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Imperial Valley press and the Imperial press., 1906-08-11
That Sale RumOr


 The rumor that syndicate of Los Angeles capitalists had bought out the holdings of the Holton Power company and the property of the Imperial Land company in this Valley was industri- ously circulated in the Valley last week and later was sent 10 the Los Angeles and San Diego papers. This report has been denied by Mir Holt, who states, however, that such deal was proposed several months ago and the price for his property agreed upon, but that no deal has been closed and no money had been paid. Most of these rumors have emanated from Imperial Land company sources and 1t Is easy to see why They are anxious for the deal to go through as they are keen to sell. With the Holton Power com pany however, the case is different. Mir. Holt ard his associates have the most valuable property in the Valley and its best franchises. They are abundantly able to develop them and perfect the enterprises they have be- gun. They therefore are not anxious to sell. The following from the Los Angeles Times of August 9th fairly states the situation:
 It is not true that w. F. Holt or the Imperial Land company or any other person or company, has sold to syn dicate represented by c. A. Parkyns or any other syndicate represented by any other person, all their holdings in the toWnsites of Heber, Calexico, Im- perlal, BraWley, etc., or any part of their holdings in these townsites or any other townsltes, with or without elec- tric power plant, at Holtville or else where, or the Ice plant at Fl Centro, or any other ice plant at any other place. or any kind of plant there or elsewhere, for sum representing $1.- 100000, or any other sum represent ing any other figures.
 For some time c. A. Parkyns of the Merchants Trust Company, on Broadway, has been carrying on neeo- tlations with the Imperial Land com pany and others holding about 1000
Imperial Valley press and the Imperial press., 1906-08-11

acres of land, all under United States patent, and therefore with perfect title. in the Imperial country. looking toward the purchase of their holdings, togeth- CT with all the appurtenances. The sum of money talked between the par ties to this deal Is S1 100000, but the whole proposition Is still In embryo. There has been no definite conclusion reached about It in any way, shape or manner. The deal may go through probably wlll-but It Is possible that 1t, may fail to go through at all.
Imperial Valley press and the Imperial press., 1906-08-11

In conversation with parties who have spent some time at the Imperial heading we learned something of the excellent plans on which the work is proceeding and especially of the splen- did manner In which Mir. Cory has his forces organized. He has the camp laid out in military order and polced thoroughly. Everyone Is provided with quite comfortable quarters and are required to keep them clean. The cook house Is their especial pride, no food being served unless 1t Is properly cooked, nor cooked unless 1t Is In first class condition. No disorder Is per mltted anywhere and every man Is made to feel an interest ln the work by the interest taken in him by his employers. The men are responding splendidly to this kind of treatment and despite the hot weather are turning off an immense amount of work. With such treatment for his employees Mir. Cory will have no trouble in getting all the help he needs and thus supplied will be able to cope with the Colorado river in the very shortest time possible. Sixty days should see everything safe,
Imperial Valley press and the Imperial press., 1906-08-11
Investigating Party Finds Flood Waters Cut
 ting Channels from New River to Alamo
Careful Dsposes of Fear that Valleys Water Supply Will be Inteferred With Only Cutting Back 300 Feet
 Per Day and Can Be Stopped

SITS. Ed. Forester, w. A. VanHorn and Ira Aten left for a trip of inspec- ton to the country along the Alamo channel in Mexico and to investigate the water cour that flows from the Alamo to New river They took the same route followed by the party which examined the same territory two or three weeks ago, going up over the mesa and following the north bank of the Alamo to point beyond Bel tran slough. From there they came down the river In a boat, examining the outlet at Beltran slough and noting conditions along the stream as they de- scended. Arriving at the place where the water divides and part of it goes to Sharp's heading and part goes to New river they stopped and made soundings of the two streams. These soundings were made with pole l7 feet long. They found the stream flowing to Sharp's heading to be nine feet deep and about one hundred feet wide. The stream leading away to New river is about four hundred feet wide and was too deep for them to reach bottom with their seventeen foot pole. These figures show rather bad state of at- fairs and one requiring attention very soon. It means simply that the stream carrying the water to waste Is four times as wide and at least twice as deep as the stream bringing the water to Sharp's heading, where it can be turned into our canals and delivered to the farmers in the Valley,
 This would indicate that when the water falls sufficiently 1t will all be car rled by the channel going to New river and none would reach Sharp's heading for delivery to the farmers. This, of course, provided work be not done meantime to control the flow and keep up the water level so as to compel 1t to run in Alamo channel to Sharp's head Ing. After looking into conditions here as long as they deemed necessary the party left. going down the main channel across toward New river. As they went along they used the pole to measure the depth of the water. They found 1t to be seventeen feet and more for nearly mile. when the channel wldened very rapidly and the depth rapidly lessened to about nine or ten feet with the channel quarter of a mile In width. At this point he chan nel appears to pass beyond large red clay hill and spread out all over the country. Apparently it divided into three principal currents, one flowing off to the south and following close along the foot of the clay hill, another flow Ing rather northwesterly, while a third went almost due west. So they took the middle one thinking perhaps 1t was the main one and followed down 1t. talk Ing measurements of the water at fre- |quent intervals. When about five or six miles down they came to where the current got very much swifter and could hear a loud roaring. This they soon found was a great overpour the entire volume of the water gathering Into one place and cutting out a channel 300 to |40o feet wide,
Imperial Valley press and the Imperial press., 1906-08-11

l20 acres of the finest land in the Mesquite lake country. The land in this region is undoubtedly the best that can befound. Easily put in crop, good drainage, price right. Bert R. Chaplin, Imperial, Gal.
Imperial Valley press and the Imperial press., 1906-08-11

ids leading to this overpour they had
 the hardest kind of work to get out of
 them and keep from being swept over
 the falls. After an hour or more of
 the danger they reached slack water and safety. They were still long
 ways from being out of there, however, and how to get home was the next question. It Is impossible to row a
 boat upstream to the outlet from the Alamo and escape by that means was
 not to be thought of It was equally
 impossible to go over the falls and con-
 tinue the journey down the newly erod- ed channel, for no boat could live a
 moment In its seething torrent. Their only escape therefore lay in abandon ing their boat and wading out through the soft slush of the newly drained area to dry land. This they did, after first dragging their boat out to point where it is in no danger of being floated away.
 They found 1t was more than a mile that they had to wade through the mud and the mud was very nearly waist deep. They started on this trip at just l2 o'clock noon and arrived at dry land at two o'clock. They then had to walk about twelve miles to get to Packard where they could get team to bring them home. It was eight o'clock Friday evening before they ar rived at Packard and after midnight when they reached VanHorn's home.
 Saturday they reported their experi- ence and observations and on Saturday afternoon the president of Water Go. No. l took the train for Yuma to re- port the situation to MT. Corey, of the California Development company.
 On Monday last MT. VanHorn, Mir. s. J. Ulrey and s. D. Yokem went up to make another investigation and to determine how fast the overpour is cut ting back and what work to do In sav- ing the water supply. It is realized that If this overpour should work back to the Alamo channel the entire water supply of the Valley would be carried away by 1t and none of the water com panles receive any water, It Is be- lleved that the California Development company Is having the situation looked into also and the suggestion Is made of dam across the outlet at the clay hill in such way as 10 turn the water all off to the south. However. until careful examination of the en- tire situation is made 1t Is not possible to formulate any plans. The latest re- ports from the Colorado river are that the railroad Is completed and the pile drivers are at work on the trestIe across the intake. Also that large forces of teams are at work digging the canal from the river into Hanlon's heading and from the heading down to the old canal. There Is another large force of teams ready to begin the work of op- ening up the channel down the old rlv- or bed. This has got filled with silt and sand for a mile or two down from he Intake and the opening of passage through this filled in space will greatly help in turning the river and may be of great benefit should a sudden rise come
 In the river.
Imperial Valley press and the Imperial press., 1906-08-11

If you don't find what you want advertised in the paper Bert R. Chaplin can dig it up for you.
Imperial Valley press and the Imperial press., 1906-08-11
When MT. Corey was informed of


 dispatched Mir. E. H. Gaines down the
 river in boat to make an investiga- ton. Mir. Gaines arrived in CaIexlco
 Monday night, having come down the
 main channel to Beltran slough, where
 he left it and followed the slough
 This brought him around the point where the overpour is located and he
 reports having found no serious oondi-
 tions. However, as soon as he found that he had missed the real point of interest he and Mobley Meadows went back to make thorough investigation of the entire overflowed territory.
 Meadows had accompanied the par ty, consisting of Ulrey, VanHorn and Yokem which went up to the overpour Monday and had just returned to Ca lexlco on Tuesday evening His re- port is that the party above named had investigated the situation at the over pour and that all agreed that 1t would take two months for it to cut back to the Alamo channel and interfere with our water supply This party took in- struments with them and will run lev els and see what is necessary to be done in order to protect the Alamo channel from being cut into by this ov- erpour. The fact that this cut has at least five miles yet to go before it will with our water supply and the further fact that only part of the wat CT is reaching 1t while much larger volume is going around by Beltran and Garza slough Is very reassuring. It shows that this overpour cannot cut back very fast and also leads to the be- lief that much of this water can be turned away from it and that its cut ting back can be controlled. It is be- lieved that if 1t can be kept from reach ing the Alamo channel for 60 days all will be safe, for the reports indicate that the work at the intake will be so far progressed that the water can be turned down the old channel by that time. The gage readings at Yuma stand at about 20 feet, which is very close to 5000 cubic feet per second. Of course this is quite river and as none of it is leaving the channel either down the old river bed or at Quail riv- CT cut off it is practically all being poured across the country from Alamo to New river, The course of affairs In that locality will be watched with Interest and also it will no doubt re- ceive much closer attention than 1t has heretofore. The water In Salton Sea continues to rise but more slowly, the water level not having gained much more than cne foot during the past week. It Is crowding the right of way, however, and acts as perpetual re- hinder to the Southern Pacific that the water must be shut off just as soon as possible and that sixty days Is the
 limit, With sixty day limit on keep
 Ing the main line above water and a sixty day limit on the channel cutting back to the Alamo and interfering with our water supply. if Is quite evident that a supreme effort will be made to put the Colorado river under control within that time, With the prepara- lions already made and the facilities at hand we feel sure Ii will be done, The situation between Alamo and New liver will be watched and the Valleys water supply protected A little we'll directed work will make everything
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-04-12

SAMPLE TEAS-Choice Drink
ing Black. tirCen OF Mixed
Teas Of all varieties regularly
sold at IOc a pound Friday
only, 3 pounds, $500 26C
pound
COFFEE Mild. fine Favored.
fresh roasted Santos 5 16c
pounds, 75c; pound . AOS
MARACAIBO COFFEE Spe-
cially Selected Cucuta Mara
caibO-tresh dry roasted eyals.
morning ~ pounds for 0Rc
500; pound ........ SoS
CHI ATE Blue Bell
Premium Blue Wrapper But
ter Chocolate. for layer OQo
cakes. etc / pound cake. wv
GOLDFISH - Genuine Georges
Boneless Codhsh-Choice 12c
Middle Cuts pound Law
TABLE SALT shaker - The
popular free-running table Or
Salt-3 boxes. 25c; box w
ENTIRE WHEAT FLOUR
Blue Bell or Ralston Purina
makes bone and muscle d2o
lie barrel bag ......
SWEET CHOCOLATE - Puri-
tan Sweet Eating Choco- 15c
late cakes for ...... ~
NEW CEREALS Pearl Bar
ley. Scotch Green or Yellow
split Peas. New York State
Buckwheat, Empire Rye or Am
her Graham. Old Fashioned
Irish. Scotch or Steel Cut Dat
meal. or Hand Picked Pea
Beans. fresh from the mill
10 pounds. 39c; . Ole
pounds 49,.
suchapps pure. soluble
imported Cocoa; goes 21g times
as far as domestic cocoa
pound cara Ste. lA-poInh
can. 43e; A-pound 23c
can ................'
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-04-12
Wines and Liquors.

BALTIMORE II \ II
WHISKEH- HOld and
mellow gallon, S2.lJ;
y gallon, SI.IO; E0o
full quart bottle. Wv
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-04-12

WHITE POTATOES 49, Large.
smooth White Rose; 26o
DuSilel $50.
SPANISH ONIONS Mild eat
ing Spanish Onions or Imported
German Salad Potatoes; q 6n
pounds, 2Jc; pound -. ""
ONIONS Choice Rcd or yellow
sock; bushel bag, 0Sr; 18n
G-qt. basket ,......... ~
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1906-11-29

The Bull cah.-Treat the bull calves
gently and they may not develop ugly
teMpers; but do net trust them when
they become large.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1906-11-29
Famous Strike Breakers

The most famous strike breakers in
the land are DR.. Kings New Life
Pills. When liver and bowels 90 on
strike, they quickly settle the trouble
and the purifying work goes rightOn.
Best cure for constipation, headache
and dizziness. 25c at Hanson & Emer-
son. druggists.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1906-11-29
A STUDY OF EFFECT OF
INBREEDiNG IN PLANTS
BY A. D. SEaiIe, Psychologist in
Charge of Tobacco Breeding, Bu-
reau of Plant Industry.

The object of this article is to dis
cuss the effect of inbreeding in plants,
with special reference to some i'm
portant farm crops, and to call atten-
ton to the use, as we'll as the danger,
of inbreeding in the production Of va
rieties giving the maximum yield and
value. The production of uniform
races of crops adapted to special pur-
poses is the most important problem
for the practical consideration of the
plant breeder. The lack of uniformity
fields is responsible for low yield Of
inferior quality, frequently requiring
extra expense in sorting out the good
from the poor grades. In the case of
corn, if every stalk bore one well-de-
veloped ear of uniform size and
weight, the present yield per acre
would be more than doubled and the
value of the crop as whole would be
greatly increased. If all of the to-
bacco plants in the fields were uni
formly of the same type as the best
plants, the yield and value Of the to-
bacco crop would be greatly increased
and the expense of handling the crop
would be reduced, so that the profit
to the grower would be at least double
that obtained at the present time. The
same facts hold true in the case of all
the crops raised by farmers, and the
most valuable and important lines Of
plant breeding are those which aim to
assist the growers in bringing up the
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1906-11-29

sSEH2
Dy the wInd. Tne ponen or any Que
plant is usually discharged slightly be.
fore the silks, or stigmas, of the same
plant are ready for fertilization, so
that the corn plant is usually cross
fertilized. In our illustration is shown
an ear of corn which was borne by an
isolated plant and On which only a few
kernels were developed, owing to the
fact that the silks were not in condi-
ton to receive the pollen from this
plant at the time it was distributed
by the opening of the anthers on the
tassel. The long corn silks, or stig-
mas, are covered with numerous stig-
matte hairs-a special adaptation to
catch floating pollen and insure cross
fertilization. The imperfectly fertil-
lied ear borne by the isolated plant
shows that in order to secure complete
fertilization it is necessary to grow
large numbers of corn plants together,
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1906-11-29
Fat Hens as Layers.

Over-fat hens do not lay eggs.
Hens that were over-fat have been
killed and not sign Of egg formation
found. A lot of hens may be so fat
tened up on corn that they will not
lay till the cold weather has greatly
reduced the fat The hens that are
two years old and have access to all
the corn they can eat will produce few
eggs This is certainly true in the
early part of the winter. For such
hens a change of diet is absolutely
necessary. The new diet should con-
sist of oats, bran, cut clover and
cooked vegetables, with very little
corn. The object is to reduce the
fat and give egg forming materials.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1906-11-29
An Ear of Corn Borne by Isolated
Stalk, Showing Lack of Self
Fertilization.

and that seff-fertilization does not take
place except in small percentage Of
the seed.
Other plants are self-sterile, and
produce seeds only when cross-fertil-
lied. Mr.. NJ. B. Waite found that
many varieties of pears, such as Bart
lett and Anjou, are largely self-sterile,
producing few or no fruits when pol
linated only with the pollen. of the
same variety. The. orchards of pears
had been found to be unfruitful for
some unknown cause. Waite found
that by crossing these self-sterile va
rieties with a different horticultural
variety thew were ldered fertile.
These, like mo soullivated fruits, are
clOnal varieties which are propagated
by budding, so that the individual
trees of variety are simply parts of
the same individual. Therefore, the
pollination of the flowers of one tree
by the pollen of a different tree of the
same variety is true Standardization.
The recent experiments of Waite,
Waugh, Beach and others have shown
that the barrenness of many varieties
of plums and apples is due to self
sterility, and that by placing among
the trees of these varieties a few trees
budded with varieties which have
been determined by experiment to be
good pollenizers for such varieties a
simple remedy for this lack of fruit
fulness is obtained. These diseove-
les have been Of great practical yah
to fruit growers, as they have made
it possible to produce profitable crops
from naturally self-fertile and unpro-
ductive varieties by providing for
proper cross-fertiization.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1906-11-29
First Publication November Is, 1906
Citation for Hearing on Final Ac.
count and for Distribution.
ESTATE OF PATRICK j. TRACY,

STATE OF MINNESOTA,
County of Stearns,
In Probate Court.
In the matter of the Estate of Patrick j.
Tracy, decedent.
The State of Minnesota to all Persons Inter-
ested in the above enttled Matter: Whereas,
Kate Tracy has filed in this Court her final
account of her administration of the
estate of the above named decedent, together
with her petition praying for the adjustment
and allowance of said final account and for
distribution of the residue of said e.tate TO
the persons thereunto entitled:
1t is ordered, that said petition be
heard, and that all persons interested in said
matter be and appear before this Court on
the 7th day of December. 1905. at 9 O'Clock
A. NJ, at The Probate Court Rooms in
the Court House, at st. Cloud, in said County,
and then and there or as soon thereafter, as
said matter can be heard, show cause, if any
they have. why said petition should not be
granted. and that this citation be served by the
publication thereof in the Sank Centre
Hera d, according to law.
Witness the Honorable, Hubert Hansen,
Judge of said court, and the seal of said Court,
this 9TH day of Novem Der, 1906.
fcouRT sEAL) HUBERT HANSEN.
N. G.. Kelsey Judge
Attorney for Petitioner
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1906-11-29
Citation for Hearing on Final Ac-
count and for Distribution
Estate of William


pI STATE OF MINNESOTA, &c.
10 County of Stearns,
" In Probate Court.
ll In the Matter of the Estate of William B.
II Parkinson, Decedent.
The state of Minnesota to all Persons In
as,terested in the Above Entitled Matter: Where
, as Amanda Parkinson. Executrix, has filed
Ia, i'm this court her petition praying for the
distribution of the residue of said estate to the
ho persons thereunto entitled: 1T is ORDERED,
e that said petition be heard. and that all persons
interested in said matter be and appear before
G, this court on the 30th day of November; 1906,
at O'Clock A, NJ. at the Probate Court Rooms
ye in the Court House. at st. Cloud, in said
oh County, and then and there. or as soon there
ak after as said matter can be heard, show cause,
ST II any they have why said petition should
not be granted: and that this citation be
)nsserved by the publication thereof in The Sank
ID Centre Herald, according to law.
III Witness the Honorable, Hubert Hansen.
ltyJudge of said court. and the seal OF sail court
nd this 9eth day Of October, 1906:
Judge.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1906-11-29

G. M. Boss has all kinds of wood
for sale. 1925
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1906-11-29
A New Kind of Vegetable.-Dul

A New Kind Of Notwithstanding
recent years a great many new vege-
tables have come into existence. The
American consIl in Brussels reports
that tender hop sprouts are now being
sold there in large quantities in the
early spring. These are being used
for vegetables much as asparagus is
used. Large quantities are also being
canned or bottled. For the early mar
ket hop sprouts are forced, out are
not considered so tender or succulent
as those that have been cut from
plants that have been covered with
earth during the winter.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1906-11-29
A Milking Regulation. - From

A Milking Regulation. - From a
recent milk contract we take the
following: Each of said second par
ties agree that the milk shall be
drawn from the COWS in the most
clearly manner; that water and soap
for washing and towels or cloths for
drying shall be kept at hand during
milking, and the hands of the mixer
shall be kept clean, and when need,
ed, cows shall be washed. so that no
dust nor dirt shall fall into the milk,
and the milk shall be strained through
wire cloth strainers; that immediate
ly after milking the cans containing
the milk shall be placed in a cooling
vat, arranged to maintain under all
circumstances temperature of not
over 60 degrees Fahrenheit