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Imperial Valley press and the Imperial press., 1906-07-14

more ahead of the time of delivery.
 It was also an immense task to as- semble the materials needed for such great enterprises as those undertaken by the Holton Power company. Not only was there number of carloads of machinery to secure and deliver but about 200O poles A to Is inches thick and 36 feet l,ng were to be gotten for the transmission lines The buildings contemplated by the company were all to be constructed of brick. So there fore they established their own brick yard at Holtvile and have there manu- factured more than two million bricks within the past two years Meantime the outlook for such enterprises as the
 Holton Power company contemplated had become so promising that 1t was decided to increase the capital of the company to one million dollars. So in Iune, 1905. this was done. Dr. c. s. Lombard retiring from the Board of Directors at that time and being suc- ceeded by MT. J. A. Walton, of Red lands. While the work of developing
Imperial Valley press and the Imperial press., 1906-07-14

their enterprises has been carried for- ward energetically and without inter- mission by the Holton Power company ever since the company was organized the most rapid work and the greatest apparent results have been accomplish edwithin the past six months. During that time the electrical power general ing plant at HclNlile fsst, been com pleted, the macEinesysins3ai and put into operation.
 The ice manufacturing and cold storage plant at Fl Centro has been built and put into operation, the thirty five miles of transmission lines have been erected and the towns of Fl Cer- tro' Imperial, Brawley and Calexico have been connected with the power house at Holtville and electrical sub stations built in each of the towns ID briefly enumerate the various enter prises of the Holton Power company we will state that they consist of the following: First, Electrical power zen erating plant at Holtyllle. Second Transmission lines to El Centro. lu,- perlal. Brawley and Calexico. Third Electrical substations in each of the towns of Fl Centro, Imperial, Brawley and Calexlco, from which the electric lighting and power supply of each of these towns are distributed. HolNiIIe Is also supplied with electric light and power. Fourth. The ice manufactur- ing and refrigeration plant at Fl Centro and the little Ice plant al Imperial Fifth. Water works al Holtville and Fl Centro. Sixth. The brick manufactpr- ing plant at Holtvllle. Seventh. The Holton Inter Urban railway. The same gentlemen who are interested with MT. Holt in these enterprises are also connected with the banks of inc Valley of which he is the head. These banks which now consist of the Valley State Bank of Fl Centro. the First State Bank of Calexico, and The Irr- perial Valley Bank of Brawley have T paid-up capital of $145,OOO and 2 cash surplus of nearly S5O,OOo more. In addition to these banks, Mir. Holt ls now establishing bank al RoItylBe which will have a paid-up capital of S25, ,00O and large cash surplus
 To briefly describe the various properties of the Holton Power Co
 we would say: The power plan, at Holtville will. when completed, sener- ate maximum of 5000 horse bower of electricity and a minimum of 2OOo | horse power. The canal If the ,oo-,
Imperial Valley press and the Imperial press., 1906-07-14

In recording the progress and chron- icIing the development of the Imperial Valley as we endeavor to do from week to week we are struck with the re- markable frequency with which we find it necessary to mention the Holton Power company and its enterprises.
 During the past two years this com pany has not only taken the lead in the development of this Valley, but it has established greater industries and in vested more capital than all the others combined. It has such large interests in the Valley and is pushing the work of development so rapidly and so et- fectively that we believe OUT readers will be interested in a brief outline of its operations and general description of its various enterprises. The settle ment and development of this Valley early made evident the need for public service corporations Q furnish the peo- pie with power and lights. Early in the Valleys history Mir. w. F. Holt outlined in his mind plan fer just such a public service corporation as should not only provide for supplying the needs of the people Of the Valley after the Valley should be settled up and the business produced but which should pi- oneer with the settlers themselves. an tIcipate their needs and encourage their endeavors in the conquest of the desert. In such Q country as this, where fuel is scarce and expensive the first great problem to meet was how to produce an adequate supply of power cheaply enough. The only way this could be done was by utilizing water power or power produced by water pressure. The only effective way in which this could be done and sufficient power produced for all the enterprises contemplated was by putting in very large plant for the production of cleo trlcal power from water pressure. SucA a power plant and the enterprises ii would carry must needs be backed by ample capital and the man controlling and directing its operations must be man having unbounded faith in the fu- ture greatness of the Imperial Valley
 To the organization of such an en- ternrise MT. w. F. Holt applied his splendid abilities. So in November
 1903. the iolton Power company was organized with paid up capital oi S5ooOoo. The incorporators were WE Holt, C. A. Barker, C. s. Lom- hard A. c. Hubbard and M. M. Phin- nev all of Redlands, California. w
Imperial Valley press and the Imperial press., 1906-07-14
BOLTON POWER COMPANY

And Work in Development Imperial Valley Will Furnish Power All the Industries and
 Light For All Towns at 
  Now Working For the of Already
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-16

little danger. He also said to the Gem eral that if he had joined the whites It would have been attributed to cow ardice and not thanked. And moreover It was his object in joining the In- dians. that he thought m many ln- stances that he would be able to pre- vent. them from committing depreda- tions upon defenceless persons; and but for the mismanagement Of those who had charge of the Fort, he would have succeeded and said:
 Now, sir, I have told you the tr1th. If you think deserve death. do as you please; shall only beg for the protection of q parcel oE starving wo- men and children, and these ignorant men who have been led into the war by their Chiefs"
 Such is General Woodward's &C., count of the surrender. To show that the account of Weatherford riding in- to camp on a horse was wrong the General tells of cattle hunt ne took shortly after the incident. As soon as Weatherford came into camp the In- dians were sent out searching for the women and children. There arose, too. the problem of feeding these people after they had been brought in. Sew eral Indian countrymen including Woodward were sent out to find cat tie to fed the soldiers. the Indians, the women and the childEen.
 Says the General in his letter ''Both Weatherford and myself were mem- bers of the party that went out to look for cattle Weatherford went with the crowd but he had to borrow a horse to go along. He borrowed the horse from Barney Riley"
 The same letter, docliment of ab- sorbing interest tells of many conver- sations the writer had had in later years with Weatherford One of which was on Pinchong creek In Montgoniery county in which Weatherford describ- cd to him tbe visit of the agent of the British government from Pensacola to the Creek Indians several years before the war. with the purpose of stirring up the Indians against the Americans. This In itseIfsit an important Incident in Alabama history and one that so far as is known has escaped the notice of historians of the stayel
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-16

Sangler has portrayed the appearance of the Creek Warrior before NeneraI Jackson. In the distance are shown the l frontiersmen who wanted to kill him for his leadership of the Indians at Fort Mims as well as the Indian ene- mics of Weatherford who also sought his life
 For the benefit of some Of those living in a practical age is should be said that when the Alabama Greeks were aroused by the encroachment of the American settlers and declared war against the whites. William Wea- therford, easily and naturally, fell into the leadership of the war party He was easily the strongest man or his people and they followed him as they would follow no other. He commanded the Indians when they captured Fort Mims and brutally murdered it's men. women and children. But long before his death and after the war Weather ford had the satisfaction of Knowing that the white people knew the truth. that he tried to restrain his brutal warriors and when he at last found them drunk with blood and excitement he turned his horse and rode away from the fort He commanded the In- dians at the later battle of Holy Ground fought on the Alabama River uCetA tAtG AAtAS bENWGNH NOnL8OmerE and Lowndes county. A high blum on the river is to this day pointed out as the spot from which the Indian chief leap ed his horse and escaped from the whites by swimming the Alabama. And he bore himself we'll at the Calebee fight near the line of Macon and Mont gomery counties.
 But when the irresistible Jackson had come down from the north with I,Ae N.Y and destroyed the flower of the fight ing Creeks at Tohopeka or Horseshoe Bend, with his women and children starving, Weatherford came into Jack sons camp and surrendered and to ask for food for the starving.
 WeatheFfOrd and Jackson.
 Colonel Pickett describes the surren- der of Weatherford as taking place at Fort Jackson at the confluence of the miles from the city Hs tells of 1t in these words:
 "Weatherfprd, man without fear boldly resolved to appear in the Am- erican camp voluntarily. Monntiue, the same splendid steed which had borne him over the bluff at Holy Ground. he rode within a few miles of Fort Jack son when a deer crossed his path and stopped within shooting distance which
 
 rifle with two balls for the purpose of shooting the Big Warrior. should he give him any cause at the Fort he placed the deer behind the saddle and. advanced to the American outposts. Some soldiers of whom he inquired politely for Jackson's whereabouts gave him rude and unsatisfactory re- plies when a gray headed man. a few steps beyond pointed h4m to the mar quee. Weatherford rode mp to it and checked his horse immediately at tho entrance, where sat the Big Warrior who exultantly exclaimed
 "Ah. Bill Weatherford have we got you at last"
 The fearless chieftaih cast his keen eye at the Big Warrior and said in determined tones:
 You d. -d traitor. if you give me any insogeneekI will blow a ball through your heart"
 General Jackson came running out of the makduee with Coi0nel Hawkins and in a furious manner exclaimed:
 How daAe you. sir, to ride up to my tent after murdering the women and children at Fort MimsY'
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-16
CREDIT CURRENCY.
The Plan Finds Advocate in COmptrOlI-'
 CT RldgeIy.


 Washington Dec 15,-William B. Ridgely, comptroller of the currency, advocated before the House committee on barking currency today the propos- ed credit currency plan
 There was. he said, no question re- garding the necessity of some measure or relief He believed a graduated tax should be placed on the credit notes which would create an ample reserve for their redemption This, he thought, was a much superior method to the high tax plan with no reserves.
 MT. Rigely was strongly in favor of having the government guarantee such credit r.f=rency. No risk would be fn- volved in this. as he said, the five per cent gnarantee. fund would make the government safe against possible loss
 The comptrollef did not regard the administration of the proposed plan as necessarily, expensive to the govern ment. The proposed two and one half percent tax, he said would create a fund Of from $2,506O0O to $5,OOO.o0o a wear. which would be abpundantly ample to meat all expenses and create a reserve fund
 Redemption agencies he said. would necessarily have to be established in many cities of the country but the
  ratlvely q light expense.
 M-. Ridgely favored increasing the present S3,0OO.ooO monthly limit on the retirement of national bank circula- ton to $12.O0O, 900 or $15,O0O. and glv- ing the secrctsry of the treasury dis cretionary power to modify or susr end the limit to meet any arising condl tion. This limit was fixed, he said when the circulation of the country was somethink lige s18o,0O0. It Is now more than $5O0,O6O.0O0.'
 An important stipulation regarding inc credit notes, Mir RiGge}y pointed but would 'be provision allowing state and private banks and trust com pnnies credit in sub-treasuries for credit notes returned by them. This would arcvcnt the accumulation of such notes in the vaults of this class of hanks and consequent hardship on national banks issuing and consequent W unable to retire It's credit notes.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-16
Corrected Account of Interview .on
 AIsbama Soil Between General An- drew Jackson and Fumoqs Leader
 of the Indians, wIth Letter from General woodward on Subject.
By WILL T. STEPHAN.

fhe war between the states was such \ cataclysm of fate and tragedy that dwarfed in Alabama all history that rent before 1t or came behind it. It Ras the great central fact to which all Alabama history climbed and from which, aJL Alabama history sloped.
 The. askate is peculiarly rich in In- dian and pioneer history. The cultured Alabamian of sixty years ago revelled in the tales that were told of the time when the earth vas young in this State. These stories, these scenes where pioneers and Indians met. quar- reled and fought, before that time when the aborigine, understanding at last the remorseless fiat of fate pick ed up his blanket and went to the west But the war in history is mountain chain of tragedy rising above the plains that lie on either side,
 It could not be otherwise. In all the world no greater history was made than the two armies of Americans made. And all the world has no finer story than the matchless struggle of ragged and hungry Southerners against overwhelming odds. There is not like it any such other story of devotion to a principle. That great tragedy was so close to the Southern people, too, closer to them than it was to the peo- pie of the north. Its shadow fell on every home. Forty years after one can walk through an old Southern town and never pass a home but that has the family story of the Confederate soldier who went out when fife and drum played Dixie" to be killed or maimed
 But the war has overshadowed into neglect some stories of masterful in- terest, One does not see clearly over the mountain peak to the plain beyond, nor often does it happen, in the wealth of history that the war made. that one looks beyond to one of the fine old tales of pioneer times.
 Errors of History.
 In all the story of Alabama the most dramatic incident has been the surren- der of William Weatherford to Gen eral Jackson within a few miles of Montgomery. Before the war 1t was the most popular tale of Alabama. so pie turesque and so dramatic was 1t. The popular conception of 1t, the way in which it was told was the way in which Colonel Albert James Picket wrote it in his splendid history of Alabama. Alexander Beaufort Meek made it the climax of his beautiful noetn on Weatherford Red Eagle" He told in poetry the story as Pickett had told 1t in prose and so 1t became al- most a classic, but in modern Alabama ftbe story has fallen into disuse and so much the worse for modern Alaba- ma
 different version of the surrender less picturesque and less striking in interest was written out by General Thomas Woodward who was on the ground when the surrender was made. The main feature of the dramatic in- terest is not lost. but in General Wood wards account there is absent the touch of the romantic and the pictur- esaue. In his account however the essen tials of the dramatic incident as It became known to Alabamians is pre-
 IN sn excellent drawing Artist Frank
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-16
CHILD LABOR suoGEsrrONs.
Greater Uniformity of Law in Ohio
 Valley la DisGuased.

Cincinnati. Dec. 15.-How to secure greater uniformity in the child labor laws and methods Of enforcement in the Ohio Valley were under considera- tion at a conference of Central State delegates to the National Child Labor Convention today The principal ad- dress was by T. IT. Morgan. chief in- spector of workshops and factories in the State of Ohio.
 Mir. Morgan said in part:
 "As the people of the Ohio Valley are one industrialay as we'll as geo graphically. the laws of these States should be uniform, not only to insure easier enforcement, but to protect the manufacturers who are thrown into close competition in this territory. should not. however. be willing to sec any State lower It's present standard to secure this uniformity of law and do not believe 1t will he necessary. To be effective the child labor law should be simple. practical and enforceable and with this in mind present the follow ing as q working foundation:
 "First--No child under fourteen years of age shall be employed, regardless as tn time, occupation or conditions.
 "Second--Bows under IS and girls un- der 1s years of age should not be em- ployed after D. m. nor before q |.
  gerous to life, injurious to health or likely to deprave morals.
 .Third-Minors under i8 years Of age should not be employed for a long CT period than eight hours in one day. ''Fourteen-Minors between the ages of 14 and s1s shall present age and school certificates
 "Fifth--A child desiring a certificate l must appear before the superintendent of schools. accompanied by me of htl parents. or a guardian. who shall hay an employment slip certifying that the child has work to go to. and who shall also be required to certify that the child's wages are necessary for his sup | port. @t
 "Sixth-The inspector shall have au- | thority to take any child into custody or require 1t to leavs the establish- ment. in tho event of his refusal to give name and age when there is req Sonable ground for doubt as to tho chlld's being Of legal aEe.
 "Saventh A physical standard should be required as well as a mem 1 tai.
 l would also suggest that the com- | puls0ry education law be enforced by , State officers instead of local.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-16
shoh.. Condition Unchauged.

Teheran b.. t5-6.35 D .n.-The shah today romancd in about the same codnitiou as yesterday. yhcn slight Improvement in hts health Is noted There has been no further gain .u strength. however. or other noticeable advance towards permanent Improve saant.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-16

Mrs Hcupeck-'1ll give you piees of my mind" Heupeck--'My dear don't think I would be able 10 match the sampla a"-Harpers Bazar,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-16

Perhaps. the average Alabamiau whi may. know in general way that coti ion means a great deal to the indus ; trial welfare of the State. does not full Inv appreciate the financial value of tho states cotton crop. He may be fully able to comprehend it when he Is told the single item of cotton in Alabama for last year amounted tn actual mon c,, to more than $7O. Ooo.000. 1T Aluba- ma had nothing else but cotton. It could make of Alabama rich State. Rut inc same Nature that has given 1t surh a heneficent climate las been more generous in its g,fts or mineral rich les.
 So far sH the State of Alabama was concerned the crop last yeAr-the cot
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1906-11-23
WASHINGTON FLOOD.
Great Damage In Western Part Of
the State,

Seattle, wash.-A heavy rainfall on
Wednesday, the 18th, 2.4S inches in
four hours, and a chinook wind which
melted recent fresh SHOWS in the Cas-
cade mountains. coming Simultaneous
ly, are the causes of the most disas-
trous floods in the history Of the Puget
Sound region.
The valleys of the White, Duwamish,
Cedar. Green, Stuck, Black and Puyal-
lup rivers are under water, flooding
200 square miles of territory.
Six people have been drowned, all
railroads are blockaded, telephone and
telegraph wires prostrated and great
electric power plants put out Of COM
mission.
This includes practically every acre
of lowland lying back Of the eastern
shores of the sound and extending
from Seattle to Tacoma.
The power plant at Electrine is sub
merged and Seattle and Tacoma are
dependent on their local auxiliary sta
tions for power 20 move street cars
and provide electric lights. The local
plants, however, have fuel enough to
operate several days.
All traffic over the Northern Pacific
and Tacoma-Seattle Interurban lines is
at a standstill.
The submerged low1ar'- are ~
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1906-11-23
WE'LL ALL FLY SOON.
So Says N. santos.oumont. the Great
erHSIlIan Inventor.

Paris.-Santos.D .Dumont, since the
successful flight OF his aoroplanc,
THE Bird of Prey" talks enthusiast.
caily OF the carly approach Of tho day
when all mankind will be navigating
the air and when flying machines will
be moro common than automobiles,
Indeed. he thinks that the flying ma
chine will eventually become the
poor mans automobile" be safer
faster and cheaper. In an interview
the other day he said: #,
I'VE can look forward to n practical
aoroplanc which can be comfortably
housed In every home. From the
standpoint of maintenance. the cost
both OF petroleum and repairs. the
neroplanes 't'll be much less cSpen'
sive than the automobile car. There
will be no expansive tires to burst and
no bad roads to jolt them to pieces
There will be no collisions. Nextsyear
people will be able to go to the sen
shore on their aeroplanes. 1t will be
come the fad and the commencement
OF new industry.
when the automobile was first in
iroduced the man.in- n-the.street treated
those who had the temerity to operate
them as madmen. never anticipating
the day when the fashionable thor
| oughfares OF every big city would be
crowded with automobiles filed Will
nurses and newly-born children. Mer
will drive neroplanes rs they now
drive automobiles. There will be {
short apprenticeship. but that can BIZ
dcne on terra firma. In brief, the day
is not far distant when the aeroplane
as n means of locomotion. will replace
| in the air the bicycle on the earth"
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1906-11-23
SOUTHERN STORM
Docs Great Damage in Tennessee, Ala.
bama and Mississippi.

Memphis.-Eight persons are known
to have lost their lives. scores of 9th.
ers are injured. and property and
crops have suffered great damage. the
extent Of which. because of the mea-
ger reports obtainable, cannot be es-
timated at this time, as a result OF n
terrific wind and rain storm Sunday.
The storm. which originated on the
Gulf Saturday night. swept northwest
ward through portions of Alabama.
central and northern Mississippi and
western Tennessee, and in its north
ward course razed scores of substan-
tial buildings. partically demolished
hundreds of others. caused complete
Generalization of railroad traffic, and
cut of telegraphic communication
with many points in the affected terri
tory.
Cotton in the fields blown down by
the wind was heated into the ground
and badly damaged.
Besides the loss of life and property
damage which is known to have oc-
Cured, number of points directly in
the path of the storm cannot be COM
municated with, and when complete
the loss of both life and property will
be greatly increased.
Wolf river, n small stream running
eastward of this city, is out Of its
banks in many places. and in the vi
cinity of Rossville. Tennessee, is sew
eral miles wide. the town being COM
pletely inundated and the populace in
a state bordering on panic.