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Imperial Valley press and the Imperial press., 1906-05-19
NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC

Notice is hereby given that the under signed citizen of the United States is in possession of the tract of land described as the SWI of Sec. 2G, Tp IA, s, R, IA E., s. B. M.. according to the survey made in 1900 by the Imperial Land Go. and commonly known as the Imperial survey. The numbers properly describ- ing this land is taken by other parties and applied to other lands two miles west and one-half mile south of the lands above described, but I hereby certify that there is no other claimant or occu- pant to said lands except myself. I further certify that have been in pos session of this land since March 30th, 1906, and that it is my bona fide inten- ton to occupy and improve this land and to enter the same under the Desert Land Act as soon as the survey of the lands in Imperial Valley, provided for by the Act of Congress of July 1st, 1902, Statutes at Large, Vol. g, part l, page FPS, is completed and the map of these lands filed in the United States Land Office at Los Angeles, Cal.
 Signed, THOMAS TRACY.
 Witness, ALBERT HEYDLOUFF.
 Brawley, Cal. April 18th, 1906.
 apr-28-m-l9.
Imperial Valley press and the Imperial press., 1906-05-19

Elsewhere in our columns will be found all open letter from the Directors of Imperial Water Go. No. 5, addressed to their stock holders and containing much matter in which the people of the whole valley are interested. Last week MT. Cory, the general man ager of the California Develop ment company sent the same people circular letter, copy of which we published in our issue of ay F. These letters raise questions of great moment to the people interested as we'll as to many others, and we publish them as matters of news. It is not our purpose to discuss the merits of this controversy, but we do hope that out of it all will come clearer statement and un- derstanding of the rights of the water users of Imperial Water Co. No. 5. Such an outcome would be of much interest to all the people in this valley, for the contract for the delivery of water between the various corporations are practically the same i'll all cases. It follows that what can be done i'll one case can be done i'll the others, and therefore the proposition to annulI and termi- nate the contract between the California Development company and Sociedad de Yrrigacion, and Imperial Water Go. No. 5, is matter of vital moment to the stockholders of all the other water companies in the valley.
Imperial Valley press and the Imperial press., 1906-05-19

by his predecessors and there was no change iu the policy of the paper until December lst 1904. when it again changed hands. For the policy of the paper since it passed out of Mir. Gardner's hands the present ed- itor is responsible.
 From the above it will be seen that during the first three years of this papers existence it was edited by Mr. Reed for about six months by Mir. l.. M. Holt for The Imperial Land company for about six months, and by Mir. Edgar r Howe for about two years. From April goth 1901 till Sept 5th, 1904, the PRESS was the only paper published in the Valley, With these explanations. we are willing Brother Writers reprimand should stand.
Imperial Valley press and the Imperial press., 1906-05-19
SURPRISING THE TRUTH

OUh NLOOhtNU JUL hnOtu
 Some criticism has been made of the News because it published the account of the earthquake shock in full, the reason being given that it might create bao impression outside. It has al- ways been the policy of the news papers to minimize bad reports as much as possible. The News believes that such policy should never have existed. Had the Inn periaI Press, for long time the only newspaper in the Valley, published and not suppressed the miSdeeds of the old management of the California Development company, the headgate at the Colorado river would have been built when promised and 1t would not be necessary for the Southern Pacific to spend half a million dollars Or more trying to repair the damage. Neither would it have been possible for the water companies to have been forced to accept canal systems on which 1t was necessary to eXpend large ums of money before they were suitable for the purposes intend ed, and for the construction Ot which the money had once been paid. Although the News will not unnecessarily enlarge upon facts detrimental to the country, yet 1t does not propose to sup press news of vital interest to the people.
 The above editorial in the Brawley News of May 11th, is reproduced in full for the benefit of our readers and for the pur- pose of making some comments on the same. The strictures on the Imperial PRESS are we'll ta- ken, and we agree with every word Brother Witter says in re- gard to the matter. But we want to point out that there have been former arrangements of the PRESS, as we'll as of the Califor- uia Development company. The misdeeds complained of were al- most all committed from 1902 to 1904. The Imperial PRESS was started on April goth, 1901 with Henry c. Reed as editor and pub fisher, and continued under his charge until November End 1901, when Edgar F. Howe became ed itor and manager. MT. Howe guided the destinies of the PRESS from November 2nd 1901 till Au- gust 23d 1902, or one week less than ten mon ths. The paper then became the property of the Imperial Land company and from August 23d 1902 till March 7th 1903 was edited by l.. M. Holt. For this space of six months and two weeks Mir. Howe was not connected with the pa Der, but oil March Eth 1903, he again took charge of the paper this time as editor and owner.
 bis he continued to be for just foskteen months, selling the pa pef D Charles A. Gardner on M4 7th, 1904. MT. Gardner confs ved in the lines laid down
Imperial Valley press and the Imperial press., 1906-05-19
THE DISTRIBUTION or THt GLORY

KeVcCttuB lO lHC lhdttSA VI N correction of the Imperial survey and the work of getting the Land Department to do it in the man. ner desired by the people of this valley, we notice statement ln the Imperial Standard of May II from MT, P. H. McPherrin, giv- ing an account of his steward ship of the peoples interests dur ing his visit to Washington 1n furtherance of the resurvey mat ter. In this article he refers to some things we should have said regarding his Washington trip.
 In our issue of April 7, we published the news that the re- survey had been ordered on the lines asked for iu the petitions published first in the PRESS of January 2, 1900. The Los Angeles Times of Friday, March 30 contained a telegram from Washington stating that the Commissioner of the General Land Office had informed Sena- tor Flint that he had ordered the survey made iu accordance with the request of the settlers. This telegram was dated Washington, D. C.. March 29.
 Tn the issue of the PRESS of April 7 we published letter from Senator Flint to General Prescott, the Receiver of the U. s. Land Office at Los Angeles, Cal, under date of Washington, D. C., March 24, 1906, in which he states that the officials of the General Land Office informed him that they had already order ed the lands in this valley sur veyed by metes and bounds, as requested by the settlers.
 MT. McPherrin and the pe- titions he carried, arrived in Washington on March P.
 Copies of the petition published in the PRESS were in the hands of Senators Flint and Perkins aud Congressman Smith as early as February. $, aud the matter was promptly taken up by them with the Department. These gentle men were fully advised as to the facts in the matter and the merits of the peoples request, and while movement for a new bill was being fomented here in the valley and the work of the PRESS was being opposed, Sena- tor Flint and Congressman Smith were urging the General Land Office to grant the petition we were supporting.
 Their efforts were apparently successful as early as March 24, or else Senator Flint would not have written General Prescott as he did. N
 We are glad MT. MjSsNfnl went to Washingtop9 evefif 8s arrival there was delayed tifl March 27
 He was in Imperial Valley about March 1, and in conyersa- ton with us, did not seem to be. so welded to the idea of bill as not to be willing to work for the
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Entered d, ,ecOud-ctasS matter March Sd' I oO6 at thc postohice at Fl Ceutro, California; under inc Act of Con gress of March ,, 1870.
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Omaha daily bee., 1906-01-15
MONEY FOR MINISTER'S AND SCHOOLS
United Presbyterian OmciaI Tells
what il Being Raised.

In the absence of the pastor at Central
United Presbyterian church the sermon
Sunday morning was preached by Rev. w.
I. Campbell, d D. of Monmouth. Ill. sec
rotary of the board of education of the
United Presbyterian church. Before COM
mencing his text, DIR. Campbell took the
opportunity to tell the congregation OF the
work and objects of the board.
The original purpose of the board, he
said. was to educate young mon for the
ministry, and through it one-third of the
ministers In the pulpits of the church have
been given pecuniary aid in securing an
education. For many years about all the
board was able to do was to raise a little
money at a time for this purpose but now
a permanent fund has been established,
and the board has an invested capital of
SS5, 900. Lately an additional gift of $500
has been made, and the unsettled estates
OF men who have left requests to the board
will swell the fund $1,000 more within
tho next year. In a short time, said the
speaker, we will not be asking for sub
scrptions to educate our young ministers,
but the permanent fund will care for all
who need to make use of It.
"Our second purpose, went on DR..
Campbell. 'is to aid our educational insti-
tutlOnS, none OF which nave an lHCOule
sufficient to meet current expenses. The
assembly's first appropriations for these
schools were only $4,000 a year, but last
| year it was decided to put $4,000 into the
| college and seminary fund. This figures
| out 4s cents for each member Of the church
| with the aid of the appropriation every
educational institution of the church will
! close the year without cent of debt.
1.-THE board is not making special ap'
peals to the wealthy any more. for a small
donation from each member of the church
will bring better results Forty-three cents
! from each member will make a larger
amount than the gifts of the well-to-do."
DR. Campbell preached strong sermon
on "Contrasted Characters and Diverse
Destinies"
Omaha daily bee., 1906-01-15
BIG GASOLINE WAGON BURNED
Catches Fire from Match and
Are Consumed.

John M. Larsen's White Peerless auto
mobile was completely destroyed by fire last
evening in its garage at the rear of the
Larsen residence, 21S South Twenty-fifth
street. Through the ignition of a match, on
which Mr.. larsen stepped after he had
given the car an overhauling, fire communi-
Gated with the greasy and oily floor and
then quickly spread to the bottom of the
automobile. Tho blaze sprung up so rap
idly that Mr.. Larsen, who is yet lame from
a recent injury, had barely time to get out
of the garage without hurt
Before the iremen had the water turned
on an actelyne gas tank under pressure
and used for lighting purposes, exploded
with terrific force. forcing an end out of
the garage and breaking every window in
tho rear of the larsen home nearly fifty
feet from the garage. A number OF by
ISLANDERS narrowly missed being struck by
flying embers and pieces of wood but no
one was injured by the explosion. The
water was turned on the gasoline tank in
still the leaking fluid made the fire an OBJ
stinate one for the firemen. Both machine
and garage were ruined beyond any sal
wage.
The automobile was valued at 5000 and
was built to order at Cincinnati for Mr.
Larsen, having been delivered only -four
months ago. The car mate to Old
fields white Dragon" the Larsen car diff
fering only in the seating arrangement. II
was considered one of the best machines in
this part OF the country. The garage was
valued at $500.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-01-15
INJURED GUEST STILL SUFFERS
II. G. Booth, who Was I'm West Hotel
at Time of Fire, Under Doctors
Care In OMAHA.

Among the guests at the Her Grand Sun
day was I. G. Booth of New York City,
who was a guest at the West hotel in Min
neapois Wednesday last. Mr.. Booth is
still suffering from his injuries received
during the fire and is under the care of u
physician at the Her Grand. He stated
that the full horrors of the fire had not
half been told The panic was indescrib-
able and he said further that 1t was as
tonishing that more lives We're not lost.
A great many persons were injured whose
cases have not been reported, he thinks.
Mr. Booth barely escaped with his life and
saved but few of his personal belongings.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-01-15
BOOSTS FOR CHERRY COUNTY
Chester Bethune says Some Very Fine
Land Abuts on the Dismal
River.

when some one tries to tell you that
the sand hill country, especially that in
Cherry county and along the Dismal river,
is a vast waste of unfertile and desolate
land, you can put it down that he is in
terested i'm having you believe the state
ment or that ne is lying about It," said
Chester Bethune OF Cherry county at
the Arcade Sunday.
There are sections that are pretty
rough and filled with blow-outs that could
not very we'll be cultivated TO any ex-
tent But these strips are exceptions Ia
the rule The cattle do not feed on these
sand blow-outs either. These sand dunes
of hills run In ridges, irregular IL is true,
but there are far more fertile valleys in
that country between the sand hills than
there are bad tracts of country. Cherry
county has thousands of acres of the finest
land that lies out Of doors, and the county
alone with all Its sand hills has more Guilt
vatable area than half the New England
states. The county is spread over with
beautiful lakes and is not a desert by any
means Along the Dismal river there ere
some as fine lands as exist in this continent
and capable of the highest cultivation. Dis
NAL river is bordered for almost its entire
length with magnificent springs that are
inexhaustiblc.
Il have lived in Cherry county for over
a quarter Of century and know that en-
| tire country pretty well. l can take YOU
by certain roads through that country
where you will not see anything but sanC
I hills and blow-outs, but within a mile o.
/ less each side of that road / could at thu
same time show you some OF the pretties
| country you ever laid your eyes upon"
Omaha daily bee., 1906-01-15

tarians that'the source Of light Is not above
us or in us. or about us. but behind us,
derived from the old time.
Every Protestant church is a novelty
yet all of them insist that there must be
no more novelties. Themselves the chill
dren of dissent. they turn with amazing
offrontery and put a ban on any further
dissent In this way the church needlessly
and fatuously sets Itself against modern
development. No surer method could be
adopted of bringing religion into disreputo
and making faith impossible to thinking
people
Nobody disputed with Jesus. Why not?
Because He was not a dogmatist His
teaching was almost entirely ethical; II
appealed to reason and conscience. Now
the church wants to teach, not reasonable
doctrine. but unreasonable. People of sense
will not believe the impossible. They ever
halt at the improbable. In the belief OF
the free church creed and religion are in
complete. This is the new gospel of the
time. whose mission is distinctly to save
the world to teach that the church is the
chief good in human lie"
Omaha daily bee., 1906-01-15

The United States Civil Service commits
sion announces the following examinations
to secure elgibles to MI existing vacan'
cies:
January 31-For railway mail clerk in
Arizona, Idaho, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah
and Wyoming; age limit. IS to 25 years
open only to legal residents of the states
and territories named.
February For engineer I'm the Indian
service. One at $500 per annum at Sar
Carlos agency, Arizona one at 5000 pei
annum at Puyallup, Wash; one at 500
per annum at Colorado River agency, Ari
iona; one at $40 per annum at Grand
Junction. Colo; age limit. 20 years or over
February 7-S-For teacher (male, single
in the Indian service at Rapid City, s. d.
salary 1920 per annum; one at Pine Ride
agency. S. D., at $500 per annum: one a.
per month; age limit, 20 years or over.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-01-15
APPRECIATION OF DIR. HARPER
Pastor Curry Of Calvary Baptist Talks Of
Life Of Dead Educator.
CALLS FOR BAPTIST As HIS SUCCESSOR
DIR. Newton Mann Criticises Narrow
ness of sectarians as DepIorabIe
influence Against spread of
True Christianity.

"Appreciation of the life and work Of
DIT. Harper" was the theme OF the sermon
preached by Rev. T.. r. Curry of the
Calvary Baptist church Sunday morning
using for his text BE followers OF me
even as I also am OF Christ
paul was not DESTROYS OF having the
worship of men: he simply desired that
his example might he a pattern to others.
We are always 20 have but one Master,
one great leader. News came last week
Of the death of DIT. Harper, a great leader.
So great was his influence and so far
reaching his work that news Of his death
was sent around the world. Nearly all
the ministers of this church have been
taught by him or Influenced by his learn
ing. North. east. south or west, we have
scarcely minister who has not been af-
fected by his exposition of the word.
This Is a day of an age when we have
many mighty men. He must have lived to
some purpose when the whole world Will
stop to consider his loss. Death is some
times a friend Of a nation when it takes
away some enemy or man who has had
a bad influence, and we do not mourn. We
are led to believe that death is our enemy
when il takes away such man as DR..
Harper, and it is not strange that 1t should
be so. We have had very few men who
have furnished the inspiration which he
did"
Mr. Curry gave few Of his personal
experiences with DR.. Harper. who was his
teacher. and added:
From the first hour when / met DR..
Harper to this II there was any one man
in the whole world to whom l have felt
that could turn friend 1t was him.
He seemed to have personal interest in
my welfare and so it was with all with
whom he came in contact.
students were always drawn to chapel
by the heartfelt prayers of this man of
God. He was found in prayer meetings in
spite of his multifarious duties. He had
a profound devotion for the word of God
and a great reverence for IT, Richly en-
dowed with certain scholastic gifts and
talents and a student all his days, Hebrew
was an open book to him and he delivered
his graduating address in Hebrew. Many
think that the great work OF his life is
the founding OF the Chicago university
He has said that organization should be
such that the work would go right on, nc
matter II few cogs of the wheel should
be missing. Democratic principles govern
this institution, organized to give every
person an opportunity to pursue theil
studies. The students are men and womer
from the farms and poorer homes. Hi.
idea was that nothing was too good foi
those seeking learning and he never wal
satisfied with anything small, he never
asked for any small sum. With all THU
we must think of him as a Christian,
man devoted to Christ and the evidence &
because he loved His word.
Some newspapers have charged that W,
might call an outsider to the chair mad
vacant. Haven't we timber enough of ou
own in schurmann of Cornell. Wier o.
California, Andrews of Nebraska and sew
eral others?'
Omaha daily bee., 1906-01-15
sEOTARIANIsM FOE OF CHRISTIANS
Rev. Newton Mann Advocates Church
I'm Line with Modern Ideas.


Prodigious growth of the liberal spirit in
religion during the past few centuries was
the principal thought running through the
address Of DR.. Newton Mann at Unity
church Sunday morning. DIR. Mann reached
the conclusion that the mind of Christen-
dom is to startling extent deserving the
churches today; that thousands of thinking
people in every section are refusing abso-
lutely to have anything TO do with the
churches; and that this is an alarming
condition OF things. He held that the rem
edy for this deplorable state OF affairs is
reason must be religious and religion must
be reasonable. He said the free church
which is to appeal to the critical spirit of
the day will be both reasonable and re-
ligious.
There is an evolution of ideas as well
as OF physical forms" said Dr. Mann.
History shows that religion has had a
slow and unsteady development. but that
1t has been ever onward. All the ancient
religions. and all the modern. are but steps
in the human development toward the final
faith of perfected man. In all religions
creed was a thing of inheritance as much
as any physical feature, but we now know
there were ancestors of the soul whose in
nuence was away from the racial religions
tons of caste and race.
'"rhe Jewish church was a very fine eX-
ample of religious development coming
through crude forms to very high type
BY natural growth through centuries that
people produced an Isaiah and Jesus Al
religions that have gone before have but
led up to our present beliefs. II we &c
deep enough we will all find In ourselves
something of the pagan, something OF
reverence for odin and Thor. of the Roman
reverence for law and the Greek reverence
for beauty. We are all very far from tn,
churches or our fathers. The present
church comes by series OF gradation'
from the Roman Catholic, but the mothe
church does not know her offspring. II
call Roman Catholics and Unitarians botl
Christians is a feat most astonishing ant
only possible to a few
las long as Christianity Is a living powe
1t will go on changing. II ever Christian
ity gets to where Judaism was, in stat
OF merton and absolutely defying change
the reformer will have 10 turn away a
Paul did from Judaism. But Christianit
is ever coming into line with the varyin
necessities OF human thought. No clamp
will hold Il: nothing can arrest its growth
and this despite the insistence OF sec
Omaha daily bee., 1906-01-15
RAPID CITY CENTER OF ACTION
Joe keenan, Says railroad Building
ia Creating n Substantial Boom
In the Hills.

Joe Keenan,, clerk at the Henshaw hotel
has returned from a trip to the Black
Hills country, his old stamping ground
and homo and where he and his father
have property interests. Speaking of
Rapid City. Mr.. keenan, said
Rapid City is enjoying an unprecedented
era OF prosperity. The Northwestern Rail-
way company has acquired all OF the town
site north of the Rapid river and is pilIng
up ties, rails and all kinds of materially
to use in the construction of its line 4?
Pierre. The Missouri River e. Northwest