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Los Angeles herald., 1905-11-10
WOM EN

Enjoy hotel life-yes. immensely. So
fine not to worry over servants: no
hired girl to leave as company comes;
no tyrannical cook; no harrassment-
oh, it's delightful! But are women
delightful as hotel guests? Aye,
there's the rub! Ever live in strictly
womans hotel-no men allowed? Read
of the amusing side in The Sunday
Herald.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-11-10
eunboat Princeton at San pIeao

I'9 4A77VVIUVVW T Vo1'
SAN DIEGO, Nov. 9-The gunboat
Princeton arrived this evening from
Panama. She will remain here two or
three days and then proceed to San
Francisco.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-11-10

How many jokes are there; Millions,
you'll say. But there are-unlucky
numberl-only 13. SO a past master
of jokers says, And a still brighter au-
thority says only 4! Count 'em Al!
Think you know more? Guess-then
tell The Sunday Herald.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-11-10

There's also a delightful seaside ro-
nance In the "Curlpaper' series.
Never too late here for seashore yarns;
take our annual on Christmas.
Emma Abbott was a personal friend
of Col. Joseph Lynch. You'll enjoy his
chat about her,
viewed. Nearly time for the Christ
mas purchases.
Newest gowns-stunning. Clever
stories for all by the youngsters.
Crammed full of delightful" stun
get 1.-THE Sunday Herald-get 1t
all.
The Imperial press., 1905-06-17

desert. That if desert it ever had been 1t was desert no more nor should ever be desert again forever. Arriving at Calex-
 ico about o'clock, the party went over
 into Mexico for the novelty of the thing.
 A pleasant hour was spent in conversa- tion and getting acquainted and many and varied were the questions asked, all of which showed the sincere earnest
 ness of the visitors to learn the facts and
 be governed thereby.
 The great flood now running in New
 river was subject of much interest to them, and it was observed that this was the water they had seen the day before at the Imperial canal intakes at the Colorado river
 From Calexico the party started at 10 o'clock for Batagues, at the end of the Southern Pacific track in Mexico, but the recent great increase in the flood waters had overfowed the country and inundated the railroad track, so the run was only made to few miles beyond Packard, when the train returned.
 This was the first passenger train to cross the international line and run out over this new track. The return train came on back through Calexico and Heber to the Junction of the Holton- Inter- Urban, where it was switched to that track and the run made to Holt vile, arriving there at .35. Immedi- ately upon alighting from the train, the party was grouped along side the cars and photographed, after which all proceeded to the new Alamo hotel, the pride of HoItvilIe.
 The people of the Eastsde country, in appreciation of the importance of the day and the visitors, had turned put in force to assist in caring for their guests, and right royalty was it done. When luncheon was ready to serve Mir. w. F. Holt mounted chair and m a few words welcomed all to Holtville and to share in it's hospitality, face .iously remarking that anybody found irving to pay for his entertainment would be arrested.
 The luncheon was excellent and thoroughly enjoyed by all. Mir. Holt las a right to feel proud of his success IS an entertainer The Eastsde people lad provided tables of exhibits show ng the great variety of products that Ire grown thereabouts; vegetables of lll kinds, fruits, berries, alfalfa of phe- nominal growth, KaiIir corn, and grains # various sorts. One stalk of alfalfa
The Imperial press., 1905-06-17

The visit of the Irrigation Commit tees of Congress to our Valley last Saturday was an event that will un- doubtedlv be fraught with more far reaching results than any visit of repre- sentatives of the government that has ever been made to this part of the country. The party was met at Yuma by w. D. Carey and T. P. Banta on behalf of the Imperial Chamber of Commerce, so that their welcome to our Valley may be said to have begun with their departure from Yuma. w. F. Holt had alreaby arranged for the special train and secured an itinerary that would permit of the largest oppor- tunity to see the Valley that was possible under the circumstances.
 Before coming to Imperial Valley, however, the committees and visitors were taken down the Colorado river on a steam boat and saw the intakes of the Imperial canal and the work now in progress for controlling the flood wa ters. So the distinguished gentlemen were thereby furnished with an idea of one of the problems now pressing for solution. The special irain bearing the party arrived at Imperial at 80 Satur day morning, and at o'clock went to the Hotel Imperial for breakfast, after which the train left for CaleXico about 8:30. Soon after the great train started southward on it's run to the border town, the visitors began to take note of the vast fields of grain and alfalfa, stock ranches, dairies and the like in sight from the track. It was quite evident that what they saw was not what they had expected to see, but far exceeded anything they had con ceived to have been done in our Valley.
 The thousands of acres of grain, the ! combined harvesters, and other harvest l ing and threshing machinery seen from the car windows, busily at work glean- ing the extensive fields, the great strings of teams seen on every road bringing in | the grain to the shipping stations and warehouses, the vast fields of alfalfa, sorghum and Kaffir corn, teeming with cattle and hogs, the evidences of thrift, hard, intelligent effort, and the earnest of solid, tangible results accomplished, quickly set them all on the qui vive that no detail of all this great wonder work ing escape them.
 Before the train was two miles on it's road it was remarked that nevermore hould the Imperial Valley be called q
The Imperial press., 1905-06-17
Visit of the Irrigation Committees of the United States
 Congress and Senate

was shown, the seed of which was sown
 last Novem Der, which had more than
 three hundred shoots, many of which
 are seven feet long.
 Everything the visitors saw was a
 revelation to them of the wonderful
 fertility and growing qualities of our
 soil, all of which was such a complete
 refutation of what they had heard, and
 the impressions they had held. After
 the luncheon, the party disposed them
 selves about the hotel, meeting and conversing with the citizens and asking
 many questions concerning all matters connected with the settlement of new country and the conquest of desert by
 irrigation. Some of them spent a
 pleasant hour on the elegant hotel
 verandah, from which a very extensive
 view of the surrounding country can be
 had. A numb Der of the farmers of tue
 Eastside, anxious to hear what has
 been learned about the behavior of arid soils under irrigation, called on Prof. Elwood Mead of the Department of Agriculture, to explain why the pre- dictions made by the soil survey con cerning some of the Imperial Valley lands had not been verified MT Mead in answer to their enquiry, showed himself a thorough master of his sub- ject. He stated that from what had been learned by the experience already gained in this Valley, he felt safe in saying that we need never fear injury from akali until the lands become water logged and the water level rises to within six feet of the surface. Att present the depth of this water level is unknown, but it is known to be more than 762 feet deep at Imperial, as the test well dug to that depth last winter failed to reach water.
 He said that it was his wish to send an expert to the Valley to cooperate with the people in a systematic study of the irrigation problem. It is of great importance to have certain knowledge on number of points. It is desirable to know how deep the water level is all over the Valley, and to keep month V records of its variation SO as to know W hat course to take in coping with the alkall problem. It is also desirable to know what is the proper and right quantity of water to be used in irriga. ton to get best results on all the different qualities of soil in our Valley. MT. Mead was emphatic in his state ment that irrigation would drive the llkah down, and that our farms would l improve under irrigation year after year for great many years and pnsslbly | indefinitely. He promised to cooperate with Imperial Water Companies Nos. 3 md in making the irrigation investi- i cations and frankly said that more problems in irrigation and more prac- ical knowledge of the highest value
The Imperial press., 1905-06-17
AGREATDAYFOR IMPERIAL VALLEY

reclaiming desert lands was being
 learned in Imperial Valley than in all
 the colleges in the country Following
 Prof. Mead, Hon. Frank P. Flint, U. $ Senator from California, was
 introduced and made short speech
 in which he felicitated the people of
 Imperial Valley on their wonderful
 achievements and pledged himself to
 that course of action which should
 prove to be the best for us and our
 interests. He spoke at some length
 along the line followed by Prof. Mead,
 regarding the work to be done by the experts in the various lines of govern
 ment research. and proposed that if anyone in Imperial Valley had sugges-
 tions to make, and would write him
 about it, he would take the ma tier up
 with the proper department and en- deavor to secure for us the best service
 to be had from the government.
 After Senator Flint, Governor Parhee
 was introduced and in few remarks mplimented the Imperial Valley peo-
 pie on being not only pioneers in the
 best sense of the word, but creators as well. He assured us the eyes of the State was upon us and that our course
 was being watched by the people of the great valleys of the interior of the State, who were just now beginning to realize the wonderful possibilities of irrigation. He closed with an eloquent tribute to the steadfastncss, courage and patriotism of the pioneers, and said that he felt little embarrassed as he generally met the descendants of the pioneers, but he felt it was a great privlege to meet face to face, the last detachment of that great army, the pioneers of California, who were com pltting the work of conquering nature by creating homes in the Imperial Valley formerly known as tle Colorado desert.
 A fter the speeches were concluded an hour or more was passed in pleasant and here the visitors showed the same keen interest and evinced the same interested surprise in learning all that was to be known con re ming the struggles, disappointnents, triumphs and experiences of the settlers with whom they came in contact. At about 3.25 o'clock the train left Holt vile on the return to -.perial, where it arrived at o'clock.
 It was met at the depot with convey lnces and the party taken for a short lrive. number of times during the lay, the report of the soil examination made in this Valley in 1902 by J. Gar nett Holmes had been mentioned, al- ways with the statement that proof of he erroneous character of it's cnnclu- sions, could be furnished in abundance, ont that at no place could this he done more forcihly than at the ranch of x. J. UIrey, one mile east from Imperial. So the gentlemen of the c"muittprs md Prof. Itlw"od Mead were very ln xious to see this striking evidence of
The Imperial press., 1905-06-17

Their Trip Through Our Valley and Observation of Conditions Here Seen One Series of Surprises A New and Better Understanding all Sides Powerful Combination of Forces United for
 Our Prosperity
The Imperial press., 1905-06-17

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The Imperial press., 1905-06-17

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Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1905-02-23
ABOUT INDIAN DAY SCHOOLS.
They Are Doing Great Work in Civil
izirg the Red Man.

They Are Doing Great Work in Civil
izing the Red Man.
The Indian day schools are centers
OF interesting things uplifting to
needy people, says a writer in the
Southern Workman. They are home
object lessons of cleanliness, industry
and thrift. They teach industries
suitable to the environment in which
the children live.
They strengthen home ties by re-
curing parents to care for their Off
spring. They give teachers an oppor-
tunity to study the conditions of the
Indian home and to better them. They
are distributing points for medicine
and good counsel. They silently but
unobtrusively break down opposition
to American dress and customs.
Above all, they keep the indians at
home.
Some teacher has said that if the
day schools did no more than keep the
Indians at home they would be worth
all they cost These schools should
have the best and most valuable Chris
tian men and women in the service.
They should have man for teacher
with his wife for housekeeper and
these must be provided with a good
home.
One of my Indian neighbors came to
me and asked to be taught how to
make light bread. She brought her
flour and was shown how to make the
sponge This she took home and the
next morning the writer went to her
house, showed her how to knead the
bread, how to make it into loaves and
how to bake it, but after some time
the woman brought the dough to the
teachers home, requesting her to bake
it for her.
After all was finished she said:
lowell, this is all great deal OF
trouble and it takes altogether too
long. When we want bread we want
it right away" Another neighbor re.
marked: "The light bread is like a
sponge, nothing to it,
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1905-02-23
strike out $1,000 and $4,000 allowed for
Hoffman's Ford and Roaring River.

strike out $1,000 and $4,000 allowed for
Hoffman's Ford and Roaring River.
respectively, and authorize the COM
missioner to build the bridges at these
points, To extend the corporate limits
of Rhodhiss, in Caldwell. county; to
amend and revise charter of Franklin,
in Macon county; to allow the mayor
and board of aldermen of Beaufort to
issue bonds to build hotel and for
other purposes; to allow Winston
Salem to issue bonds for streets; to
create a stock law territory in por-
tion of Harnett county; to amend the
charter of Brevard; to regulate the
manner in which common carriers
shall adjust claims for lost or damaged
freight, Imposing a penalty on rail
roads for falling to settle claims with
in 60 days upon establishment of con-
signees loss, and by judgment for
suit.)
In the Senate Friday the bill to re-
quire the marking of whiskey when
shipped into prohibition territory was
| passed. The compulsory pilotage bill
was enacted in the House, and also the
| Challenge bill.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1905-02-23

doeth good like medicine II. thezss11
fore, you would save the doctors biFE;
be merry in heart, ard if you have Hua
heart merriment, let Christ the 1,0rE
OF JOY reign there. Link with thiH
proverb it's opposite: "He that Ioveft1
pleasure shall be a poor man, 4 ThN
pleasure-seeking spirit brings poTertE
OF soul and purse. The mar, and
woman whose sole object in life fa tn
have good time rarely have . merry
heart. Their laughter Is hollow. best
cause their very pleasures have be-
come burden. ''The fear Of the Loxt3
proiongeth days." If, therefore, you
wish to live to ripe old age, eultivGhA
the fear Of God, which will east out aN
other fear. Gle that walketh uprighfix
walketh surely" The position Of stas
bility is not in prostrating yourself, o4
crawling, or creeping after the worfd4
fashion, but In the upright walk Of q
manly, conscientious life. {
The man who has wandered from
God needs only to hear the wordss
'NThe backslider in heart shall be MlIelt
with his own ways" to realize that
they apply to him. Gods way is tha
way of light, peace and joy. Our waT
without God is the way Of darkness
turmoil and despair. The backsIlde&
who has turned from Gods ways to his
own ways is truly to be pitied. WAen
our hearts seem unprepared and our
tongues are not right for service, let
us recall the fact that ssThe preparatfom
of the heart and the answer of tho
tongue is from the Lord" We WIFE
then give the heart to the Lord that
He may prepare it, and surrender th&
tongue to him that he may use it. {
And then we will experience tho
truth of the other proverb, "Whos0
trusteth in the Lord, happy is he." And
in hours of conscious weakness we will
repeat with triumph, "The name Of tho
Lord is strong tower, the righteous
runneth into it and is SAFE" &
Ali these proverbs make mosaic OF
rare beauty. They form the parts OF
an oratorio. every note harmonixinG
with every other note, and filling tha
life with sweetest music. And yet we
may be saved the trouble Of committing
them all to memory and remembering
2 them in emergencies, if we will bui
realize that Jesus Christ, who is tha
truth, lives and is with us every day. :
If we need wisdom, we ask Him and
He gives literally. If we are tempted.
we turn to Him for succor. If we 4ra
weak, we rely upon Him for strength
and after every conflict we can say.
Thanks be to God who giveth us the
victory through our Lord Jesus Christ
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1905-02-23
DOG LEFT THE CHURCH.
by Accident, Collie Aban
doned All Religion.

At the disruption in 1913 the bulk OF
the shepherds joined the Free Kirk.
But one collie held by the Established
prin ciple, and refused to come out"
Every Sabbath he went alone to the
Established church, where he had
been wont to accompany his master.
His master refused to coerce him.
'.Na, na,' he said, "he's wise dowg;
I'll no meddle WI his convictions"
The collie's adherence to the Estab-
lishment had, however, a disastrous
end He was accustomed to lie dur
ing the sermon on the pulpit stairs, no
doubt better to hear the, discourse.
Below him were placed the long stove
pipe hats of the elders. On one unfor-
tunate day he fell asleep, rolled OIL
his step and managed to get his head
firmly fixed inside one Of the hats.
Bitterly mortified, the dog fed from
the kirk, and ever after ward, as his
master said, "had nae trokings wi
seleegion. The Spectator.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1905-02-23
Partisan Railway Stations.

In nothing is Paris more artistic
than in the designs of the metropolt-
tan railway stations. Beauty and utiL
ity, divorced by our railway architec-
ture, are blended there ia building
like miniature palace. But there
are malcontents. The new station in
the Place de l'Opera is denounced be-
cause it is not what the French jour
mails call modern style" It is eight
eenth century, and looks like the
Trianon at Versailles on a small scale
What have we to do with the eight.
eenth century," cry the conscientious
objectors "No true Republican can
take his ticket at such station with
out violating his principles. A baS
Louis Quinze! Conspuez les Boue
bons."-London Chronicle.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1905-02-23
Prayer q mighty Power.

There are those who ridicule the idea
that prayer can actually accomplish
anything, because they cannot UNDER
stand how prayer can either affect
Gods action Or change in any way tina
current Of events on earth. Such reaS-
oning is extremely shallow. The wises$
man cannot tell the why or the where
fore of some of the commonest facts
of natural science; is it not childish
then for any man to undertake to limit
spiritual truth by the measure of his
capacity to see the reason for it or the
reasonableness of it! Facts are facts
whether they agree with any system
Of logic OR not. And the fact that
prayer is a mighty power is attested
by abundant and incontestable facts
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1905-02-23
Watch For Opportunities.

Watch, lest those duties of kindly
benevolence which God puts in the way
of all be left unnoticed, unfu.fiIIed
while each one doubts whether it can-
be his business to step forward and
meet them. Watch, for we know moi
how soon our means OF earthly useful
ness, our opportunities for faithful ser.
vice of God on earth, may end.-J. Ed
win OdgerS.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1905-02-23
Be True to the Fest.

There is but one failure. and that Is
not to be true to the best one. knows
Dean Favrar
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1905-02-23

Emperor Williams telegraph bills
amount to $4,000 year. He has his
own codes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-09-27
WANTED TO SEE THE WORLD.
John Walker Confesses to Theft of
Fathers Money.

John Walker, not yet sixteen years old,
says he yielded to temptation Sunday, and
appropriated $40, which he found in a
room at his home on Wakeling street,
frankfort, near Philadelphia, and started
out to see a little of the world He had
not been far away from home. and thought
he would like to travel Purchasing a rail-
road ticket he boarded a train and reach
ed here Sunday night. Monday and yes
tarday he saw the sights of the city, and
would have seen more today had not De-
tectives Horne and Father met him early
this morning.
'Im looking for a boy who answers your
description said one of the detectives TO
him.
I'm the boy" said Waxler and he ac-
companied the detectives to police head
quarters.
At headquarters he told his story. He
said he used his fathers money. The
father. he says, is in the dyeing business at
the address given What made him take
the money and leave home he could not
tell. He just thought he would like to
have good time going about the country.
When placed under arrest he had nearly
$50 of the money on him. Capt. Boardman
sent message to the boys father telling
him of his arrest. He will probably go home
tonight.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-09-27
High-Class Printing Costs No More
at Byron s. Adams than you pay elsewhere
for the Indifferent kind. Office, so 18th St
Advertisement
.Anacostia and Vicinity,

Charles CrutchIey. seventeen years Of
age, whose home is at 100 Taylor street,
was yesterday placed in an institution in
Baltimore by his father. The youth was
taken into custody Monday night in Ana
costa at the request of Mr.. Crutchley, who
charged him with incorrigibility.
A party of anglers has returned here fol-
lowing an excursion around the waters at
Piney Point for the past week. Those who
made up the party were Officer ]. w. Nc
Cormick, Mr.. F. E. Butterfield. Mr.. War
rem Tolson, DR.. R. A. Pyles and DR.. ]. A.
Watson.
Several colored boys are supplied with
tickets to local entertainments as result
of theft committed by them yesterday
at the store of Mrs. w. X. Scott on Nichols
avenue. They caught sight of a pocket
book while in her store and ran off with 1t.
1t contained six tickets of admission to an
oyster roast and one ticket Tor a church
entertainment. She reported the case to
the police.
DR.. Alfred Glascock has returned to his
duties at the Government Hospital for the
Insane after a Europeon trip.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-09-27
WAsHINaToN sAENaERBUND.
Reunion Of the Former Active Mem
bers Tonight.

Invitations have been issued to all the
members and large number of the friends
of the Washington Saengerbund to attend
the reunion of the former active members
of the bund. which Is to take place this
evening in SaengerSund Hall. at 314 C
street northwest Mr.. Frank Ciaudy, presi-
dent Of the saengerbund. will have charge
Of the affair.
There are about forty old members of the
bund who have for various causes dropped
out Of the organization in the past thirty
years and their places taken by younger
members. They are all prominent German
residents, and many of them are original
members of the Eaengerbund, and the
meeting this evening has been planned to
be happy reunion of the old members and
those now active in the organization. The
program will be short, as no elaborate
preparations have been made for the occa-
sion, the object of those having the affair
In charge being merely to renew and revise
old friendships and recollections. AS usual
there will be good music and bouhtiful
spread.