Imperial Valley press and the Imperial press., 1906-04-21
FL CENTRIC

FL CENTRIC
 Ed. E. Boyd has some bargains in real estate at Holtville too.
 You won't bave to keep many sows to raise all the pigs you want Il you will get g start of Durocs from Porter N. Ferguson, Holtville, Cal.
 c. H. Walton, an East side farmer from No. 2, was an El Centro visitor on Thursday last. He reports crops of all kinds much better than last year in his neighborhood.
 Ed. Downing's barber shop has been made resplendent this week with new sign and the brick pillar of the hotel porch has been striped in shrieking col- ors for barber pole.
 Mr. Travers has erected a 24 foot flag pole on top of the Hotel El Centro and hereafter Old Glory will float in the breeze from a sixty foot elevation when we have gala occasions in this town.
 The Fl Centro Barber Shop is now ready for your patronage. Everything new and clean. The best of work in the highest style of the art.
 ED. DOWNING; Proprietor. 
 B. T. Smith, of Los Angeles, is in the Valley looking for land while 1t can still be had. He is covering the Valley with I. l.. Wilson and has already bought one tract and expects to buy more.
 What made Milwaukee famous? The Milwaukee Mowers and Rakes. c. w. Fernald, agent, Imperial.
 Charles D. Hartshorn, of Claremont, was in our town last Wednesday looking for business location. MT. Hartshorn was much surprised at the phenomenal growth of Fl Centro ands is convinced that this is the best business location in the Valley.
 Hop vines grow faster and make more shade than any other plant in this eli mate. E. R. Fairbanks at Imperial has them all rooted and ready to grow Price 50 cents per dozen.
 Mrs. J. A. Jackson, of Silsbee and Miss Ella Jackson, of Riverside, were calling on Mrs F. G. Ravens last Thurs day.
 F. G. Ravens and family moved up from Imperial last Saturday and now occupy their new house on Olive street. This completes the removal of the PRESS from Imperial to Fl Centro.
 The earthquake shocks still keep up slight tremors occurring at intervals from Wednesday till Saturday. The Los Angeles dailies are eagerly scanned for news from the districts where dam age occurred.
 w. H. Hartshorn was up from Imper- ial last Wednesday taking notice" of the many and substantial buildings be- ing erected in our town. Mir. Harts- horn is something of pioneer himself. having started the ice plant in Imperial but he now realizes that he missed the central town about four miles.
 William WesselI, the Imperial under taker, was up from his home town this week looking for a store room to open A1p furniture stock in our town. We need furniture store and hope Mir. Vessel will put one in but neither El. Centro nor any of it's residents need the services of the undertaken.
 Messrs. Mcclure and Hamilton arriv- ed from Texas this week with their work animals, farming'implements and household goods. They brought 43 head of horses, seven wagons and large amount of implements and are moving out to their land south of town, which they will at once put into high state of cultivation.
 The Peterson building is expected to be ready for occupancy next Monday. A social dance will be held in it on next Saturday night and Mir. G. w. House expects to open the El Centro Restau- rant there next Monday or Tuesday and be prepared to feed the hungry in any number or quantity that may come. The upper porch of the Hotel Fl Cen ,tro has been completed this week. It is screened in with fly netting it's entire length of more than 200 feet and fixtures are heinz mt in for dividing it with