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Imperial Valley press and the Imperial press., 1906-09-01
HOW WORK IS DONE
Herbert Brown Tells of Methods and
 Progress at the HeadinO

Herbert Brown. who visited Imperial Heading Saturday, gives a good de- scription of the work of stopping the Mexican Intake, which is now being pressed with great energy.
 Two jettles have been built, one start ing from each bank. and approaching each other until the stream is narrowed to about 500 feet. The distance be- ween the banks of the river at the in- take is 2500 feet, and at the present stage of the river this distance is most ly sand bars. Each jetty is about 1000 feet long
 Starting from the mid stream end, each jetty has wing extending down stream 100 feet, furnishing an abut- ment for the mat. The jetties are built of rows of piling filled in between with brush and sand bags.
 A willow mat 100 feet wide. meas uring up and down stream, is being laid across the 5OO-foot space between the jetties, taking its start from the abut- ment on one side and on this mat, as a foundation, the dam of piling. brush, rock and earth Is to be built.
 The method of constructing the mat is quite different from that employed last fall Then it was built on shore in sections and dragged Into the water piece by piece. Now the mat Is being woven on barge, which, started at one side, is drawn from under the mat as it Is finished, making 1t continuous, like great strip of carpet.
 Strands of wire cable are laid across the deck of the barge and on these the brush is piled. Over the brush are other cables. the upper and lower being tied together with heavy wires. As the finished part of the mat is slid off the barge into the water, il is anchored by cables to piles driven into the river above; then other piles are driven through the mat into the river bed and rock and bags of sand are piled on it to force it down on to the bottom.
 The sheet of mating Is now 36O feet
Imperial Valley press and the Imperial press., 1906-09-01

The department affirmed your de- cision finding that the claimant had made the required annual expenditure to the satisfaction of the department and as the amount is sufficient the character of the expenditure will not be considered.
 The essential requirement of a des- ert land entryman to entitle him to pat ent is that within four years from the filing of his declaration he shall make satisfactory proof that he has expended in the necessary irrigation, reclama- tion and cultivation thereof. by means of main canals and branch ditches and in permanent improvements upon the land and in the purchase of water rights for the irrigation of the same, at least three dollars per acre of the entire tract. For the purpose of demonstrat- Ing his good faith and to prevent the withholding of land under an entry, without efforts to reclaim it, the law requires annual proof showing expendl- lures each yea of an amount for such purposes and in necessary improve ments. The planting of trees upon the land is an improvement and although his efforts to secure water rights and to comply with the requirements of the act may fail, yet if his efforts were made in good faith and such fact is shown to the satisfaction of the land department, his entry will not be for feited, but as stated in the decision sought to be re-reviewed the depart ment will at the proper time. when he submits his final proof, consider the whole matter and determine whether the entryman has satisfied the require ments of the law to entitle him to a patent.
 Such was the ruling of your office, which was affirmed by the department, and no sufficient reason Is shown why 1t should be disturbed.
 The action Is denied and the papers are herewith returned.
 Very respectfully,
 THos. RYAN,
 Acting Secretary.
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long and if all goes we'll the remaining l40 feet will be finished in less than a week. Then trestle will be built over 1t. rails laid and with brush, rock and gravel by the carload, the work of build ing the dam will begin.
 There are now 75O men and 500 horses employed on the work. There are two steam dredges and one steam shovel now in operation and another dredge and another steam shovel are being fitted up.
 The officials of the company expect to have the river changed back to Its old course in two months; some of the more sanguine believe 1t will be done thirty or forty days from now If no un- foreseen difficulty arises.-Yuma Sun.
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Ihave 16O acres of good land i'm Water Co. No. 1 and 100 shares of water stock all for $2O per acre. Cash payment of $500. Pay the ball. ance i'm work, Ieveling and putting In crop on adjoining land. See me at once. D. fl. CHAPLIN,
 EI CentrO, Cal.
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END OF MATTER
FlaaI Decision of the Secretary of the interior iH the MeseFve VS.
 Cady Contest

tary of the Interior in the contest mat ter of Meserve vs. Cady can be regard ed as the final end of the controversy between those who attempted 10 hold government land by placing" water stock upon it and those who sought to secure 1t by entry under the United States land laws. While this case clearly settles this point in favor of the entryman 1t also discloses another point of great importance and that is that entries will not be cancelled at the end of four years if the claimant Is endeav- bring and has tried in good faith to re- claim his land and failure to do so can be shown to be the fault of others. This point is one of great importance to the people of Number Eight and Number Six at the present time. It means much to them for it will permit them to continue their efforts at recla- nation after fonr years from the date of making their entries has expired.
 Quite a few of their entries will ex- pire during the coming six months and in Number Six a number have already expired. According to this ruling these people will not be molested by the government, but upon the restoration of their irrigation works and completion of the work of reclamation will be all lowed to make their final proofs and secure title to their land even though more than the statutory period of four years may have elapsed since making the entry. This decision goes far to show the attitude of the Secretary of the Interior toward the bona-fide en- trymen who are endeavoring in good faith to reclaim desert lands He holds first that the waters of the Colorado river cannot be arbitrarily apportioned among the desert lands of this Valley and thus sold to spectators. Second, that the sale of any such arbitrarily apportioned water to such speculator does not give him any control over the land to wh oh 1t may have been appor- toned. Third, that the real entryman of the land when acting in good faith will be permitted to complete title to his land even when 1t takes longer than four years, provided the delay is caused by matters beyond his control. This is a valuable decision to the people of No. 8 and Mir. Cady should be con- graduated on his good work.
 August g, 1906. EDWIN A. MEsERvE
 VS.
 JOHN CADY.
 The Commissioner of the General
 Land Office.
 SIR: A motion for review of the decision of the department of June 1 1. 1906, in the case of Edwin A. Meseve vs. John Cady (not reported) has been filed by Meserve. alleging error in said decision in holding that Cady had made the required annual expenditure on the land embraced in his desert land entry made April Is, 1903, for the s I-2, section l7. T. 13 s. R. IA E, Los, An geles. California.
 The controversy arose upon a con- test against said entry. filed by Meserve, charging that the entryman had not ex- pended one dollar per acre towards re- claiming the land. that his first annual proof made April Is. 1904, showing an expenditure of three hundred and sixty nine dollars is fraudulent and that he
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Fl CentrO Bakery and Meat Market

The bakery and meat market is now completed and we invite all to call in and see us. Special attention will be given to the cantaloupe packers and growers to call on us and get your supply of bread and meat and if you want pie we have 1t. Don't forget the place, back of the Franklin hotel.
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OFFICE l.. M. LYON Representing
Representing
n. O. COGGINS CO.

THE LYON BROS CO.,, n. O. COGGINS CO, New York City Pttsburg. Pa
 California and Colorado Cantaoupe Distributors
 Selling and Distributing Agents for the Brawley CantalOupe Growers Association
 Brawley California HoltvilIe Cantaloupe Growers Association
 HOltvilIe, California El CentrO Cantaloupe Growers Association
 Fl CentrO California
 We have agents city in the United that handle and sell satisfactory lots of antaoupe these dis tribute to reach all smaller points accessible
 We the original distributors the Rocky taoqRes and opened and established them We contracted with the old Rocky Ford Colorado distribute their 19O6 making the 8th have been appointed by selling and distributing agents We also have with Wetzer Newdae Fairmount La Juna Granada Holly making NINE Associations covering the original territory comprising the Rocky Ford Cantaloupe District of Colorado.
 NOTEOur Mr. L. M Lyon will take personal charge of the Bawey office May 10 shipping season. until May his address will be 33O Washington MT Peter F. Hovely charge the Bawey office until Lyon arrives.
Imperial Valley press and the Imperial press., 1906-09-01

320 acre farm, good soft soil and we'll improved, 1-2 miles from Imperial. Price $30 per acre; terms. See Wilson about it.
Imperial Valley press and the Imperial press., 1906-09-01

Wheat for your chickens. Desert Grain Co.,, Imperial.
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PROFESSIONAL CARDS

GEO. HIP. SHAW, ATTORNEY AT o Law, Imperial, California.
 Office upstairs in Imperial Land Com. pany's building.
Imperial Valley press and the Imperial press., 1906-09-01

If you want to take home a few loaves of bread we keep 1t; none bet ter. Also we can supply you with meat as we are nicely fixed in our new quarters now. You can see the sign, lust back of Franklin hotel
Imperial Valley press and the Imperial press., 1906-09-01

FARMERS-Do you want to buy . twenty-foot-cut Combined Horse Har- vester, good as new, easy terms, and guaranteed to give satisfaction? For information, address Geo. H. Griffiths Jr., Covina. Cal.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1906-08-28

WASHINGTON.

Franklin Lane, OF California, who
was confirmed as member Of the
Interstate Commerce Commission, en-
tered upon his duties.
Filming Of employees as a means of
enforcing discipline in the Postal
Service, a system that has been in
operation for many years, is abol-
ished.
Government reports show a shrink
age Of millions of dollars in meat ex-
ports since the beginning Of the pack
ing house Investigations.
Rear-Admiral w. T. Swinburne
has been assigned as COMMANDMENT
chief of the Pacific squadron.
1t has been found to be impractical
BILE to send teams from either the
Military or Naval Academy to the ma
tional rifle competition at Sea Grit.
Public Printer Stillings suspended
fyom Office Assistant Foreman w. A.
Miller, of the bindery of the Govern
ment Printing Office, for insubordi-
nation and insolence.
1t is announced here that the sec
ond secretary Of the Japanese EN-
bassy would visit Alaska to investi-
gate the poaching incident and be
present at the trial Of the men ar
rested.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1906-08-28
QUE ADOPTED ISLANDS.

Hereafter all Porto Rico coffec is
to bear Government st KIP, to
guard against substitution frauds.
Major Hugh l.. Scott, Ex-Governor
of Jolo, arrived at San Francisco, on
the transport Thomas from Manila,
en- route to Washington.
One hundred Porto Rican laborers
sailed from Arecibo aboard the
steamship Akradia for New Orleans.
Auditor George Cabot Ward sailed
from San Juan on the steamship Co.
amo for New York to negotiate ST.
100000 bond sale for the Govern
ment of Porto Rico.
Former President Jimenes of San
to Domingo sailed for New York on
board the steamship Coamo from
San Juan. He disciaimed any
knowledge of an organization of San
to Domingo revolutionists in Porto
Rico.
Five thousand Filipinos, with ten
bands and 800 race horses, paraded
the streets of Manila, protesting to
the Philippine commissioners against
the proposed legislation suppressing
race track betting.
Troubles at the Manila Sailors
Home continue.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1906-08-28
Crabs and Milk.

The old prejudices against eating
certain combinations of food seems
to be rapidly dying out. There was
a time when the average Baltimor-
can would just as lief have taken a
large and imposing dose of paris
green as crabs and milk together.
Not even the person with the di-
gestion of an ostrich dared risk his
life with menu Of crabs and ice
cream, or cucumbers, soft crabs and
milk.
When some young and innocent
child, longing to know why she could
not have these goodies at the same
time, asked What happens to peo-
pie who eat them, auntie?" she was
invariably told no one ever martyred
himself to find out.
Certainly no victim of such war
ring elements seems to have lived to
tell the tale of his sufferings.
But now these prejudices have
vanished. The order given by one
young woman in a lunchroom yester-
day was hot rolls, crab salad and a
glass of milk Baltimore News.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1906-08-28
Grasshopper Glacier.

One of the small glaciers in Mon
tana is of especial interest on ac-
count of the fact that in the mass of
ice there are imbedded two strata of
grasshoppers, each about foot
thick. There are literally tons of
grasshoppers in the ice, and the
question naturally arises as to where
they came from. The most obvious
explanation is that centuries ago two
enormous swarms in course Of migra-
ton were caught in snow storm,
chilled and buried in the snow, where
they have remained till now in a
perfect state of preservation. In the
accounts of the early Western OK
plorers few instances are related
of meeting large swarms OF locusts
on the mountain tops in the Rock
les. It is very fortunate circum-
stance that the great extension of ag-
riculture in the West has broken up
the breeding grounds of these insects.
Country Life in America.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1906-08-28

So-called wandering pains" may
come from it's early stages, or the
presence of danger may be made mani
fest by profuse monthly periods, accom-
panied by unusual pain, from the
abdomen through the groin and thighs.
III you have mysterious pains, if there
are indications of Inflammation or dis
placement, secure a bottle of Lydia r.
Pinkhan's Vegetable Compound right
away and begin its use.
Mrs. Pinkham. of Lynn, Mass, will
give you her advice if you will write
her about yourself. She is the daugh-
ter-in-law of Lydia E. Pinkham and
for twenty Eve years has been advising
sick women free OF charge.
Dear Mrs. Pinkham:-
6 take the liberty to congratulate you on
the success have had with your wonderful
medicine. Eighteen months ago my periods
stopped. Shortly after ! felt 10 badly that
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and would have to undergo an operation.
Soon after read one Of your advertise
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hams Vegetable Compound a trial. After
taking five bottles as directed the tumor is
entirely gone. have been examined by a
physician and he says have no signs Of a
tumor now. 1t has also brought my periods
around once more, and / am entirely
well. III Fannie D. Fox, Chestnut Street,
Bradford, Pa.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1906-08-28

To the Editor
noticed somewhere recently
would not say positively that it was
In your columns an article on the
White House which contained several
mis-statements
In the first place it was stated the
White House was first occupied in
1909, and that its first occupant was
President Madison. The fact is, its
first occupant was President Adams,
who took up his residence there in
1900.
The original mansion was begun
In 1892. In 1874 it was burned by
the British and rebuilt in 1918.
Another Of the errors in the arti-
Gle referred To wasthe statement that
ready-prepared paint is used on the
White House to make it beautifully
white.
noticed this especially because I
have used considerable paint myself,
and wondered that canned paint
should be used on such an important
building, when allpainters know that
pure white lead and linseed oil make
the best paint.
1t so happened also that knew
white lead and linseed oil - not
ready-mixed paint were used on the
White House, because 4 had Just read
booklet published by a firm OF
ready-mixed paint manufacturers,
who also manufacture pure white
lead. In that book the manufacture
ers admitted that for the White
House nothing but the best and
purest Of paint could be used" and
said that their pure white lead had
been selected.
Above all people those who at
tempt to write on historical subjects
should give us facts, even if it is
only date or a statement about
wood, or brick, or paint, or other
building material. Yours for truth.
L.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1906-08-28

1t is not necessary that a lawyer
should be eloquent to win verdicts,
but he must have the tact which
turns an apparent defeat to his own
advantage. One of the most success
full of verdict winners was Sir James
Scarlet. His skill in turning a fail
ure into a success was wonderful. In
breach Of promise case the defend
ant, Scarlett's client, was alleged to
have been cajoled into an engage
ment by the plaintiffs mother. She
was witness in behalf Of her daugh-
ter, and completely baffied Scarlet,
who cross-examined her. But in his
argument he exhibited his tact by
this happy stroke of advocacy: you
saw, gentlemen Of the jury, that 1
was but child in her hands. What
must my client have n?"-The
Argonaut.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1906-08-28
Sea Cows Back Marking Pad.

People who visited the Zoo on the
Fourth greatly annoyed the keeper
of the SEA COW, new acquisition, by
poking n with canes or pencils. Elk
hausted by his efforts to stop the
practice, he engaged tramp for fifty
cents and told him to keep track of
how many people looked at the man
aztec. At six O'Clock the keeper
looked up his substitute.
There s been more than five thou
sand people here said the latter.
j have not time to reckon up the ex-
act number yet, and won't until
audit my books.
Where's the paper you kept your
accounts on?" asked Stephen. the
keeper.
Il didn't have any paper an
swered the hobo, as if proud of his
ingenuity, but had a good soft lead
pencil and kept tab on the sea cows
back.
He pointed to the patient manatee,
the back of which resembled a black
board in a country school house after
the annual examination.C Cincinnati
correspondence of Cleveland Leader.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1906-08-28

An appropriation by the Iowa Leg
islature OF s35 900 is to be expended
to increase the yield Of corn in that
State by 100000 bushels. Profess
sor p G. Holden, of the Iowa state
Agricultural College, is to have
charge of the matter. Last year
there were about 5000, 600 acres OF
corn in Iowa, and the average yield
was thirty-two bushels. Professor
Holden believes that by the proper
selection Of the seed corn one4third
can be added to the yield Of the
State and that the proposed increase
OF 100000 bushels is a very CON
sentative figure. TO accomplish this
he has planned to go into every sec
ton Of the State and reach practi-
cally every farmer until he has the
seed corn theories thoroughly incul-
Gated.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1906-08-28
GIRL KILLS GEN. MINK
WIFE SEZES SLAYER
Third Attempt on OppressOr's
Life Successful.
DEAD FROM BOMB NOW 90
Girl Carried Pistol and Bomb and
Warned Mrs. Min Against an
Explosion--No Attempt to Is
cape Arrest.


st. Petersburg, Russia The un-
successful attempt on the life Of
Premier Stolypin, with its slaughter
of thirty-two persons, was followed
by the killing OF General Min, who
was commander of the seminovsky
Guard Regiment, and who since h.'
promotion to be a general has beef
attached as a personal adjutant t
the suite of the Emperor. Genera
Min was shot on the station plat,
form at Peterhof by a young woman
who fred five shots into his body
from an automatic revolver and then
without resistance, submitted to ar
rest. The capture Of the girl was al.
fected by General Minis wife, who
held her until the arrival of an Of
hceT.
This was the third attempt on the
life of General Min, who was con
demned to death by the Terrorists i'm.
mediately after the Moscow revolt
last December on account of the Stern
repression practiced by battalion
under his command, and especially
for the wholesale execution Of per-
sons condemned by drumhead court
martial for being caught with arms
in their hands.
General Min was returning from
tho capital to his summer residence
at Peterhof and had Just greeted his
wife AMI daughter on the platform
when young woman almost a girl
approached from behind and tired
two shots into his back and then
three more into his body as it ank
to the ground Further shots were
prevented by Nine. Min, who threw
herself upon the assassin and seized
the hand which held the pistol. The
girl did not attempt to escape, but
she cautioned Nine. Min not to touch
a handbag which she had placed on
the platform before shooting the
General, explaining that it CONT. ned
a bomb
Min was the commander of the Sem.
inovsky regiment which poured ter
rible fire into the parading workmen
near the archaeological Institute, in
St. Petersburg, last October. For
that bloody work he was raised to
the ran,z Of general, and sent to Sar
atov to quell the disturbances fol
lowing tine assassination of Lieuten-
ant General Sakaroff One of the
first acts of Min after arriving in
Saratov was to order the flogging OF
all the men in large village. He
sat his horse like a statue while thu
Cossacks carried out his terrible in
structions, and with women nd
children pressing around pleading
for leinency for his victims. 1t vas
Min who crushed the revolt last win
ter in Moscow. He spared none sus.
pected of revolutionary sympathy
All persons found carrying arms were
tried at drumhead court martial and
shot.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1906-08-28
GOOD NIGHTS SLEEP.
No Medicine So Beneficial to Brain
and Nerves.

Lying awake nights makes it hard
to keep awake and do things in day
time TO take tones and stiunu-
lants" under such circumstances is
like setting the house on fire to see
If you can put it out
The right kind of food promotes
refreshing sleep at night and wide
awake individual during the day.
A lady changed from her old way
Of eating to Grape-Nuts and says.
For about three years I had been
a great sufferer from indigesti0..
After trying several kinds of medi-
cine the doctor would ask me to drop
on potatoes, then meat, and SO on.
but in few days that craving, gnaw-
ing feeling would start up and 4
would vomit everything / ate and
drank.
When l started on Grape-Nuts,
vomiting stopped, and the bloating
feeling which was SO distressing dis
appeared entirely.
MY mother was very much both
cred with diarrhea before commence
ing the Grapefruit because her
stomach was so weak she could not
digest her food Since using Grape
Nuts she is well, and says she don't
think she could live without it.
1t is a great brain restorer and
nerve builder, for l can sleep as
sound and undisturbed after 4 sup
per Of Grape-Nuts as in the old DAYS
when could not realize what they
meant by a bad stomach There
IS no medicine SO beneficial to nerves
and brain as a good nights sleep,
such as you can enjoy after eating
Grape-Nuts.
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