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Imperial Valley press and the Imperial press., 1906-04-07

32O acres, 3 l-2 miles from Fl Centro, l60 acres in alfalfa, 80 acres in barley. IS acres in cantaloupes, all fenced in forty acre fields, ? l-2 miles hog fence. house. There is enough feed here to keep 800 hogs all sum mer. Don't let this go by without looking into 1t. Bert R. Chaplin
Imperial Valley press and the Imperial press., 1906-04-07
Rheumatic Pains OuickIy Relieved

The excruciating pains characteristic of rheumatism and sciatica are quickly relieved by applying Chamberlain s Pain Balm. The great pain relieving power of the liniment has been the sur prise and delight of thousands of suffer CTS. The quick relief from pain which it affords is alone worth many times it's cost. For sale by all dealers.
Imperial Valley press and the Imperial press., 1906-04-07

In baskets. barrels, strawberry crates and often times have been shipped ln dry goods boxes. There wa no unl- formty for quotation, but with the establishment of the standard crate of uniform size and equal number in each crate 1t has made the cantaoupe standard article of fruit that can be quoted lntellIgenty. the buyer knowing what he Is to receive as to ze and number from the fact that Rocky Ford seed produces the same slze and shape in all states and Is the only shape of cantaoupes that the buyers want and will buy. This has made # poss- ble for both individual and companies 10 plant very large acreage To give you some idea as to the seed in- dustry. there was saved in the Rocky Ford district this past season 10000 to 100000 pounds for distribution in the different growing sections of the country.
 Before the advent of the Rocky Fords a ten acre patch was considered a large venture for any one grower, and itfs now we'll known that in some states one grower will attempt as high as l5o acres. Prior to the Rocky Fords there was no muskmelons worth speak ing of raised south of the Maryland Peninsula in the east and Indiana and Missouri in the west, but with the Rocky Ford seed in the state of Florl- da there has been placed about 4,o00 acres; Georgia about 4.OOO acres; North and South Carolina abou 4 500 acres. It is too numerous to mention the acres planted In the many different states but just mentioned a few of the largest in the south. Have carefully estimated that there was planted in the year 1905 in all parts of the United States at least 58 600 acres, amount ing to about 92o carloads consumed within the five months.
 When you consider the large acreage planted in each state, and the enormous amount consumed, you can see what the Rocky Ford seed has done. The supply from the beginning is continu ous, one states season overlapping the other so there is no time that the mar kets are not supplied It gives the trade an opportunity 10 handle and give the consumer steady supply and it has become an acknowledged fact that cantaloupe at the breakfast table is a necessity, and is no longer consid- cred luxury.
Imperial Valley press and the Imperial press., 1906-04-07
Hls Scheme.

CredltOr-Can't you pay me some thiLg on account of that bill you owe me2 Debtor-How much do you want? Credltor-pd like enough to meet the fees of lawyer to sue you for the bal ance.
Imperial Valley press and the Imperial press., 1906-04-07
Rarks

The class in natural history, being asked the difference between dog and a tree, the head boy answered, "A tree Is covered with bark, while a dog seems to be lined with it~
Imperial Valley press and the Imperial press., 1906-04-07
CHURCH NOTICES
Presbyterian Church

Preaching Services in Fl Centro First and Third Sundays of each month at ? 80 p. m. All are cordially invited to attend. REV. A. H. CRoco, Pastor.
Imperial Valley press and the Imperial press., 1906-04-07

Extras and repairs for Milwaukee Mowers and Rakes in complete stock is carried by Charley Fernald the Milwau- kee agent at Imperial.
Imperial Valley press and the Imperial press., 1906-04-07
Christian Church

Preaching in the Hotel Franklin every Second and FourthSunday of hemonth. You are invited to attend.
 REV. J. F. Tour, Pastor.
Imperial Valley press and the Imperial press., 1906-04-07
CANTALOUPfS
Interesting Paper by NJ. 0. COOgins Tells of the Increasing Demand
 For Them


 polptment of the League M. O Cog gins Of Pitsburg read the following h. ierestlng paper
 In the year 1870, it was an unusual thing to see a muskmelon on the mar kets for sale. but along in the sos they began planting in the Maryland Peninsula variety known as the Anna Rundels and also some Jenny LiRds. These were placed on the market for sale about the 10th of July, but ship ments amounted to very little until about the goth. then continuing until the middle of August; these gradually increased in quantity each year untl the oo's.
 The total receipts on the largest market, New York for instance, would not amount to possibly three cars a day at the heighth of the season and the prices for these ranged from S2. so to 5000 per basket IL was only a few of the fruit and vegetable handlers who bought and sold muskmelons and these were principally the ones who supplied the hotels and restaurants. Ii was sell dom that the average groceryman sold or purchased cantaloupes, and on ac- count of the limited supply and the high prices ruling, they were great luxury.
 During the years beginning with the early 90's, there was gradual increase In quantity from other sections of the country consisting of many different varieties. The season gradually began earlier until it was a great novelty to have cantaloupes for the Fourth of July trade.
 After the year 1897, when Rocky Fords were placed on the different markets and a standard crate l2xl2x24 established containing AS cantaloupes of uniform size, the Rocky Ford seed became in great demand for planting in the southern states.
 In the year 1897 the first cars of southern cantaloupes grown from the Rocky Ford seed were shipped from Hitchcock. Texas, but in the year fol- lowing, 1899, the quantity increased considerable and the first carloads from Florida arrived in New York cn June 2nd these were followed by ship ments from Georgia, Carolina and oth- CT points farther north keeping a steady supply on the market until the last of |the Rocky Fords
 The real effect of the use of Rocky RFord seed and the standard crate used pby all growers made the cantaloupe a s;andard article of trade so that quo Eatlons could be made and orders re- celved. not only from the city trade, put from all cities and towns tributary o the large receiving points, causing a demand at small points as well as large titles. This demand has increased so normously since the year 1897 to the ast season of 1905, that thought osslbly few figures which have been stlmated carefully, might interest you.
 The amount consumed throughout be United States in the year 1897 as not over 400 carloads, gradually
 creaslng each year until the past sea- Dn of 1905 there was 692o carloads
 Jed throughout the United States.
 here was handled In three of the larg-
 markets in the year 1905, l460
 rs, 7l5 cars and 66o cars respective The season for cantaloupes being
 anged from period of less than
The National tribune., 1906-08-09
THE NEW BATTLESHPS.
The South Carolina and Michigan Mark
New Era in Construction.

The new battlesiips South Carolina
and Michigan, the contracts for which
have recently been let, mark a new era
in the construction of our battleships.
and embody the lessons learned from
the Russo-Japanese War. The most
marked feature is the abolition of the
intermediate battery. In the ships SO
far built there have been numbers OF
five-inch, six-inch, seven-inch and eight
inch guns. These will be dispensed with
and instead the strength of the main
battery will be doubled, so that instead
of four 1-inch guns carried in the re-
cently-built ships there will be eight
12-inch guns in the new ships, mounted
in four turrets. The numerous small
rapid-fire guns are retained for service
against torpedoes and for similar work.
The new ships will be of about the same
length as their immediate predecessors,
the Louisiana and Connecticut, but have
a little more beam and one-half Knot
more speed. The length on the water
line will be $50 feet and the breadth 50
feet - inches. At "a feet six inches
The National tribune., 1906-08-09
Red Cloud, the Famous Sioux Warrior.
(June Scribner)

But it is among the Sioux that we
find the greatest number of old histori-
cal characters. Each year cuts down
their number. and soon these old fell
lows who know of the days before the
coming of the white man will be no
more. Red Cloud is, without doubt, the
record holder of the living North
American Chiefs to-day. His home is
close to Pine Ridge Agency. Ninety
one years old. blind. almost deaf, he sits
dreaming of the past. No wonder he Is
irritated by the idle information seeker,
Who would be called back from the
dreams of his youth? Sightless and in
firm. he is living over the days when in
youth he sat his horse as a king, the
pride of the great Sioux Nation. To his
ears must come the roar of the hunt as
the countless bison herd, like tidal
wave, rolled by; and, again, the great
day of his life. when his red -blanketed
band swept down on the hapiess Fetter-
man troop. Even now his heart must
seem to stand still as he lives over again
that day.
The National tribune., 1906-08-09
Women Coin Testers In the Mint.
Ueslie's weekly.)

The adjusting Of the coin is the most
interesting part of the whole process.
This requires delicateness of touch
which is more highly developed in wo-
man than in man, and on account of her
superior qualifications in this respect
this department is In her charge.
Here the coin is first Selected
that is. pieces which show the slightest
imperfection or roughness are thrown
out; those which pass successfully
through the skilled fingers are sent to
the long tables. where another set of
women weigh each one on delicate
scales. If coin Is too heavy, a portion
is filed off; if too light. IL is thrown out
to be remelted. Some of these women
have become so expert as to handle
1000 pieces day.
The coins are next fed to the milling
machines, this work also being done by
women. The planchets are put into the
instrument by means of a tube. and as
they descend they are caught upon a
revolving wheel and the edge Is COM
pressed and forced up. At least 500
dimes can be milled in the short space
of minute. About 80 women are en-
ployed in these two rooms.
The National tribune., 1906-08-09
A aIOBILE FORCE.
a Good Plan for Developing More Ell
cient American Army.

This force Is now composed of 10
regiments of cavalry, 80 regiments OF
infantry. 80 batteries of field. mountain
and siege artillery 12 companies of en-
gineers. IL companies of signal men.
We will not suggest for this force an
ideal distributions. but one merely fol-
lowing accepted National policies and
prejudices, and at the same time fulfill
ing elementary military requirements
We must have troops in easy reach OF
the Northern and Southern frontiers;
also points of concentration not too far
from each coast. and one near the cen
ter of the country. This last is con-
ceded to political demands all the more
willingly since the great sums already
spent on central garrisons at Riley and
Leavenworth must not be sacrificed
This gives us as minimum to be de-
sired five permanent camps or garri-
sons; we shall provide for six, as will
be seen.
Consider, now. the ultimate distribu-
ton of the whole field force into these
commands Each should comprise all
arms, that instruction and maneuvers
may constantly tend to preparation for
war. A strongly-organized unit would
be division made up about as follows:
Six regiments of infantry. two bri-
ga6es.
ment.
Two regiments of cavalry. one bri-
gade.
Two companies of Engineers.
Two companies of Signal Corps.
The minimum peace strength of such
a force would be owe 5000 men. Upon
the threat of war present laws permit
the President to raise the effective of
each company so that on a war footing
our division would have about 1900
men. ct might be found advantageous
to Immediately add a militia brigade to
the Regular division; this would bring
its strength to about 10, 600 men,
Such division would be equally ef-
fective for home or foreign service. and
whether acting alone or combined with
other divisions, it would constitute a
command adapted in every way to the
needs Of instruction. and 1t would form
a school where not only subalterns. but
Colonels. Generals and the Staff SER
vices would learn by daily, and not by
occasional experience. their business In
war,
The National tribune., 1906-08-09
THE BEER OCTOPUS.
Recommendations From Those Who Art
Alive to the Colossal Evil.

Editor National Tribune: I am a
constant reader of your great paper,
and am much interested in your arti-
cles on beer. For the sake of suffering
humanity let us have deliverance from
this beer devil. You should publish
your articles in book form, as they are
too good to be allowed to go out of
print-James p. L. Weems, Vincennes,
Ind.
Editor National Tribune: I have read
with a great deal of admiration your
articles on alcohol and beer, and hope
that there are more to follow.-Silas
Post, Jamaica, n. Y.
Editor National Tribune: My atten-
ton has been called to your article on
the Course of Alcohol" and 1 am pleas
ed to know that you are making such
a fight against this giant evil of the
age-W. J. Dean, Minneapolis, Mimi.
Editor National Tribune: I think
the two articles on alcohol and beer are
well worth the price of a years sub
scription. / would suggest that at some
time in the future you pay your re-
spects to the Army canteen."-A. II.
Graham, Lockport, N. Y.
Editor National Tribune: I had taken
The National Tribune for near on to 20
years, DuI SeNerHl years ago uiSCOntlu-
ued 1t. Now l am taking it again, and
it seems quite like an old friend come
back. I am immensely pleased with
the two articles on alcohol and beer, as
l am as much interested in the liquor
question as L was in the slavery ques-
ton years ago. 1 trust that you will
write further upon the subject.-P.
Woodsing, Oelwein, Iowa.
Editor National Tribune: 1 want to
congratulate you on your two recen. ar
tfcleS on the use of alcohol and beer
Give us more. / am satisfied that they
will meet the views of large majority
OF the old comrades. l am not a third
party crank, either.-A. Mead, Prairie
City, Ill.
The National tribune., 1906-08-09

with as that officer should decide. The
presence of Col. Wolford added spirit to
the interview. as Wolford had not only
been one of the most Jealous In the
long chase. but he had himself. not
many months before. been captured by
Morgan. Morgan then asked to be put
back in the field as he was. but Shackel-
ford curtly rejected this. Morgan had
about $50 men with him when captured
and 400 horses.
The arms and horses were turned
over to Maj-Gen. Brooks. at Wellsville.
o.: the enlisted men sent to Camp
Chase. o.
The troops in West Virginia were
called upon to help head off Morgan
from crossing the Ohio. and the bri-
gades of Gems. F.. Parker Scammon and
Co.'s. r. b. Hayes and White were then
deployed along the river from the
mouth of the Little Kanawha to that
of the Guyandotte. Col. Hayes's Bri-
gade picked up 20s prisoners and so
horses.
The National tribune., 1906-08-09
Made a Difference.
Uondon Electric Magazine.)

Two Irish telephone linesmen were
returning from a days pole-setting, and
in crossing a bog one of them fell into
mudhole.
His mate ran to a nearby farmhouse
and asked for a spade.
What do you want 1t for?" asked the
farmer.
''Shure. Mike is stuck in the bog, and
want to dig him out"
How far in Is he sunk?''
"Oh, up to his ankles
"Begorra, then he can asily walk out"
replied the farmer.
"Begorra, but he can't" retorted Pat;
''he's in the wrong end up"
The National tribune., 1906-08-09
Access to Pending Applications.

The Acting Commissioner of Patents
promulgates the following rule:
thereafter no person except the ap-
plicant. the assignee whose assignment
is of record, or the attorney of record
will be permitted to have access to the
file of any application, except as provid-
ed for under the interference rules, un-
less written authority from the appli-
cant, assignee or attorney, identifying
the. application to be inspected. is filed
in the case TO become part of the
record thereof. or upon the written or
der of the Commissioner, which will
also become a part of the record of the
case"
The National tribune., 1906-08-09
(Tv be continued.)
Curley, the Alleged Only Survivor Of the
Custer Massacre.
fU,,no Cor;hparN
(June Scribn er.)

The Custer battlefield is close to the
Crow Agency. In a desire to know all
that I could. at close range of the trag-
edy of the Little Big Horn. spent many
days in going over the battlefield foot
by foot, from where the troops left the
Rosebud to the ridge where the men
had made their last stubborn fight.
White marble SIS mark the spots
where they fell. In most cases the slabs
are in twos. side by side. Strange how
II Is when 1t comes to the final end. we
reach out for human companionship.
There they made their last earthly
stand, bunkie by bunkie.
Among the dozens of Indians I ques-
toned of the fight was Curley. who Is
so often called the sole survivor of the
Custer fight. He has been SO buliied,
badgered, questioned. cross-questioaed,
leading-questioned and called. by mouth
and in type. coward and liar by an
endless horde Of the curious and knowl-
edge seeking that I doubt to-day. If his
life depended upon 1t. he could tell
whether he was ever at or near the Gus
ter fight
The National tribune., 1906-08-09
The Real Oldest Living Veteran.

Robert McCandiess's father, of Eliza
beth, y. j., is not "in it, with William
Welch, of Lempster, y. H., who was
born March 29. 1900. He enlisted Aug
81, 1862, in Co. II. 14th ". Y, as pri-
vate; was wounded at Cedar Creek. ana
mustered out July 8, 1865. He is living
now in Lempster. y. H, at the advanced
age of 100 years and three months
Who can beat this in the United States ?
-Lucius b. Wright, % Locust St, Ever.
eft Mass
The National tribune., 1906-08-09
Woman Had Basket of Wolves.
(Garnett News.) }

Mrs. NJ. Henderson, who lives fou,
miles southwest Of Bush City, was in
town the other day with six young
wolves which she and her husband cap.
tured on their farm
The wolves were quite young: they
did not have their eyes open yet, anti
one who did not know what they were
would have said they were puppies.
There is bounty of 81 a head on the
wolves. SO that Mrs. Henderson will re.
celve Sc for the scalps of the six. They
made an effort to capture the old wolf
but she could not be found,
The National tribune., 1906-08-09
HypOdermic Injection Fluid That Cures
New York's Fighting Regiments.

Editor National Tribune: Please give
a list Of New York's fighting regiments
during the war. and obIige-Charles W.
Scharff, Canajoharie, n. Y.
New York's fighting regiments were:
Cavairy-1st Dragons C19th n. Y.
Cav.), I'd, Sth and 10th.
Heavy Artillery-7th. Sth. 9th and
14th.
Infantry-5th. 40th, 42d, 43d, 44th.
4Sth. 49th, 51st. sgd. 59th. 61st. SD.
64th, seth, 10th. 72d, 73d, 74th, 10th, 18th,
SOth, S1st, sgd, SD, Saith. S6th, SSth, 93d,
9th, Tooth, 1O6th. 109th. 111th, 112th.
Hath, 115th, 117th, 120th, 121st, 124th,
125th, 126th, 13Tth, 140th, 142d, 146tht
147th. 14sth. 164th. 169th, 17Oth.-Ed.
itor National Tribune.
The National tribune., 1906-08-09
woodchuck as n Family Pet.
(Kennebec Journal.)

An odd pet is owned by Brunswick
family. 1t is a two-year-old woodchuck,
which has become very tame.
He lives in a hole near the cellar of
the house, and always comes out when
the skimming of the milk Is going on.
In which he appears to be very much
interested. Sept. 25, 1905, he seemed
to be very sleepy and disappeared, and
nothing further was seen of him until
Fast Day. when he reappeared.
He had been in a state Of Information
for seven months and one day. He was
very glad to see the family, and was In
very good flesh despite his long Winters
sleep.
The National tribune., 1906-08-09

to have heard. He Is that sort Of q
man. and that sort of man is one
among million In this world of medio-
cres.
Mr.. Hill knows the railroad business
thoroughly. from its ground floor to its
pinnacle. He is an expert in all de-
partments of railroading. either from
practical experience or from careful
study. He knows every engine on his
road, its hauling power and its con-
sumption of fuel. And he knows all
the regions through which his lines pass
better than any other man in those re-
gions or out OF them. He knows in
every State each County he has pene-
trated. its geography. its topography.
Its soils. resources and capabilities; he
knows its fauna and its fora down TO
the minutest details: he knows Its air,
its water and its minerals with the
knowledge of a practical scientist; he
knows the exact measure of its trans
portable products, and more accurately
than any of It's own citizens he can es-
innate its possibilities OF development.
He has been toiling for years to OBJ
tain this knowlYdge-and he can toll
terribly. That knowledge Is a part OF
his plant" part of his equipment as
railroad manager and financier, which
| no rival can take from him, and which
places him above rivalry in the prosecu-
ton of his vast designs.
This knowledge of the region trav-
ersed by the embryo of his present sys-
tenn was his before he passed to the
control of that system. He better knew
| the value of the property than the men
who created it or the men who then
| owned 1t. He thus came into its pos
session adequately equipped with inter-
nal resources to appreciate 1t. TO safely
| manage it, and to prudently extend 1t.
| lis management and its
| been msryels of progression and sue
cess That Mr.. Hill rose from a subor-
dinate position to that of supreme con-
| troll. which he has held for over 25
years with unchecked increment of
prosperity, Is not the result of luck or
accident. 1t Is an unimpeachable case
of the survival of the fittest.
| 1t is hard for st. Paul man to know
| where to stop, when he begins to talk
or write about John Ireland and James
| ]. Hill; there Is really so much to say,
| and so much that Is important to
knowledge of the moral and material
development OF the new Northwest.
whereof the Twin Cities are the politi-
cal focus and the commercial metropo-
| lis.
Comrade Ireland. an Aid of the Conn
mander-in-Chief, will probably ride in
carriage with Commander Tanner, at
the Grand Army parade in Minneapolis.
both being barred from the conven-
tional horsemanship, the one by physi-
cal infirmity. the other by clerical dig
nifty. Brevet Comrade Hill WILL If with
in reach, be seen zealously waving a
Flag and cheering, somewhere along
the line of march; at his stately man.
sion in st. Paul, with its magnificent
| grounds and its splendid art collection,
every properly accredited visitor will be
welcome.
Minnesota honors them both as the
Nation honors them. One is an Empire
Builder: the other an architect of Prog
ress and Reform. Both, though of
alien birth, are genuine, typical, undi.
luted and unadulterated Americans
The National tribune., 1906-08-09
Bragg's Invasion of Kentucky-OId Army
Song.


Old Bragg went UP to old Kentuck,
Restoring rights and stealing truck,
And though he went up fast, indeed,
He hurried back at breakneck speed.
Chorus
Then shout. boys, shout!
The foe is put to rout,
And Bragg-a-boo,
And Morgan. too,
Have started back to Dixie.
Hi-o, we've laid them low
Secesh are blue as indigo.
At Perryville with burning zeal
He brandished high his threatening
steel.
But the Yankee boys soon made him
He'd best run back to Tennessee.
And there with $4,000 men
He fought and fought and fought again;
But getting sick of ROsecrans's play,
He packed his kit and ran away.
The National tribune., 1906-08-09
Work of the Patent Office.

For the week ended July "a, 1906,
the Patent Office issued 544 patents,
five designs, six labels. eight prints, six
reissues; making total of $50, of which
497 patents and IA trademarks went to
citizens of the United States and So pat
ents to citizens of foreign countries.