Imperial Valley press and the Imperial press., 1906-03-31

Mir. and Mrs. E. Mead was over from the Eastsde Sunday visiting with their Mrs. D. D. PelIett.
 Mr. T. k. Cressey was over from Holt vile this week looking after his ranch a half mile west of town. Mir. Cressey is a pioneer farmer and is getting his place in fine shape.
 Farm Implements For Sale. Very little used and good as new. Walter A. Wood Mower and Rake for 5000 Me Cormick Mower, only used q few days, $50.00. Mccormick Mower and Rake, very little used, $S5OO. Chas. w. Fer nald, Imperial, Cal
 The steel safe for the Valley State Bank arrived this week and is now rest ing in the Mercantile Go. store awaiting the erection of the bank building. The steel door for the vault which will be constructed in the bank has also arrived. J unJ dS SOOll dS lJ Cdl DS ICdChOu OIiO building will be erected and The Valley State Bank will move to it's permanent quarters.
 w. E. Downing has rented the Hotel El Centro barber shop and will at once fit it up in a frst-class manner. He has bought the finest barber chair ever brought to Imperial Valley, and com plete outfit in keeping with it, and his shop will be like his work, first. class in every respect. He will get his shop fit ted up this coming week, and be ready for business.
 Mir. Bill this week laid out the re- maining sidewalks on Main street, and set the grade stakes so that as soon as the gravel is delivered by the rail- road people this work can be taken up and rushed to completion. They have 300 barrels of cement for sidewalk con struction and nothing but the failure of the railroad to deliver the gravel accord ing to agreement has delayed the work of using it for its intended purpose.
 Mir. and Mrs. Leroy Holt accompanied Mrs. w. F. Holt and her daughters on their visit here last Tuesday. While in Fl Centro they made the PRESS office a very pleasant call and Mrs. Leroy Holt expressed her hearty approval of the stand tue PRESS takes regarding liquor selling in Imperial. Wesincerely thank Mrs. Holt for her endorsement of our position. We appreciate her approval and shall endeavor to merritt by always standing for civic righteousness and the suppression of the liquor traffic.
 Business is becoming established in Fl Centro to such an extent that our merchants are setting prices for the whole Valley. MT. Rumsey is selling President suspenders at 40 cents that are sold all over the world at 50 cents and is 40 cents per 100 lbs. lower on flour than merchants outside of Fl Gen. tro. The Valley Mercantile Go. is get ting their stock in shape so they can take care of all the trade that comes and will make it to the advantage of ev- cry body to deal with them. The farm CTS will find something of great import ance to them i'll this company's adver- tisement in this week issue.
 Two carloads of electric machinery for the Holton Power company arrived last Monday aud has been unloaded at the ice plant. It consisted of trans formers, generators, and their appurte- nances, and cost more than $ll ,0OO. This was the machinery that was to be set pp next in getting the ice plant in operation. This only leaves the large SO-horse-power dynamo yet to come and it is expected to arrive any day. The work on the ice plant building is being rushed at every point, and is ex- pected to be complete in two weeks The settling pools for clarifying the water are nearly done, the excavation