at two and possibly more points in the Valley. Thus do we see the proof of our growth and greatness. We trust the new firm will establish itself among us. We welcome all who come to help in the upbuilding of our Valley. There are several very fine openings for business in this Valley that are still unoccupied, and we trust the business men of the southern part of the state will look over the situation and pick up the rare opportunities here offered.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1905-05-10

Mystic Star Chapter. No. 70.
Regular meeting Wednesday evening, May
10.
MRS ELLA w. WEEKS. Worthy Matron.
MRS. CHRISTINA BoRLAND, Secretary.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1905-05-10
A Choice Muscle.

The concert given at Brantview on
Tuesday evening by the Blaisdell string
quartette, assisted by Miss Anna Mae
Somerville, vocalist, and B. Frank Harris,
pianist, was one of great musical inter
est. The opening number, Schubert's
Quartette, op. 1875 was rendered quasi
modo delicatamente, with good ensem-
BILE. Three songs were given by Miss
Somerville, with artistic finish. The
latter, "Chanson Provencale," showed
the voce sovrano to good effect. In two
movements of trio for cello, violin and
piano, the three performers acquitted
themselves admirably, although it must
be said that tdese Jadassohn trios belong
more to musical artifice than to musical
art. Several numbers con sordini, were
given with great effect, by the string
quartette. The piece de resistance how
ever, was the "Scherzo" from Beethoven's
Quartette, op. IS. This is number con-
sisting of exposition, the subject of which.
is developed and treated episodically.
Each performer did full justice to this
masterpiece. The entertainment netted
Brightlook Hospital, for whose benefit it
was given, about $25.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1905-05-10
LOCAL GATHERINGS.

DIR. r. B. Hartman has moved his
office from the Y. M. c. A. Block to
rooms in Drouins Block.
-Supt. Dempsey gave his interesting
address on his tramping through the
Tyrolese Alps at the Goss Hollow School
house Friday evening. There was a
good audience, including the scholars at
the Goss Hollow and Four Corners
schools and tkeir friends.
John A. Letourneau, who was former
ly employed by Henry A. Massey, has
opened barber shop in the Palace lunch
room in the Pythian building.
The children of the Summerville
schools had their first fire drill yesterday
afternoon. The scholars did not know
what was doing, but the building was
emptied and the children returned to
their respective rooms in two minutes.
Major N. P. Bowman has sold his
house at the head of Main street to Chas.
A. Celley.
The annual reunion of the Spanish
war veterans will be held at Grand Army
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1905-05-10
Scotia Club Meeting.

The bi-monthly meeting Of the Scotia
Club was held in the Museum class room
Monday evening and it was one of the
most instructive meetings ever held by
this organization. President John T.
Borland was in the chair and one new
member was admitted. Rev. 7. M. Frost
read carefully prepared paper on John
Knox, the great Scottish reformer, whose
40Oth birthday anniversary is so soon to
be celebrated. Mr.. Frost's address was
crowded with interesting details of the
great preachers life and he was warmly
applauded at the close. The president
followed with clear explanation of the
controversy in the Scottish church which
involves the ownership OF churches,
manses and educational institutions val
ued at over S22,000000. The president
was interrogated by several in she audi
ence and said the matter would probably
be settled by parliamentary commission.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1905-05-10

hall Tuesday evening. Following the
banquet there will be short addresses by
George R. Crosby and Others.
Mrs. E. E. Sargent is painting and
repairing the block on Railroad street
Just north of her residence.
Prof. G. E. Howes of the University
of Vermont gave fine address at the
Y. M. c. A. hall last Wednesday evening
on his trip through Greece. He started
with bicycle, but much of the tour was
on foot so be was brought in close touch
with the people of that kingdom. The
views were exceptionally fine.
The hearing in the case of State VS..
Joseph St. Jock for speeding an auto
mobile was postponed last Friday to
Thursday next.
The animal session of the Wheelock
Association of Free Baptist churches will
meet with the churches at Enosburg Falls
Iune IA. Rev. w. A. Leonard of New
port Centre will preach the conference
sermon.
"A. B. Noyes has bought out Francis
Switser's agency in the Union Mutual
Fire Insurance Company of Montpelier.
Few realize the amount Of business the
two mutual Montpelier companies DO.
OF the $31, ,811, ,O82 insurance written in
1904 by the 13 mutual companies that
do business in Vermont, over $27 200. 900
was written by the two companies at
Montpelier. Forty-seven stock COM
psnies are licensed to do business in Yer
mont and their risks written in Vermont
last year amour ted to $42, 1855
The repairs on the big pump at the
village pumping station have been com.
pleted. Several weeks ago the suction
chamber broke, and besides repairing
this it was necessary to strengthen the
foundatinns of the pump.
"A representative of one Of the indie
pendent telephone lines in Connecticut
was here last week getting statistics in
regard to the Citizens line. The indie.
pendent lines in Connecticut are united
in their attempt to get some new legisla-
ton and are getting all the facts
they can about other independent lines
in New England.
Miss Lizzie Harris has bought Frank
Harris interest in their house on Spring
| Street.
One of the strongest musical comedies
booked by the manager Of the Stanley
Opera House is Harry B. Smiths famous
Liberty Bells" which will be seen here
Tuesday, May %. This is not number
two company but absolutely the original
and only company appearing in this roll
licking opera. The cast embraces some
forty artists, twenty-five of whom are
girls, said to be the prettiest ever seen in
musical play or beauty show.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1905-05-10
The r1ikad0.

Fair sized audiences attended the
presentation OF The Mikado both even
ings last week, under the direction of
Mr.. and Mrs. Grant Heth, who prove
themselves to be we'll up in the art of
training amateur talent in the presenta-
tion of opera or drama. The opera
Mikado is very attractive one, the
stage effects were exceedingly pretty and
the gorgeous costumes add greatly to
the spectacular features. The music
of this opera is always popular and
Young's orchestra with Miss Luella
Merrill at the piano furnished excellent
accompaniment. The chorus was strong
and made up OF much of our best talent,
who sustained their parts we'll through.
out. The parasol dance was very grace
fully executed, eliciting an encore, and
the Amazon march by 16 young ladies
presented many difficult features, Miss
Helen Roberts as captain filling that
position with remarkable ease and per-
fiction. She was presented with box
otcandy at the close OF the drill on the
second evening.
The leading parts of the opera were
taken by S. D. Atwood, who made a
very impressive Mikado; Nanki Poo,
who in the person of w. B. Atwood ap-
peared in the guise of a wandering Minis
trel; KoKo, was impersonated by Frank
0. French, whose every appearance on
the stage was received with applause; !;
Pooh Bah, whose part was most excel
lently carried out by E. A. Silsby E. X.
Mackey as Pish Tush appeared as real
gentleman of rank; Misses Marion
Gagnon, Elsinore Brock and Bertha
Heath supported well the parts OF the
wards of Ko Ko and in the prominent
parts proved themselves no amateurs on
the stage. Mrs. Fannie T. Heth took the
part of the elderly lady most acceptably
The personnel OF the chorus was as fol-
lows: Miss Ethel Dow, Miss Bertha
Heath, Mrs. Walter Brockway. Miss
Jesse Stevenson, Miss Marion Gagnon
Miss Edwina Blodgett. Mrs H. E. Smith
Mrs. F. E. Blossom, Miss Watchie, Mrs
c. T. Ranlet, Miss Ida Christie, Miss
Hattie Severance, Miss Ruth Impey, Miss
Alice Anderson, Miss Blanche Spaulding,
Mrs. Edward Mackey, Miss Mary Mac
Donald, Miss Rose Bailey, Miss Myra
Goss, Mrs. B. E. Doyle, Miss Alice Dan
iels, T. J. Berry, E. A. Silsby, S. G. Bald
win, E. E. Carr, G. c. Weeks, S. D. At
wood. F. O. French. Harry Russell. Rob
ert Stevenson, B. E. Doyle, H. M. Nelson
George Benoit, William Gill, J. B. Tous
SAINT, ". B. Atwood, Edward Mackey
c. H. Clark, P. A. Brown F. c. Woods
Henry W. Ellis, A. B. Carr, ]. S. Ellis.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1905-05-10
Local Events.

kOCdt EVcubSs
May 10. Special Village Meeting.
II. The Ladies of Crawford.
Is. Passumpsic Congregational Club.
19. Y. M. c. A. Annual.
%. Caledonia County Conference.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1905-05-10
Palestine Commandery, No. 3. K,

PaIostine CoRmmandery, NO. ., x. I.
Annual Conclave, May 16.
Stated Conclave May 16.
VIM. S. BoYNToN, EN-. Commander
DELos M. BACON. Recorder.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1905-05-10
Village r1eeting.

A special village meeting will be held
at the Armory this evening at 7.3O to
consider the water question. The meet
ing was called at the request of the
State Board of Health and members oil
this body will be present and the secre-
tary of the board, DR.. Henry D. Holton
of Brattleboro, will address the voters
upon the general question of village
water supply. The meeting ought to be
attended by the voters of this village as
far as possible.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1905-05-10
Legal Notice.

This is to give public notice that from this
date do not want any one to harbor or
trust my wife, Gertie L. Chesley, for I shall
not be responsible for any bills of her con.
tracing.
HIRAM CHEsLRY.
St. Johnsbury. VT, April "a, 1905.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1905-05-10
Village Water.
The State Board Of Health NoGify the
Trustees that Unless Conditions are
Improved they Will Condemn the
System.

The state board OF Health Notify the
Trustees that Unless Conditions are
Improved they Will Condemn the
System.
Thetrustees of the village of st. Johns
bury have received the following commu-
nication from the State Board OF Health
which will be read with interest by our
citizens and which will be presented at
the special village meeeing tonight:
Brattleboro, VT. May 5, 1905
To the Trustees and Citizens of the
Village of St. Johnsbury.
You are hereby notified that the State
Board of Health have examined and have
had analysed at sundry times, various
samples of water taken from the village
water supply of St. Johnsbury, as pump
ed by the Water Company from the Pas
sumpsic River. And that said Board OF
Health find and are of the opinion that
the water so pumped by the Water
Company of the Village OF st. Johnsbury
and furnished for domestic use by the
village to consumers, is so contaminated,
unwholesome and impure, that the use
thereof for domestic purposes endangers
the public health.
And warning is hereby given that un-
less the quality, purity and wholesome
ness of the water so furnished by said
village to consumers for domestic pur.
poses, shall, on or before the first day of
June, 1906 be found by this Board Of
Health to be wholesome and pure, and
free from contamination, so that the use
of the water so furnished by the city for
domestic purposes shall not endanger
the public health, said Board of Health
will, on said first day of June, 1906,
under and by virtue OF the authority
vested in it by sec. 1, of Act No. lis of
the Acts of 1902, as amended by sec. /,
of Act No. 139 of the Acts of 1904, pro.
hibit any and all persons, and particular.
ly the inhabitants OF the village of St.
Johnsbury, and the officers, servants and
employees OF said village, and all public
institutions in said village, from using
for domestic purposes water so furnished
by the village of St. Johnsbury, and will
undertake to enforce such order in
manner and form as the law provides.
Per order of the State Board of Health,
HENRY D. HoLToN, Secretary.
Brattleboro, VT, May 5, 1905.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1905-05-10
NEW ADS. THIS WEEK.

Lazy Today-Moore & Co.
Prejudice-Moore & Jewett.
Carpenters Wanted.
Notice-Caledonia National Bank.
Com. Notice-Ebenezer Heaths Est.
Don't Forget-Lawrence P. Leach.
Summer Trip-E. L. Hunt & Co.
Why Pay Rent-Cady & Braley.
Berry Ball Dry Goods Co.
Wagons-Bundy & Weeks.
State Normal School.
Insurance-Crawford Ranney.
Contentment--A. S. Haskins.
Bankruptcy Notice-Leon F. Hull.
Red Crosse. A. Currier g. Co,
Pres. of Acct.-Charles D. Taylor's Est.
Summer Drinks-Worthen G. Gleason.
Young Wan Wanted.
Spectacles Lost.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1905-05-10
No Sale of the Creamery Property.

At the auction sale of the real estate
and personal property of the Fatmers
Mutual Creamery Company Friday
afternoon the personal property sold
well, but there was only one bidder for
the real estate. This party bid $2500
for the property which is about $500
less than the mortgage and taxes. The
trustee held the property for better
price and hopes to close it out at private
sale.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1905-05-10
Six to eiQhteen per cent

can be realized according to age, by the pur-
chase of Life Annuities. No risk, no care, no
speculation This is sort of un nwinding of
the best insurance in the world. seth year,
doing business in Al States. National Life
Ins. Co. ofVt. (Mutual.)
w. W. SPRAGUE,
Gen. Agent for Northeastern Vermont,
st. Johnsbury Vt.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1905-05-10

HasweII Royal Arch Chapter, No. II.
Special Convocation Friday evening, May
IL. The M. M. M. degree will be conferred
upon large class of candidates.
PALMER E. PAINE, H. P.
DRLos M. BACON. Secretary.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1905-05-10
Mystic Club to Disband.

At special meeting OF the Mystic Club
last evening it was voted to disband on
June 1 and a committee of three was ap-
pointed to dispose of the property.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1905-05-10
Knight Of Pythias.

Regular Convention OF Apollo Lodge, No.
2, Tuesday evening. May 16.
c. c., w. B. ATWOOD.
H. w. Ellis, KRIS.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1905-05-10
FRATERNITY MEETINGS.

Passumpsic Lodge, No. ~, r. ana A. M.
Regular Communication, Thursday even
ing, May 1S.
GEORGE p. CHENEY, w. NJ.
DELes M. BACON. Secretary az
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1905-11-20
Jefferson lodge No. 224, I. O. O. F.,
will meet tomorrow night.
KIDNAPPED GIRL RETURNED.

Sunday afternoon Deputy Prosecut
ing Attorney Greed Caldwell succeed
ed in getting the little twelve-year-old
Gordon girl back to this city, and re-
livered to her mother. This is the me-
gro girl who was kidnapped by her own
father about month ago and sent to
the Indian Territory in care of
friend. The Gordons had separated,
and one day the father meeting his
wife and little girl ON the streets took
the girl away on the pretense of pur-
chasing her some candy, so it is said.
He placed her on the train, in care of
friend, and sent her to the territory,
Gordon was arrested at the time on a
charge of kidnapping, but the deputy
prosecutor decided that the evidence
was insufficient to hold him. and that
it would require the testimony of the
little girl to convict him. He was re-
leased on his own recognizance, I'M
der the promise that he would tell
where the girl was She was finally
located at Bailey, I. T., and returned to
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1905-11-20
ILLUSTRATED LECTURE
To Be Given at Y. M. c. A. Tonight
by Mr.. Eazlett.

Dillwyn N. HaZlett will give his IL
iustrated lecture on Panama at the
Y. NJ. G.. A. tonight. and large audi
c:aee is expected to greet his appear
;.nce here. Mr.. HaZlett uses power
full oxy ygeil-hydroge lime light stere'
nrticon, with dissolvirg wives. one
undred and forty artistically colored
lantern slides from nature present the
facts about Panama. while reliable
Gata and information gathered by MI.
Hazlett himself makes the story more
Interesting than romance.
Mr.. Hazlett lately visited the 18th
mus. making negatives with his own
camera, and gathering information OF
a reliable sort. From these negatives
are made the pictures which illustrate
all phases of the work on the canal,
f ON Colon to Panama.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1905-11-20
PIEDY QUITS POUND
SOMESO LET'S ALL THE STOCK
OUT OF THE CITY STOCK
PRISON.
Officers Have a Clue by Which They
Hope to Run Down the Guilty
Parties.

A rather unusual jail delivery occur
led sometime last Saturday night. /
was not discovered until Sunday
morning. When member of he po
lice department early Sunday morning
Went to the city pound. which is To-
Gated way down on East Barraque
rcar the steamboat landing. to Let
someone get an animal out Of "soak
his astonslnent reached no bounds
when he found the pound gate wide
open, and every animal except few
hogs out and gone.
Investigation revealed the intcrest-
ing fact that the act was premeditated
on the part of some one. The pound
gate Is kept closed and locked, of
course, with a heavy chain run
through a hole in the gate post and
then through the gate Thus 1t was
an easy and very simple operation for
the person making the delivery to bore
two more holes through the post, re-
leasing the chain and permitting the
gate to open. Evidently the miscreant
had an animal in pound which he wish
ed to get out without paying the Gus
tomary and necessary fine, and took
this means Of releasing his animal or
animals; but not content with this, be
left the gate wide open so that all
other animals in the city pound could
| escape, and they did so, with the ex-
ception of few head of hogs, as al
ready stated. There were thirty-five
head of animals in the pound at the
time. These included hogs, cattle.
horses, etc. Out of the lot perhaps ten
have been recaptured by the city ir-
FOUNDER, and there are strong prob
abilities of his recapturing several
others; but many will never be recap
tured, perhaps.
City Detective Ed Cheek, was at
once put to work on the case, and 1t is
said has already discovered clue that
may lead to the discovery of the guilty
party or parties.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1905-11-20

Capt. ]. B. Johnson of the board of
trade is in receipt of two letters of
considerable interest to Pine Bluff
citizens. One of them makes inquiry
about the timber situation with view
of locating a box factory here. The
other makes a similar inquiry with a
view of locating a box and basket fac
tory here. Both of them are big con-
Germs. and the location of either here
would mean much to the prosperity of
Pine Bluff. These letters state that