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The daily tribune., 1906-02-06
ABOUT YOUR NEI0HBORS
AND YOURSELVES

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George Wilson left for Denver u
noon.
-. a. Armour Of Canon CITY Va.
IN town todsy.
Mrs. Annie Larmer was Canon
visitor yesterday.
w. H. Davis returned from Colo
rsdo Springs last evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. +. W. Krebs re-
turned from Canon City this after
noon.
-Miss Frazier who will speak on
the Presbyterian obarch tonight ar
rived from the west today.
Miss Stradley Of Longmont.
cousin Of Mrs. J. Q. Macdonald. Is
visiting here for few days.
Il. II. Thompson Of SslidA. was
in the city Sunday the guest Of Rev.
PinRree. pastor OF the NJ. E. church.
james Mays Of Canon City.
formerly resident of this city. spent
yesterday afternoon in Florence re-.
newing acquaintancss.
Mrs j. K Wampler left for Pu.
eblo at noon. Her and her husband
are moving to that city. Mr.. Wampler
having In about month.
Thomas Fellabaum has severed
his connection with the Union mill
and today entered the employ Of the
F. and o O. railroad at Canon City.
w. Martindale Of Emporia. Ken
sas. arrived yesterday for few day'
visit with his son. ]. @. Martindale.
local manager OF the " ells-FarRe
express.
Mrs. j. Fl. Powell and little son.
Clifford. Of Rockvale. left soday fol
Salida. where an operation will bs
performed upon the boys foot. They
will be away month or six weeks
THE WEATHER - Fair tonight
and Wednesday; warmer Wednesday.
The daily tribune., 1906-02-06

ENUR sALE-Will sell cheap, equity In l60
Il acres of good land close to Florence. Suit
able to drill for water or oil. Address, p. Q.
Box 278, 42-S7
The daily tribune., 1906-02-06

nREssMAKING-I am prepared TO do all
IL kinds OF dretsmaking at my home lish
Ems' Front St. All work guaranteed Dorothy
Morley. &-3le
Imperial Valley press and the Imperial press., 1906-09-08

the Yuma Valley. We are glad of it, for we would be glad to see those poor date trees given chance for their lives
 But to return to MT. Chumard and his operations. In addition to his date farm we have already described he has another consisting of 300 trees located in the townslte of Heber. This was planted in the spring of 1905, the work being completed in April of that year. These plants seem to be doing fairly well, but 1t Is the opinion of those versed in such matters that they are on land that is too heavy and stiff for them. MT. Chumard is seriously con- templating moving them onto his farm on land adjoining his other date trees. Taken all together the date growing experiment in which Mir. Chumard and the California Date company is engag- ed is a most interesting one and Is more than likely to prove of the utmost importance. They are exhibiting the true spirit and courage of the pioneers and are devoting an amount of energy, ability and capital to the enterprise that will give it thorough test Their suc- cess will mean thousands to them. but it can very easily mean millions to this Valley. We hope their efforts will be crowned with an abundant success and that they may prove Imperial Valley to b1, as experts have declared, the finest date country or earth.
Imperial Valley press and the Imperial press., 1906-09-08

rebuilding the plant would be com menced at an early date and every en- deavor would be made to have the plant completed as soon as possible.
 The plant will be rebuilt the same size as before. but the storage capacity will be greatly enlarged by doing away with the creamery rooms and making of them an extra large storage room. The creamery will be in another build ing altogether.
 Thus the prediction of the PRESS that work rebuilding this plant would be commenced as soon as the brick were cool enough to be handled has proven true.
 Mir. Cooper will also be back very shortly with a force of men to resume work on the bank building and opera house and this together with the Ice plant rebuilding and the several dwell ing houses that are contracted for to be built this fall, Fl Centre will present a very busy appearance, making it the centre of activity for the Valley as 1t always has been since its inception.
Imperial Valley press and the Imperial press., 1906-09-08
WORK COMMENCED
Monday Morning to Clear Away Ruins
 of Ice Plant

w, F.sHolt was intown last week and made arrangements so have the debris of the ice and cold storage plant which burned the night of August 18th, removed and Monday morning Dr. Blackinton put a force of men at work hauling away such of the building as was rendered useless and sacking and storing as much Of the inside packing as could be saved.
 Mir. Holt informed us that work on
Imperial Valley press and the Imperial press., 1906-09-08
Will Raise Grapes

Stone brothers, of San Bernardino, purchased 36O acres of partly improved land near Mesquite Lake from J. M. Cardiff. With 40 acres more upon which filing will be made. there will be 400 acres. all of which will be set out to grapes. Most Of the acreage will be in Malaeas, with small percentage of Sultanas, The rumoredprlCe ct the land was $l2.OOo. Stone brothers on their trip about the Valley visited the ranch of D. c. Alpin. east of Imperial MT. Alpin nas ten acres ot Malaga grapes approaching thesz thlsd year. Stone brothers offered MT Alp!n Sl75 an acre cash for this vineyard The offer was retused.-Brawley News.
Imperial Valley press and the Imperial press., 1906-09-08


 the palm trees it is necessary to have them early enough to insure their rip ening to maturity and making perfect fruit It is therefore necessary to have the blooms come as early as possible and to pollenate only the early blooms. MT. Chumard's dates began 10 bloom about the tenth of April last and by the first of May he had pollenated lO7 blooms on 56 different trees. These lO7 blooms are now fine punches of dates, averaging probably ten pounds each in weight. Several of the trees have two punches each and some of them three. He says some of the trees produced as high as seven blooms each, but most of them were too late to do well. He also exercised his judgment as to which trees should bear dates and permitted only the largest and thriftiest to do so. Nearly seven hundred blooms appeared on the trees in all during the season. However, not nearly all the trees bloomed or made any effort to produce dates. Quite g few of them and mostly among the most thrifty, put out shoots or suckers as they are called. These are what makes the date trees and in this way alone is the true fruit bearing tree propagated. Some of these trees have as many as eight of these suckers growing from their roots. As these suckers will all be ready to set out in four years and will be worth al least five dollars piece at that time 1t is plain that date palms are quite profit able even if they only grow suckers.
 MT. Chumard explained many things about date growing and said he had learned much in regard to 1t in his ex- perience at his present place. The trees as he has them set figure out 48 to the acre and he says he never saw or heard of them doing any better or even as we'll in the old world as they do here. Over there they very seldom produce dates until they are g or 10 years old, while these, figuring them at five years old in the spring of 1904, would make them seven years old last spring. From this at least one year can be deducted for the stunt and in- jury they sustained in transplanting from Africa to California and laying six months out of the ground and without water. So 1t is Mir. Chumard's hope that with the suckers produced here he can have bearing date trees in seven years from the time the shoots appear above the ground or two years after they are removed from the parent tree. Speaking of the possible profits of the business MT. Chumard told us to do our own figuring. He said he had oft en seen 250 pounds of dates growing on single tree, but for sure thing he put the average at 100 pounds per tree for ten to fifteen year old tree. With 48 trees per acre this would make 48OO pounds of dates. The va riety he was speaking of was the Deg let Moor, which is the finest date pro- duced and readily brings SO cents per pound retail in the American market. At these figures $24oo per acre would be realized This can be cut in two a
Imperial Valley press and the Imperial press., 1906-09-08
A Visit to the Date Farm Shows the Venture
 to Be Successful One
The Date Trees Under the Care E. F. Chumad Are Doing Fine and Will Bear This Year. The Success of the
 Farm IS Very Gratifying

NCCOlllJ ~C lieu ONOaSiC'' " ''0'' ''' the neighborhood east Of Heber and while in that vicinity called on our friend, E. F. Chumard. at his date farm. Many of our readers will be surprised 10 learn there is such thing as date farm in this Valley and all of them would be if they should visit the farm itself and see what 2 splendid success is being made ot date growing in our Valley. We confess we were very much surprised with what we saw in the way of demonstrated date grow ing as well as what we learned of the outlook for this kind of fruit.
 Mir. Chumard. of course, is enthuSi- astlc over the prospect for date grow ing and naturally feels elated over the manifest success that has attended his efforts. In an hour or more spent at his place, three miles east of Heber, he showed US over his place and ex- plained many things of interest. From him we learned that the experiment was undertaken and is being carried on by the California Date company, cor poration organized under the laws Of Arizona, but whose principal place of business is at Manhattan, Kansas This company has already spent more than six thousand dollars in their oper- ations and expect to spend several thousand more if necessary to give the business of date growing thorough test They first began operations in their present location in the winter of 1903 They bought 2 tract of land and having previously sent to Africa for a number of date trees got ready to set them out in the spring of 1904. The first shipment to arrive consisted of l56 trees all of the Deglet Moor va riety. These came in June, 1904, and the work of transplanting them to their present location was completed on June 26th of that year. The date palm is a tree that requires frequent irrigations and is sensitive 10 any neglect along that line. For this reason ihe long journey from the home of their nativi y in Africa to their new home at Heber was a very trying experience for them. Generally about SO per cent. of the plants die as the result of such ship ment and its resulting three to six months out of the ground.
 But out of the entire shipment of l56 trees only seven have succumbed from all causes, leaving l49 trees in as clean, thrifty and growing condi- ton as anyone could ask to see. Of course the hard experience of such a shipment practically robbed the plants of a years growth, as very little could be expected from them in that line during the season of 1904. It takes a year after transplanting under such conditions for them to grow new root system sufficient to support the trunk and start top growth. But during the season of 1905 they made such splen- did headway that Mir. Chumard made up his mind he was going to grow some dates during the present year. So he made all preparations for pollenating the blooms when they should appear last spring. When the proper season arrived sure enough the blooms ap-
Imperial Valley press and the Imperial press., 1906-09-08

MT. and Mrs Ira Baker are the proud parents of a 10 pound boy, born at Santa Monica, Aug. 18th. They are expected 10 return shortly to their ranch, near Ei Centro.
Imperial Valley press and the Imperial press., 1906-09-08


 or such 9 matter they produce dates and grow suckers at the same time. It is no uncommon thing for a large date tree to grow twenty or more of these shoots at once. With the devel- opment of the date growing business it Is quite probable that the price of this nursery stock will rule very high. In the first place the price must rule high on account of the very great expense of getting them here from Africa.
 Another reason will be the manifold advantages the home grown stock will have over the imported. It will not be damaged by the long trip and being out of the ground for several months and the purchaser can look at the parent tree and see exactly what he is getting. Taking all these facts into consideration MT. Chumard and his partners in the date growing business can feel as sured of having good thing in their venture. Mir. Chumard told us the Deglet Moor was the most difficult date to grow of all those produced anywhere. It has the longest grow ing season and requires the most heat. For this reason he is appre- hensive that exceptionally cool sum- mers may occur in this Valley and this variety fall to ripen its crop fully at such times. The Deg!et Moor how ever Is the choicest variety grown and it is an axiom that all other varieties will do excellently and ripen fully in localities where it only natures occa- sionally. This present crop being their first product MT. Chumard is watching them very carefully and studying their every development. He estimates that of the lO7 punches now growing on his trees he will ripen at least 800 pounds of dates provided they all mature prop erly. He says the unusually large of moist and sultry weather we have had during this summer has been a very unfavorable condition for dates do best in a dry heat He is therefore anxious for this kind of weather to give way to the drier sort even If the tenn perature does not go as high. The dates are beginning to turn color and 1t is his opinion that in a month or six weeks they will be quite well ripened. Should he succeed in getting 800 pounds of dates from his present crop they will be worth at least $4OO.OO. Add this to the hundred or more shoots that are growing from his trees and he has quite showing of results in the way of saleable products at his date farm. He has alfalfa planted in strips between the rows of date trees, but says he will plow 1t all out this winter, as he finds the roots of the palms are reach ing out in all directions and will need the soil now occupied by the alfalfa. Next year he expects great results both In the growth of the trees and shoots and in the production of dates He ir- rigates his palms every week during the summer months and thus keeps the ground wet almost all the time. It is very clear that the soil where his principal date farm is located Is well for their growth. The palms are all thrifty and healthy looking and are certainly looking fine and growing fast. They present most marked contrast to those on the government date farm at Mecca, which we visited last June. Over there everything ap-
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-01-01

Government injunction is that clause
of building law is unconstitutional
IF. A. Schaefer elected president
Sailors Home Society after 80 years
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-01-01

as secretary. Jail scandal at HIEf
reported by grand jury Former
Attorney General Andrews writsz
from Shanghai denounclng charges
Smyrna times., 1906-04-04
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Saints nnd DiSeaAe.

The good st. Anthony owes scarcely
more of his fame, probably, to his
temptations than to the association OF
his name in popular speech with a dis
ease. Erysipelas. known as the "sa-
cred fire" before the eleventh century,
owes its later name of "St. Anthony's
fire" to the tradition that those who in
yoked the saint during a terrible epi-
demic OF that time were cured. A COM
plete list of complaints thus linked
with the names of saints would be
very curious. Neuralgia in the jaw is
st. ApOlionia's disease, sore throat or
quinsy st. Blase's, collie st. Erasmus
cancer st. Giles and hydrophobia St
auberts. Epilepsy is either st. Ayen-
tins disease or ST. Mathurin's or st
Johns evil. Insanity is st. Dymphna's
disease and drunkenness st. Martins
evil-London Chronicle.
Smyrna times., 1906-04-04
An Artists Joke.

Holman Hunt, who began life as
clerk to an auctioneer and estate agent,
was constantly drawing portraits when
he sholld have been drawing up leases,
and in his chosen profession he was
never slow to seize the flying moment.
81 won't buy your oranges" he said to
an old woman who had entered the Of
fee in search of a customer. but I'll
paint your portrait" Old Hannah was
delighted. and thereupOn she was put
on paper in her habit as she lived, her
basket on her head and an orange in
her hand. But one incident of this te-
dious yet ambitious period of the art
ISIS life never ceased to afford him
amusement. The windows in his room
were made of ground glass, and as he
had little to do he spent much of his
time in drawing flies upon its roughen-
ed surface A blot of ink sufficed for the
body, and some delicate pencil strokes
for the wings, and at a distance the de
ception was perfect. Day by day the
number increased, and one morning his
employer came in, stopped before the
window and exclaimed: II can't make
out how it is. Every day that l come
into this room there seem to be more
and more flies" And, taking out hi:
handkerchief, he attempted to brusI
them away.
Smyrna times., 1906-04-04
CHURCH. SERVICES.

AsBUR METHODIST EPIsCoPAL-Sunday-P Preach
ing at 1880 A. N and 730 P NJ. Sunday School
2P EpwOrth League Prayer Meeting
6.S0P.M. Prayer Meeting-Wednesdays AZ 7 As
PM Rev. RObt. Watt, b. D., Pastor.
Sr. PETERS CHURcH.-Rev. G. Valerie Gilreath
Rector-First Sunday, Holy Eucharist, 1890
am: Evening Prayer and sermon at ~ P. NJ
second, Third, Fourth aud Fifth Sundays
Holy Eucharist, ~ \. NJ; Morning Prayer and
Sermon, l0.% A. NJ. Evening Prayer and ser
mon ~ P. NJ. Holy Days-Holy Eucharist
~ NJ Morning Prayer, l0% A. NJ. Fridays
Evening PRAYER and Litany, ~ P. NJ. Sunday
school, 2.1) p NJ.
P -Sunday-Preaching at 1O19 A. n
aud ~ Pm. Sunday SchOOl-1l@ Am. Prayer
Meeting-Wednesdays at ~ P. NJ. Rev. j. Il
5Stlin, pastor
St. PoLYcARP CATHOLIC CHURCH-Servicesev every
other Sunday, by Father WaldIOn. sunday
School Immediately after service.
SMYRNA misunderstanding services, Friend
ship in the morning, Seversons IN the after
noon. Jerman's Chapel and Smyrna Land
ing alternate Sunday nights at 7.3O. Rev
Albert Chandler pastor.
CESTENNIAL METHODIST EPISCOPAL ,ColOred) go
Sunday-Preaehing IL A. NJ. and s P. N
sunday School, II NJ. Prayer and Prais'
Meeting, Tuesday evening. Rev. E. o. Parker
Pastor.
at II a. M. and p. m Sunday School a
D. NJ. Christian EndeavOr, 612 p. N. sun
day. Praise meeting, at o'clock Wednes
day evening. Rev I. S. Yemmens, Pastor.
Smyrna times., 1906-04-04
RrirnlfiYe Incense.

In ancient days sweet odOrs were OBJ
tained by burning aromatic gums and
woods; hence the word perfume, which
is from the Latin per. through, fumus,
smoke or vapOr. From this arose the
idea OF incense in primitive worship.
1t was used by the Orientals long be-
fore 1t became known to the western
world. People Of the east utilized it
for sacrifice in their temples. At feasts
1t enhanced the pleasure of the senses.
AT funerals it was a bribe to appease
the names of the dead. and later, In
theaters, a disinfectant against the un-
pleasant Odors of crowded building.
Pliny assures us that incense was not
employed in sacrifice until after the
Trojan war, when fragrant woods were
applied to give an agreeable smell. In
an ancient magical manuscript it is di
rected that three grains should be tax
en-, with three fingers, and placed under
the threshold to keep away evil spirit:
which might come in the form Of often
sive OdCrs.
Smyrna times., 1906-04-04
so FT.

BASEMENT OF VEGETABLE CELLAR.
ner of the wall l keep this pipe closed
tight with Il plug. but i'll case | should
ever need it for drainage | would need
only to remove the plug.
The wall is made of large field rocks.
three feet thick at the bottom and
about fifteen inches at the top. The
stones are laid IN lime and cement,
both sides smooth and tight from the
bottom up. The wall is thirty feet
square, seven feet deep at the rear and
eight feet at the front, the bottom of
the cellar slantinG one foot in thirty.
In the front end of the wall l left a
doorway five sfeet wide. For sills in
the building l took three pieces S by 6
inches by 80 feet and three more s by
by 40 feet The long sills extended
beyond the wall ten feet on the front
end, so that my wall is 80 by so feet,
but the building is so by 40 feet, Civ
ing me sorting room on the front end
10 by 30 feet.
The floor timbers are by 8 inches
laid ON top Of the sills crOsswiSe of the
building and sixteen inches apart
These floor timbers extend sixteen
inches over each side of the sills and
form the caves. A three inch plank
is spiked on top of the floor timbers oil
each side of the building, and on tol
of this plank the rafters are placed
The floor is made of a course of one
inch boards laid tight, and on top Of
this is one thickness of heavy tarret
building paper, over which is laid ;
tight floor of two inch plank. In thi
floor are six scuttles, three on eacl
side that open into the bins below.
For ventilation l took matched
boards and ceiled over a pair of raft
ers on each side of the roof near tn
center of the building. On top of tn
roof and between these two rafters
| placed common ventilator, and at th
Smyrna times., 1906-04-04
In Finch, use AIlen's Eoot- Base.

Shake into your shoes Aliens Foot Ease apow-
der. II Cures Corns, Bunions. Painful, Smarting,
Hot. Swollen feet. Al all druggists and shoe
Stores, &c. Sample Free. Address, Allen 8.
Olmsted, Leroy, " 4.
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SECRET SOCIETIES.

MORNING STAR LODGE, No. 6, l. o. Q F.-Meets
every Friday evening, at 7.SO o'clock
acDoNNELL ENCAMPMENT, No 2, I. .. O.F.-Meets
Second and Fourth Tuesday evenings of each
month. at $50 o'clock.
HARMONY LODGE, No. Is, A. F. A. M.-Meets First
and Third Thursday evenings of each month,
at 7.30 O'Clock.
SMYRNA CONCLAvE, No. 45, ORDER OF HEPTAsOPHs
meets first and third Tuesday of each month
at 500 o'clock at the Odd Fellows Hall.
UNION CASTLE No II, K. G. E.--Meets every Mon
day evening in their hall in the Cooper Build
ing, at 7S0 o'clock.
H1sPAH LODGE, No. l6, A. o. U. W.-Meets every
Monday evening at 500 O'Clock in Odd Eel
lows Hall.
XTzPAH CoNCLAvE, No. 1615, ADHESIVE MOGuL-
:IANs.-Meets the last Monday evening of each
month, at 500 O'Clock, in Odd Fellows Hall.
@ENERAL WINFIELD 5. HANCOCK Posi-, No. 29
g. A. R.-Meets every Thursday night in the
Hall of the Knights of the Golden Eagle. L.
Z. Davis, Commander.
STARS AND STRIPES COUNCIL. No. 26, JR. o. o. A.
M.-Meets at 500 p. m. every Thursday IN
Odd Fellows Hall.
ORANGES E. WILLARD Temple, No. S, X. of q. f -
Meets every Tuesday evening at o'clock, al
the Golden Eagle Hall