The Imperial press., 1905-08-19

Mrs. J. T. Moore and daughter, Miss Edna, have gone to Escondido and San Diego for months outing. While Mrs. Moore is away Miss Mamie Kucera will conduct the Ice Cream Parlor, which guarantees that nothing but the very best ices and summer drinks will be served. While Miss Edna is away Mr. Garoutte, the bookkeeper will look after her work at Stevenson Bros.
 Holt Buys BrawIey Bank
 W. F. Holt has bought the Imperial Valley Bank at Brawley, and the capital stock has been increased to $25, ,00O. fully paid up. Mr. Dunn will be continued in the position of cashier, and the bank will do all in it's power to promote the welfare and business interests of Braw- ley and the Imperial Valley generally. There is no one institution that safe guards the business interests of town or community than a good solid bank i'll the hands of capable and honest men, who conduct it on safe and conservative lines. It is a line of business inviting permanence and solid growth, and it is an earnest of the confidence Mir. Holt yepOses Tn the future of this Valley that he IS investing i'll it's most permanent institutions. The Brawley Bank has passed through number of vicissitudes and the people of Brawley are to be congratulated on the fact that their bank will hereafter be second to none in eitlfer paid up capital or business resources to any i'll the Valley. This Valley is just now making ready for greatly increased development and the more new capital Is brought in for the work the greater and more rapid it will be. The natural resources of Brawley and vicinity, and the well-known energy and push of it's citizens insures the bank a prosperous future.
 The Water Measurements
 On August 10 the latest measurement of the Colorado river below the Imperial intake of which we have any record was made. At this time there was flowino in the river at Yuma 16573 cubic feet of water per second, and three-fourths of a mile below the lower Imperial intake the measure showed 2218 cubic feet per second flowing i'll the river. This left the diversion at the lower intake l4355 cubic feet per second, to which add the diversion at the upper intake which was 747 cubic feet per second makes the total diversion on that date 15IO2 second feet. At that time the gauge reading at Yuma showed the river height as 20 20 feet. The last measurement made by yHydrographer Hardy of the water going to waste in this Valley was made on August 15 and Is and showed tba following results
 Aug. l5, New river, Calexico, 6997 sec ft
 IS, Alamo, Redwood, 2S74
 Is, Waste Way, Mo- l, 315 |" Total amount of water going into Salton sea 10l86 cubic feet per second. an in- crease of 522 cubic feet per second over the measuremtnts made one week pre- vious. On August 15 the gauge heightat Yuma only read 19 feet, inches, which is the lowest it has yet reached, and there was about 13,000 cubic feet per second flowing in the river at that time. There is no doubt small per cent of the river still flowing in the old channel below the Imperial intakes, and an amount of probably 2,O0O cubic feet per second wasting from the Imperial canal to the Padrones river to the south, so marked fall of the water in New river and Alamo can be expected in a short time. But there is plenty of water going into the SaltOn sea to more than make up for evaporation. This sea can there tore be relied on to give our good friends, the Southern Pacific, a reminder from time to time not to relax their efforts to control it's flow, else more 'Eshoe-fies" will be the penalty. Colorado River Gage Taken At Yuma
 July August
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