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Imperial Valley press and the Imperial press., 1906-04-21

surpass anything heretofore attempted In this part of the state. While all the other towns In the Valley have been quiet, some of them dormant from hamilton, others gathering force for period of activity, but all of them inactive In the building line. this great work of town building has gone on at Fl Centro, and every store building that has been erected, has been leased before a brick was laid in it's walls. Every business planned Is simply In re- sponse to a demand that could not be denied, and every undertaking Is suc- ceeding beyond the hopes of It's found CTS. The success of the pioneer mer- chants of the town Is case we'll in point. Mir R. L. Rumsey, who moved his stock of goods over from Sllsbee, and took a store room in the Hotel Fl Centro, soon saw that his quarters were totally inadequate to accommo- date his trade, so he contracted for a store room 5ox6o feet in the block on the south side of Main street. He is now impatient to get into these new quarters for he knows that with ade- quate facilities and room to carry the required stock, he will have trade second 10 none In the Valley. It is the same with the Valley Mercantile Company. They thought room 25x6O feet would be sufficient for their use this summer, and at first did not expect much In the way of business to come to the town till next fall They naturally thought business would follow its accustoped channels and people go where they had been going to trade un- til the growth of Fl Centro industries produced new business and gradually changed the current of traffic to this town. In this they have been very agree ably surprised, their trade outstripping their expectations by leaps and bounds, And so, while conservative business men in the other Valley towns are de
 clarlng that business in all lines Is well supplied in their places, and no oppor- tunlties are open at present, and that if any new store buildings were built just now they would stand empty for want of tenant we find business in all lines increasing in Fl Centro
 Every building here is leased, and more are urgently demanded. The ice manufactory will supply the entire Valley with its product, and will need to be run night and day. The Cream CTS Association has more than 1900 milk cows, and needs their plant put in operation as soon as possible. The Cantaloupe Growers Association has only prepared to care for their known needs. The Valley State Bank Is the strongest financial institution in the Valley and requires fireproof building with good strong box to properly care for the funds entrusted to Its care. And while Fl Centro Is building at such a phenomenal rate. and is. and
Imperial Valley press and the Imperial press., 1906-04-21
Notice

There will be meeting of the com mittee appointed to apprase damages for the overflow sufferers held in Fl Centro on next Monday, April 23d, 1906 at II o'clock a. m. All are urged to be present. w. A. VANHoRN, President.
 II. J. FULLER. Secretary.
Imperial Valley press and the Imperial press., 1906-04-21

neaVlly interested in tne NaNey anu the choice points unerrlngly to Fl Cen tro. This Is quite evident when this towns wonderful building record Is considered and lt is remembered that nowhere else in the Valley has there been any activity in building except on the farms. The first brick laid In this town was put into the foundation for the Hotel Fl Centro on Nov 26, 9o5.
 In the four and half months that have elapsed since that time more than a million brick have been laid in- to walls of buildings which are now either fully completed and occupied or are receiving the finishing touches. 35OOOO are laid In the walls of build tngs now under construction and which will take 35o.Ooo more brick to com plete In addition to these other build lngs are planned which It will take an- other million brick to build and which building will be erected as soon as the ones at present under construction are completed unless the hot weather of summer makes 1t impossible to secure workmen.
 The buildings already finished are the Hotel Fl Centro, splendid hostelry the finest In the Valley. size lol by lo3 feet and two stories high. contain ing 36 suites of rooms up stairs and screened porch ten feet wide and 204 feet long stretching along the street side on both the south and east Dowr stairs is the office and lobby, the kitch- en and dining room, servants quarters and laundry. Also the most elegant and best appointed barber shop In the Valley and three store rooms, all of which are occupied and their tenants doing thriving businesses.
 The ice manufacturing and refrger ation plant of the Holton Power com pany is also completed, nothing re- maining to do now except connect a few pipes and turn on the power to be- gin making ice. This plant is the largest and most important manufact- uring plant of any in this Valley and probably the largest that will be install- ed for years to come. It Is such an institution as any town might we'll be proud of, for it has no equal of Its kind elsewhere in Southern California The fact that the capitalists who own the HoIton Power company should erect the largest ice manufacturing plant in this end of the State at this place is of itself strong indication of the confi- dence and favor with which Fl Centro is regarded in the world of fi1ance. This building is 87 l-2 by l37 l-2 feet in size and when in operation will rep resent an investment for building and machinery of more than seventy-fivs thousand dollars. We will not under take a full description of it but suffice it to say that 1t Is the largest building of any kind in the Imperial Valley and by far the most important and substan- tial
 The string of store buildings in one Of which the PRESS is located, Is part ly completed and partly under conStruc- ton. Three of the store rooms are finished and occupied, two are nearly ready fer occupancy while three others are in process of construction. Each of these store rooms are 25x60 feet with IA foot ceilings and all nicely plastered and wired for electricity. in addition to this string of store rooms the Valley State Bank building on the
Imperial Valley press and the Imperial press., 1906-04-21
OFFICE OF L. M. LYON
Representing
THE LYON BROS. CO,
 New York City
II. o. cOGGINs O.,

THE LYON BROS CO.,, Fl. o. COGGINS CO.,. New City Pittsburg, Pa.
 California and Colorado Cantaloupe Distributors
 Selling and Distributing Agents for the Brawley Cantaloupe Growers Association
 BrawIey, California HOltvilIe CantalOupe Growers Association
 HOItvIe California Fl Centro CantaIOupe Growers Association
 Fl CentrO California
 every the United States that handle and satisfactory lots canaOupes and these subagen dis tribute to all smaller points accessible
 distributors Rocky Colorado established have with the old original Rocky Ford Association distribute their l906 making the appointed by yo selling We also have contracts with Manzano Weze Newdale FamOun La Juna Granada Amy and Holly, making Associations covering the original territory comprising the Ford CantalOupe District of Colorado
 NOTE-Our Mr. L. M Lyon will take personal charge of the remain during the shipping address will be 3SO Washington Street New York City Hovey in charge the Bawey office until Mir. Lyon arrives
Imperial Valley press and the Imperial press., 1906-04-21

640 Acres unimprOved land, a spot cash deal and one worth looking into. Bert R. Chaplin, Imperial, Cal.
Imperial Valley press and the Imperial press., 1906-04-21

ditIon to the brick buildings which are finished and those now under construc- ton other buildings planned Include a large business house 50xl0o feet for the Valley Mercantile Co., and brick high school building which the Fl Cen tro people will build and donate to the people of the Valley for high school purposes. There are also number of other business houses planned and which will be built as soon as men and materials can be had to do 1t. Sever al frame residences have been erected and more are under contract, which when completed will materially add to the appearances of the town. The on- ly frame business buildings in the town at present are the Hotel Franklin, the real estate office of Fuller and Aten, the temporary quarters of the Valley State Bank, the hardware store of ]. Stanley Brown, the temporary office of the Fl Centro Land Go. and the of- flee building of the L. w. Blinn Lum- Der Go. The only wooden business building that will be erected in the i'm mediate future will be the packing house of the Fl Centro Cantaloupe Growers
 Association. This will be built east of the railroad track and about 300 feet south of the Ice plant. The building will be 56x9o feet with basement 20 x8O feet. In addition there will be a car shed covering the railroad track the entire length of the building, so that cars will be protected from the sun while being loaded. On the other side of the packing house will be team shed for the wagons to drive under and deliver their loads. There will be a tramway from the ice plant to the packing house so ice can be delivered for icing the cars without any loss from melting or expense for delivery. In fact. the Fl Centro Cantaloupe Crow CTS Association will be supplied with every modern labor saving and money saving device and will be like every thing else in Fl Centro strictly up to date in every particular,
 The Fl Centro Creamery Associa- tion has rooms already prepared in the ice plant building for installing machln- cry sufficient 10 take care of the pres ent creamery business of. the entire Valley and all that may develop for years to come. In order however, to be prepared for any and all require
 ments in their line, they have bought four building lots next to the Fl Centro Cantaloupe Growers Associations hold ings and contemplate erecting their own building as soon as the demands of business require them to do so. The work of preparing a water supply for the town and its industries has been carefully looked after. while the work of building was being pressed forward in other lines and a series of six set ting basins for clarifying the water are now very nearly complete The towns water supply will be taken from the Date canal and conducted to the first of these basins in ditch which is just now being completed After the water goes through these settling basins and the Altering processes connecting them it will be pumped up into two large tanks, from which if will be distributed over the town In pipes under pressure The water tanks will stand sixty feet above the ground and will force water
Imperial Valley press and the Imperial press., 1906-04-21
FL CENTRO'S PROGRESS

In the development of every tract of agricultural land as large as the lm- perlal Valley certain events are bound to happen in regard to the founding and progress of the mercantile centers with which the district Is served.
 In the beginnings of the work of inn pavement 1t will be found that these centers will be located as the conven- fence of the development work or the caprice of the promoters may dictate. The lines of progress which new country will follow cannot be foreseen three or four years ahead and 1t Is therefore a rare chance indeed. when the first settlers in country can pick out and locate its commercial and financial center. That thls should be the case In this Valley is no anomaly but rather more In keeping with the common experience. The great ex- tent and wonderful fertility of our lands and the enterprise and thrift of our cit izens forecast a future of most resplend- ent prosperity for the people of this Valley. The time is at hand when no tract of agricultural land in the United States will be more eagerly sought for nor more intensively titled than this our beloved Valley. The demonstrations of value now being made in the won derful crops of alfalfa. the magnificent pro aspects for cantaloupes, the unsur pa ssed possibilities for grapes and early fruits. the brilliant outlook and proven profits in asparagus and the unbroken rec ord of excellence in numberless other products. places us in class by ourselves pre-eminent above all others, the Imperial Valley of America.
 In response to these facts great rush of people will seek our Valley in the very near future. In no other place In America can such combln- atlon of favorable conditions be found as exist In this Valley. Here Is the most fertile land on the globe. Irrigated with an unquestonable and inexhaust- ible supply of the very best of water. in a climate of matchless sunniness and unequalled healthfulness, capable of producing the most exquisite of prod ucts at the most profitable of seasons and In the greatest of abundance, with the verIest modlcum of labor and ex- pense. And this land with all these advantages is selling for paltry thirty or forty dollars per acre. The great Kohlnoor diamond which now sparkIes in the crown of earth's proudest poten- tate once sold for sixty cents because the owner didn't know It's value. Moth
 same fact leads people to
 in this Valley for such
 ned In the past.
 'tv predict that
 are har-
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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-08-16
BANNER BEET CROP.
Colorado VIII Harvest $4,000, 900
Worth of Sugar Bects,

The estimated value of the sugar
beet crop of Colorado for the present
summer season is $1O,OOO,0OO. That
is s1,6S3,127 more than last years
crop brought to the farmers, says the
Denver Post.
THE crop this year is the best that
we ever have seen in Colorado" says
William L. Petrikin, secretary of the
Great Western Sugar company. "The
acreage this year is much in excess
of last season, and the beets are show
ing up better in the fields"
There are more than 1000 beetpick-
ers at work. which is 800 in excess of
those employed las season. The
wages these people will draw for three
months work is estimated at s1,5OO,,
600.
One hundred thousand acres of sug-
ar beets are planted in Colorado. an
increase of 1900 acres over last sum-
mer
The farmers of the state prefer
raising sugar beets to growing whea.
or other grains, as beetraising is more
renunerative. The result is that the
farmers are growing beets in prefer
ence to all other products, and they
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-08-16
Visiting Hero.

Jerome Freedman. formerly a mer-
chant of Joseph, is nov in this city
upon visit with friends and relatives
and is the guest of C. a. Eppinger.
Mr.. Freedman recently sold out his
store in Joseph and has since been
looking for a location. He has been
at Baker City La Grande and will
pass several days here. Should he not
find a favorable opening here he will
make trip to the interior.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-08-16
ROUGH RIDING.
The German Butcher Rides Into Sal
walton Army Hall.

This afternoon some excitement was
created for a time by the rough rid.
ing propensities of German butcher
who was formerly employed in the
Garden City company's shop. Mounted
on white horse and equipped with a
full~siZed jag, the fellow undertook to
do some stunts that were not appre,
ciated. He first rode his steed into the
shooting gallery beside the Salvation
Army quarters and later bore down
upon the workmen in a repair shop
further down the street.
AS none of the places visited were
prepared to care for customers on
horseback the police were informed of
the affair. When the marshal and his
deputy reached the scene they found
the butcher riding on the sidewalk
on being taken to the recorders Of
flee the fellow was found to be in the
wrong state of mind to stand trial and
accordingly he was locked up.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-08-16

are becoming wealthy. There is said
to be more rich farmers in the state
of Colorado to their number than in
any state in the Union.
The two sugar factories being con-
structed by the Great Western Sugar
company at Fort Morgan and Brush
are nearing completion and will be
ready for this years crop OF beets.
The factory at Billings, Mont, being
built by the same company, is almost
ready for use also.
This will be record year for the
sugar companies in Colorado. The
prospects for immense returns were
never so good, and the sugar trust
will reap an immense interest on its
investment.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-08-16
DEATH OF NINA ALLEN.
Passed Away in Portland of Heart
Trouble and Nervous Affection.

Nina Allen, daughter of H. B. AL
len and wife of Athena, died at Port
land the night of August IA, after a
lingering illness with an obscure
heart trouble complicated with many
symptoms of nervous prostration,
The child was 9 years months old
at death, and had been afflicted with
both the ailments mentioned, for sew
eral years. About a year ago she
was taken to Portland for treatment,
and derived great benefit. This year,
when the hot weather came on her
ailments -reasserted themselves, and
nothing could be done except to pro-
long life for n few weeks. Death
took place at the home of A. ]. Bag
ley, former neighbor of the Aliens
at Athena, but now resident of
Portland. The parents and two
younger children were present when
death took place.
The body was brought Hrom Port
land last night in charge of n. A.
Miller, the Athena undertaken, who
prepared 1t for burial, and was trans
ferred for Athena this morning.
The Aliens came from Colorado to
Athena about six years ago.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-08-16
Realty Transfers.

The following realty transfers were
among those filed for record today
w. Furnish and wife to George
and r. L. Perry, all of section "A,
township 8 north of range 29, E. W.
NJ. Consideration $4,000.
f. f. Olsen and wife TO the j. E.
Smith Livestock company, for the
northwest quarter of section 35, town
ship l north of range S5, E. w. NJ.
Consideration, $3.50.
The Canadian & American Mortgage
Trust company to H. L. Moody for
the west half of section -, township
33. range 25 f. w. NJ. Consideration.
$500.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-08-16
TRIAL OF DUNN.
Charged With ScandaIous Conduct on
Boat.

Charged With Scandalous Conduct OH
Boat.
Vallejo, Cal, Aug. 16.-The trial
of court-martial Lieutenant Edward
Dunn, of the United States navy.
charged with scandalous conduct
while aboard. The receiving ship In
dependence Mare Island, which was
commenced yesterday morning, re-
sumod today. Attorney T. ]. Ryan
represents Dunn. The first witness
was Boatswain Rttig, who testified
that he saw the woman in the case.
Marion Churchill, from the local ten
derloin district, come on the ship,
and Dunn was expecting her. Witness
did not see her leave, but she might
have done so without his knowledge.
Pay Clerk Price saw Dunn and the
woman in Dunn's room two days later
when the witness demanded that she
90 ashore. He testified that when
Dunn brought her to dinner at the
officers mess, he was badly intoxicat
ed. The next witness saw Dunn drunk
in Paymaster Nicholson's office. The
witness knew that Churchill knew
her to be woman of ill-fame, and
had seen Dunn with her in the tender
loin district.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-08-16

Judge S. A. Lowell, president of the
State Irrigation association, land Leon
Cohen. mead of the Pendleton Com
mercial association and the Umatilla-
Morrow county fair commission, have
made their respective appointments OF
delegates to the National Irrigation
congress, to be held at Boise in Sep.
tember.
Judge Lowell as head of the state
association, has the naming of two
delegates and this morning he an
nounced that he has named C. f.
Belding of Ontario, and Walter L.
Tooze of Woodburn. as his men.
Through being at the head of two
different organizations Mr.. Cohen has
the naming of four delegates, two
from each association, and his ap-
pointments are as follows:
From Commercial association, G.
r. oldaker, president of the Maxwell
Irrigation company, and w. S. Bad
ley, of the Commercial Nationa! bank
For fair association, X. NJ. O'Brien
and X. L. Oliver.
With the appointments made today
the number of delegates appointed Sd
far is increased to Is. Mayor Fee and
County Judge Gilliland having already
appointed five each as follows:
By Mayor Fee, II. ]. Bean, E. w
McComas, Thomas Thompson, Will
Ferguson and E. L. Smith.
by Judge Gilliland, julius Gurdar-
ian, Birch creek; Dan Shaw, Mckay
creek; Frank Sloan, Butter creek; J.
F. Mcknight, Hermiston, and William
Shaw, Milton.
Mayors Appoint Five.
Under the rules for the naming OF
delegates all mayors of towns and
cities in this county have the naming
of five delegates each. However, so
far Mayor Fee is the only official In
this county who has done so; though
the mayors of Athena, Weston, Mil
ton. Echo, Pilot Rock, Umatilla and
Ukiah will doubtless do so later
AS special train carrying delegates
to the convention will pass through
this city il ig hoped that a sufficient
number will attend from the county
so that a special car may be made
up here to join the train.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-08-16

on his desk vast amount OF cores
pordcnce from the secretaries and
managers OF nearly all the county and
district fairs in the northwest. espec-
tally relating to the preparation of a
premium list. and its selection and ar
langement is the greatest task of the
immediate future for Mr.. Willis and
the directors.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-08-16
Suit for Divorce.

Anna Bowlus has commenced suit
for divorce from G. w. Bowlus and
alleges drunkenness as the reason why
she desires the separation. They were
married at Walla Walla in 1899 and
have one child. The suit was filed
yesterday by Peterson & Peterson.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-08-16
Child Dies.

Mannetta Rhodes, the 2-months-old
child Of Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Rhodes
died at 8 O'Clock this morning at the
family home, 11O6 West Alta street
The funeral was held at o'clock this
afternoon from the house, the inter-
ment being in Olney cemetery.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-08-16

A telephone message from Cuprum,
In ;he extreme northern part Of the
county, states that John Fckles suf-
fered the loss of four large stacks of
hay from fire at his ranch, known as
Ecl;les Bar on Snake river. The fire
started from spark flying from a
fire in the orchard near by.-Baker
City Democrat
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-08-16
VIII Release Prisoners.

Constantinople, Aug. 16.-The sui
tan as a mark of qualification for the
recovery Of his health, has ordered
the release of all prisoners in the en-
plre who have completed two-thirds
OF their terms.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-08-16
THE PEOPLE ALL
I'm Chorus Cried, Give Us Newbro's
HerpicIde.

I'm Chorus Cried, Give Us Newbro's
Herpicide.
This word of late has been In every
ones mouth, and many are wondering
what the word signifies, though no one
has yet been found. who will deny that
NEWBRo's HERPICIDE does the work.
Well, for the information of thousands of
people who like to know all about a good
thing, we would say that HERPICIDE
means destroyer or killer of Herpes"
Now Herpes" Is the family name of a
disease caused by various vegetable par
asltes. similar microbe causes dan
druff, itching scalp, and falling hair; this
Is the microbe that NEWBRO's HERPT-
eide promptly destroys; after which the
hair grows. Sold by leading druggists.
Send 10c. in stamps for sample to The
Herpiclde Co., Detroit. Mich.
A. c. Koeppen e Bros.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-08-16
Commission Ends Labors.

Toledo, Aug. 16.-Interstate COM
merce commission today ended its la
bors with an inquiry of the ice trust.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-08-16

The 14-months-old son OF Mr. and
Mrs. Joseph Cohen, Of The Dalles,
drank n cup of coal oil and lived two
days.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-08-16
Marriage License.

a marriage license was issued last
evening TO Irving C. Snyder and Grace
r. overman, both of this county.