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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-03-24

from the butter dish But the instant he
touched it the butter scattered into doz-
ems of bits and few away-actualiy few
into the air, In fact. 1t was not butter at
all--it was a flock of yellow butterflies.
Butterflies" cried Timothy.
So IL seems, said Mr.. Jones. Butter
flies. Never mind I'll have bread and
gravy" He took a slice of bread and
poured the gravy over it, but at the first
taste he pushed 1t away. Sweets again."
he said, in Disguised voice. The grayys
maple syrup and the breads angel cake.
Hurraht cried the children. and each
one took a slice of angel cake and poured
lot of strip over 1t.
Mrs. Jones rang for the cook. What are
you thinking of, Katie she said, and she
told her about the dinner. Katie was
more astonished than all the rest
Sure. ma am" she said, 1T was just the.
very dinner you ordered that / made. i
don't know what's come over 1t. I'll bring
in the dessert" SO she brought in the
apple pie and a plate of round crullers,
each with hole in the middle. But the
minute the pie was opened out jumped a
white baby rabbit. Mr.. Jones leaned back
in his chair. TRY the crullers if you want
to- he said, II won't.
Then that's the best April fool of air,
cried Gwen for the crullers are all
right"
april fool?" cried Mrs. Jones. Why,
it's the first of April-is this dinner an
April fool?"
Yes" said Gwen ''the whole dinner.
Then she bit into the cruller with the moo
at one side Her teeth struck something
hard. And what do you think she FOUND
inside that round crulier? Barbara's
quaint gold bracelet and the clasp was
just where the mob in the cruller had
been.
oh, oh. It's a present from Barbara
Frudencew she exclaimed and she ran
and looked back of the curtain. Barbara
was not there. Then up in the nursery
ran Gwen, and there in her picture was
Barbara Prudence, looking as II nothing
at all had happened
You April fooled me this time yourseif!
said Gwendolin.
And Barbara never came out or her pic
ture again. but Gwendolln always kept
the beautiful old-fashioned gold bracelet
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-03-24
A Surprise Dinner.
BY DORIS WEBB.

For three weeks and two days Gwendolin
Geraldine Jones had been as good as the
uttIe Kate Greenaway girl in the picture on
the nursery waH. But at the end of that
time she stood by herself in the nursery
and looked around her. All her toys were
ul the most perfect order, all her dolls Were
smiling sweetIy at each other and the books
con her bookshelf were as straight and neat
~ a row Of houses on the street.
I've been good long enough" said Gwen
doliu Geraldine Jones, To-day is April
Fools day, and I'd like to be naughty
Wouldn't your" and she looked at the little
Kate Greenaway girl In the picture OF
course Gwendulin never supposed the little
girl could hear her She only spoke to her
because there was no one else to speak to-
So you can imagine how surprised she was
when the little girl turned right round In
the picture and said, Yes, I'd like to be
naughty for just this one April Fools day ,
My goodness gracious sakes alive SAID
Gwendolin Geraldine Jones.
Shall ! come down and play with your:
said the little girl. Il oughtnt to, but /
want to be naughty, so I'll begin by doing
that"
'Oh. yes" said Gwen-she was usually
called Gwen. please come down. I'm SO
clad you're not always good" So the httie
Kate Greenaway girl stepped out or the
picture onto the back of a chair. and then
she jumped down into the room.
My names Barbara Prudence" she said.
Yours ] know very well, because I've
heard II so often"
IN just call you Barbara" said Gwen,
because Prudence wouldn't suit you at ali
to-day IL you're not going to be good
Barbara and Gwen had looked at each
other so often that they felt we'll acQuaint-
cd Barbara had short. curly hair, quite
Tk and brown eyes that really looked
quite mischevious now. She wore green
dress with pink sash green bonnet ana
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-03-24

fore" said Mr.. Jones mildly, as he began
to eat. Good gracious! Why, I believe
these are not croquettes! They're filed
with JAM"
You don't say sol" cried Mrs Jones'
What was the cook thinking of? Why,
dear me, 1t isn't rice, either; it's candy.
and this Is not mashed potatoes; it's Ice
cream / never heard of such thing in
my life. Why--why, and the children are
on their second helpings already
Just then Timothy broke open a sweet
potato. and to his great establishment out
jumped a little yellow chicken.
'Oh, OH" cried all the children. and
they broke open their potatoes, and in
steao of the regular yellow potato each
one contained a yellow chicken. OF course
the children were delighted. for the little
chickens hoped over the table and began
pecking up crumbs as happily as possible.
Gwendolin heard little giggle from
behind the curtain. but the others were
too busy TO notice ii.
Well" said Mr.. Jones, 'I'll have nice,
sensible piece of bread and butter any
way" and he started to take some butter
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-03-24

from two to three. But I had to carry
them papers up to old Hawkins that night
fur he warnt goin' to live till mornin'
Hawkins was a Iivin' to Schenk's Mills
about fifteen mile back in the mountains,
in the lumber diStric', and the man that
brought the message into town said he
wouldn't go back that night for love or
money. He'd seen the bars tracks COM
in down.
"WeN, you know I amt easy skeered, an
when 1 thought o that poor ole man, n
dyin' up thar in his shanty all alone an q
wantin' them dockyments, / allowed I'd
go. Not that the dockynents could do him
any good, for they was nothin but deeds
an a will, an was all as right as a trivet.
But know how tits when mans dyin'.
He wants what he wants. So l got Beebee
to give me the papers an l started Jest
about sunset
well. l skipped along pretty lively, car
ryin' my rife an my wallet, till come to
Taylor's. about seven mile out There
stopped to borry lantern. Taylor hadn' t
TO lantern. You know how tits with them
tavern keepers; they never have anything
folks wants But he lent me a kerosene
lamp I had to have a light. fur had to
walk the hune fur about three mile and
half. Ia trod that plank many time
afore. but never after dark. Wei, thinks
l to myself as 1 lit out on the two-foot
board alongside the trough, I'm not likely
to meet the bar as long as I'm on thus
track anyway.
II felt pretty shaky when I come to Par
sons g1llch, where the groun drops out
from under the fiume and leaves you walk
in on trestlework about fifty feet up in
the air. Howsomeyer crossed all right, an
broke into the woods on the other side.
After Ia gone along fur about mile there
come I'D one o. them sudden mountain
storms o wind an rain, an bowed my light
out. I hurried along till come to the nor
Ter trunk o. one o. them big redwood trees
an crawled into 1t through big knot
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-03-24
Some Jokes for April First.

If 1t looks like rain put few peanuts In
side the umbrellas in the hall stand and fold
them up as they were before.
Put half egg shells-with the open end
down-into the egg cups at breakfast, so
that they look like whole eggs.
Save the newspaper for next year so that
you can put 1t at fathers place on the LIST
OF April. and he will begin to read news
year old.
Write April fool on a large bean and
wrap 1t In dozens of papers, SO that it makes
a good-sized package. Tie it neatly and
write your sisters name and address on the
outside.
Cut out the letters "a pril foor from
paper and give them to your brother, telling
spell his name.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-03-24

black mits, and she carried a green SILK
bag On her arm was quaint gold brace
Ie. with an emerald clasp.
Gwendolin was rather a plump little girl.
with dImples and smooth. light hair, tightly
braided i'm two braids and tied with blue
ribbons. She wore blue checked dress
with a long waist and a short skirt, while
Barbara s dress had a short waist and a
long skirt.
Now for some funY' said Barbara Let's
give an April Fools dinner. I've learned
q, few tricks from a fairy l used TO know.
aud I'm pretty sure We could manage 20
mix things UP bit"
oh. let'sT' cried Gwen, jumping UP and
down. But how shall we ever do It:
Katie. the cook, always makes the dinner.
and we don't want TO have two dinners,
YOU know"
III tell you how We'll manage It," said
Barbara. wen so downstairs and slip
into the kitchen when the cooks not there,
and we'll change the dinner and make I
just the way want 10. Now tell me
what are your favorite things to eat"
oh, ice cream" said Gwen, and jam.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-03-24
A Grizzly Nightmare.
RY N. o.

When ice and Bert West, two city boys
visiting GzeenviIle, entered the village gro
Gerry and post Office Grizzly knox the bear
a1nter, was seated on candle box waiting
fer his mail.
Years before Mr.. Knox had gained great
reputation In those parts as a bear slayer.
cFhfs reputation. by the way. was wholly
due to his own accounts of his exploits
The name of Grizzly had attached itself
to him In consequence.
He was a man about fifty years OF age
with small bright hazel eyes and mop of
unkempt iren-gray hair. His bushy whis-
kers of the same color had not known n
razor for years. II tell you what 1t IS,
boys" he was remarking to one or two of
his eronles who stood near THAT was the
closest shave | ever had
The word shave coming from a mouth
hidden by sucSi a beard attracted the atteu-
ton of the boys and they drew near TO
listen. II knowed the bar was lurkin
about, Grizzly continued. I'D heard 1t
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-03-24

1. BEHEADINGS:
l. Behead a girls name and leave de-
voured
2 Behead to rent and leave quiet.
3. Behead brightness ana leave failure.
2 VEGETABLE PUZZLE:
Out OF the following letters make at least
three kinds of vegetables. The same let
ter may be used more than oncei
oninturipcelry.
3. WORDS WITHIN WORDS:
I, Rowing implements within harsh.
2. Not well done within TO creep.
3. To run about within alert.
4. A drinking beverage within a kind e
meat.
4. WORD SQUARE:
A country road.
2. Chilliness.
3. Invalid.
4. Snake-like fishes.
8 HIDDEN PROvERB:
Eviln ew sri desf as t.
6. DIAMOND:
l. A consonant In ''mantel."
2. Anything small.
8. To grieve
L. To endeavor
S. A consonant In "mantel"
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Blows and Kisses.
BY ID WEIR

BY ID. WEBB.
A gusty fellow, March! He came
And danced DIN whirling glee
But soon he cried: II want some friends
To play about with me.
Come out you little sleeping leaves,
Come out, come out and play"
''We'H not come out" they whispered back
It'll you have gone awayP'
'Tll blow you out' he shouted loud,
And swept upon the trees,
The little leaves laughed low and said:
Wen not come out to freezer
Then merry March rushed off In space
Where all the past things stay.
And April came with tears and smiles
And called the leaves TO play.
She bathed the trees with gentle rain.
She kissed them with her sun.
wen comet" the tender little leaves
Made answer, every one.
Then with gentle. kind caress
Sweet April touched the trees,
And soon a million little leaves
Were dancing in the breeze.
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SOLUTION or CHAPTER VIII

Red Riding Hood was now hun.
Cry. so she opened her basket and
began to eat. BY the time she had
eaten. the sun was high above the
trees and she knew II was getting
late, 30 she rose and set Of again.
But soon Q butterfly attracted her;
attention and she spent some time.
In chasing, II. Than she became,
tired and lay down to rest. Be-
fore. long she was In sound sipmr
Der. ~
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&C. o. D."
Written for The star BY cafharins Smith. age IL
years.
A little boy asked his father:
what does C. O. d. stand fort
I've vefy often noticed 1t
On the parcels at the door"
said papa: " U stands for cash.
The thing that I'm working for;
And this u what, my boy. you've 800
On the parcels ct tho door.
ssAnd AZ for the o." said his father,
az boy that stands for souly;'
Oaah only what am working tor
Amid soma hours tonely.
" d stands Tor what Tn doing
10 ret that blessed caah.
To ocTnpo SONS thin9p to4sthH
- ct ysar Iesad ~ hAsk"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-03-24

plant the seeds Ike this: Scratch your
name or Initials on the ground and plant
the mustard sesds-end cress seed mot
water eresst IL you can get it-along the
scratches Soon you viii have your name
growing In the garden bed In dainty green.
Would you feel xery badly when the time
came TO eut 1t down and eat 1t as a salad?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-03-24
Wise Fido.

heard my Polly's mother say to her
II don't see where your memory can be,
The things / say to you go In one ear
And out the other one. 1t seems to me-"
And SO when Polly talks to me lift
One ear to hear my mistress speak, and
then
always leave the other hanging down
To keep the words from slipping out
again.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-03-24

WORD SQUARE.
/. URGE
2 RE Il
8. AOL
l. Ellis
PIED PR0yERB.
1t Is always darkest before the dawn.
CHARADE.
Delight
RHYMLNG ENIGMA.
Hope.
BEHEADINGS.
T. Swan. 2. Heat. .. Clock.
DIAMOND.
18th.
JOHNNY'a SLATE.
Nathan Hale {hrst lfne), Paul Jones (second hae),
Patrick HsaU ithird nns1. he stars and stripes
CAST Mna).
Imperial Valley press and the Imperial press., 1906-06-23

Centro are taking about 21 tons of ice per day. Besides this, there IS retail trade for about two tons per day. So 1t Is clear the ice plant is not large enough to supply the home demand, and especially so, as that demand will double within two weeks. However, the ice plant got a weeks run before the cantaloupe season opened and they stored up about 150 tons of ice, which will help out the shortage for some time.
 The Holton Power Co.'S little ice plant at Imperial is being run to it's full capacity too, and all that can be spared from there IS furnished to Brawley, but this IS insufficient and a large amount of ice will have to be shipped to Brawley during this cantaloupe season. But this will not be necessary hereafter, for the ca pac1ty of the ice plant here at El Centro will be doubled before next year, and the large ice storage rooms will be filled Tn anticipation of the largely in- creased demand which will then be made for ice. It will take about 5000 tons of ice to handle the present cantaloupe crop and 10 doubt there will be a demand for 15,OOO tots next year. The ice plant will have plenty to do for ice will be necessity that can't be dispensed with in the kind of farming that will be followed in this valley hence forth.
Imperial Valley press and the Imperial press., 1906-06-23
COUNTY DIVISION

The proposition to erect the new county of Imperial from ter ritory taken from the eastern end of San Diego county is receiving considerable notice just now and as this is a political year and somebody wants to run for office 1t Is to be expected that this issue would be raised.
 But aside from that there is merit in the proposition for I'm perial Valley will have the wealth and population required and can we'll afford a new county by the time one can be organized no matter how promptly the next
Imperial Valley press and the Imperial press., 1906-06-23
Other Use- For Teeth.

The teeth. says the Medical Fort nightly, are said to have a higher of flee than that commonly assigned to them-namely. that of merely crushing or masticating the food They are to be regarded as endowed with a tactils sense, a discriminating faculty core spending to that possessed by the mus cles and nerves of the eye and ear They have an extreme delicacy of dis cernment both as to whether the ob- jects eOmminuted be suitable as food or such as will irritate the delicate lin Ing of the digestive passages. They speedily detect the smallest particle of ctnder that has found it's way into a freshly baked biscuit.
Imperial Valley press and the Imperial press., 1906-06-23
Terrible Accident

Charles Hickson had the misfortune to get his left leg cut off just above the ankle in an accident on the railroad near Imperial about nine o'clock last "Wednesday night. He had been to Imperial on the railroad bicycle and was returning to Fl Centro accompan- led by William Allen when the acci- dent happened. There was a special freight backing up from Imperial to take away some cars of cantaloupes. The wind was blowing gale and there was no lights on the rear of the train, so it ran down Hlckson and Allen be- fore they noticed 1t was upon them. In addition to Hickson's Injury Allen got the small bone in his left arm broken. Medical attendance was called for the injured men and Hickson was taken out on Friday morning to a hospital in Los Angeles
 dickson is young man about g years old and has worked for some time for the Holton Power company.
Imperial Valley press and the Imperial press., 1906-06-23
OPERATIONS IN ICE

The ice plant was turned over to the Holton Power Company on last Tuesday. The Prick Man- ufacturing Co.,, who put in the machinery, had to run it till 1t had run its full capacity for a week before their contract was fulfilled. This was completed last Tuesday and MT. Webb, the Prick man, tock his departure. The plant is now running day and night and has been for two weeks, and will continue to do so indefinitely. It is turning out about 20 tons of ice per day, and the cars iced at Ho1tviIle aud El
Imperial Valley press and the Imperial press., 1906-06-23
STOPPING THE GAP

The Colorado river, at last re- port, was carrying about 82,000 cubic feet of water per second, of which only about 5000 cubic feet per second was going down the old channel. And the river was still rising. However, it is certain that this is the last of the summer flood, and, no doubt, within two weeks the river will pass its flood stage and will then subside very rapidly.
 This is what MT. Cory, the manager of the California De- velopment company, expects it to do, and he is planning his opera tions accordingly. Last Friday he went to the Colorado with the expectation of staying till the gap is stopped and the water shut out
 Great preparations have been, and are being, 5Inade by MT. Cory fer this work, and no detail is being overlooked or matter neglected in making everything ready to do this work as soon and as quickly as possible. It is clearly realized that the water must be shut out, and the sooner the better. Therefore, even be- fore the water has begun to de- cline MT. Cory has established himself at the scene of opera tions and begun work. Already about. 100 men are employed, material is being assembled, camp is being made and every thing that can be done Is being done to expedite the work as soon as the water begins to fall. The big wooden headgate Is reported all safe and sound but the river channel has cut out quite wide at the place where the levee across it will be built. Although it is more than half mile wide, 1t Is not very deep. and this will make 1t all the easier to shut off. It is believed that the bottom of the opening in the wooden headgate is lower than the bottom of the channel of the river and that there will be no difficulty in making the water run through the gate the minute the river is low enough so the gate can carry its volume. Even if 1t should be lower, very small dam would turn it through the gate anyway, so there is no uneasiness or un- certainty on that score.
 The first thing that will be
Imperial Valley press and the Imperial press., 1906-06-23

legislature might pass an enab- ling act. It is natu1 al to expect the next assemblyman from this district to come from this Valley and to be in favor of the new county. When the legislature meets next January he will no doubt be helped in his work by the solid influence of the people of this Valley. By that time the Colorado river will be under control and all uncertainty from that quarter removed. The re- survey of the lands in the Valley will be completed during the com ing winter. This will bring the patenting of the lands to hand and no doubt before the new county could be organized and the assessors office gotten ready to levy taxes almost all of the patents will be issued. There are any number of advantages will accrue to the Valley by req son of having new county and these will more than offset any poss ible increase that might be made in the tax rate.
 By all means let the plans go on for d new county for our uu- solved problems will be settled before the county can possibly be organized anyway.
Imperial Valley press and the Imperial press., 1906-06-23
A TransmiEratOr.

Black Sarah was busily employed about our small northern kitchen when I had occasion to go out there and by way of being pleasant said. You ars from the south. are you not. SarahT
 ''Law, yes, missr' was the answer.
 "BOrn in the south?' I continued.
 Originally bawn in Richmond, miss" was the astonishing reply.-Woman's Home Companion
Imperial Valley press and the Imperial press., 1906-06-23
Our Way I'm Life.

1t does not take much to determlns the lives of most of us. We naturally follow the examples about us, and, as a rule. we rise or fall according to ths strongest current in which we live Success Magazine
Imperial Valley press and the Imperial press., 1906-06-23

Men are so constituted that every body undertakes what be sees another successful in. whether ho has apt1tude for ft or not-Goethe.
Imperial Valley press and the Imperial press., 1906-06-23
For District Attorney

hereby announce myself candidate for the office of Public Administrator of San Dieg
 County, subject to the approval of the Repnb- lican County Convention CC. HAYNES.