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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-06-13

James Plummer. secretary Of the
state Board Of Assessors, has been
confined to his home for several days,
hut VAS reported to he better Tuesday
and will probably he able to resume his
duties within a day or two.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-06-13

Paul D. Sargent, State highway con-
missioner, was ut Orono Tuesday
where he went for the purpose of at
tending the commencement exercises
at the University of Maine. Mr. Sar.
CONT also has some business matters t.
look after in that section which vii
probably require his attention for sew,
eraI days.
Imperial Valley press and the Imperial press., 1906-07-07

Last Sunday Miss Hill and Miss Maud VanArman met with a runaway accident, in which Miss VanArman had the misfortune to be thrown out of the buggy and quite severely bruised and shaken. She was not seriously in- jured and expects to be fully recovered in short time.
Imperial Valley press and the Imperial press., 1906-07-07

an Fl Centro VlSitor last F.lday, ana we acknowledge pleasant call.
 Prof. H. o. Sisson. of Santa Ana, is down to look after his fine ranch, 3 miles southwest of town. He says he never saw alfalfa grow the way it does in this Valley.
 The California Cream & Butter Co, has raised the price of butter fat to 28 3-4 cents per pound and announce that they will pay the top price. what ever it is. E. w. Ecker Is their local agent at Fl Centro. He is hustling for business all the time and quite number of the dairymen bring him their cream.
 There was a contest hearing on Fri day last before F. C. Havens, notary public at Fl Centro C. ]. R. Ballard contested the Desert Land entry of Bart R. Singletary and. the United States Land office at Los Angeles or dered the testimony given before MT. Ravens MT. Ballard's contest was supported by the, testimony of c. F: Lathrop, B. F, Fuller and w. E. Wilsie as witnesses. The contestee made no appearance so his part of the case went by default. The land in controversy Is located north of Blue Lake and is very desirable
Imperial Valley press and the Imperial press., 1906-07-07

Dick Hawes arrived last Tuesday evening, accompanied by his bride and now they are at home in the Fuller cottage. MT. and Mrs. HaWes were married at Los Angeles several weeks ago and have passed their Honeymoon at the coast resorts.
Imperial Valley press and the Imperial press., 1906-07-07

Quite a number of Fl Centro people visited Calexico during the past week to see the wonderful work of the New river as it makes its channel and cuts away the land on which Mexicali stood,
Imperial Valley press and the Imperial press., 1906-07-07

At Brawley the top has been reached ih the output of cantaloupes, the record being fifteen cars per day. With Holtville and Et Centro this made 20 cars in one day. While the shipments will no doubt decline from that amount still there will be from ten cars per day and upward shipped for several weeks yet.
Imperial Valley press and the Imperial press., 1906-07-07

Mir. c. c. Ames, cashier of the RedIands National bank, spent several days in the Valley this week, looking after his ranch in Water company No. 7. Mir. Ames is interested in the Ell Centro Land company and has large interests in the Valley.
Imperial Valley press and the Imperial press., 1906-07-07

The receipt of cantaloupes at the Fl Centro shipping house Is increasing by leaps and bounds. They are now turn ing out two cars day and expect to increate to three or four next week. The output will increase for some time yet and may reach five cars per day from FL Centro.
Imperial Valley press and the Imperial press., 1906-07-07

Charley Masten is the ice man now and it's no joke about all of us being glad to see him when he makes his morning call. Ice is a summer neces- sity in this climate. We can live on cantaloupes and don't
 have to dress nice. But no civilized man can live without
 ice."
Imperial Valley press and the Imperial press., 1906-07-07

Last week the little daughter of pr. and Mrs. J. c. Blackinton had the misfortune to fall and break both bones in her left arm just above the wrist The fracture was reduced and the arm put into a cast and was getting along nicely when she had another fall, break Ing the cast and causing her very se- were pain. She is improving again, however.
Imperial Valley press and the Imperial press., 1906-07-07

D. D. Lawrence, of Imperial, was an Fl Centro visitor last Friday, and we acknowledge a pleasant call.
Imperial Valley press and the Imperial press., 1906-07-07

The ice plant is very busy place these days and especially so these nights. The cantaloupe shed crew load cantaIoupes all day and ice cars all night. so they ge: in full time. The stock of ice that was on hand when the cantaloupe season began was ex- hausted last week and the demand outran the capacity of the ice plant, so several carloads have been shipped in.
Imperial Valley press and the Imperial press., 1906-07-07

We are having some regular sum- mer weather now. It is cloudy and every evening at nightfalI we can see lightning flashing on the horizon to the east and north. Occasionally a few drops of rain falls during the night, dis turbing the slumbers of the many who sleep out in the open air. And it's hot and sultry. too. The maximum dur ing the day is about lO5, but it's more oppressive than l25 of dry heat would be.
Imperial Valley press and the Imperial press., 1906-07-07

Hart and Grlswoldihave received re- turns from part ,of their. cantaloupe crop and the sales netted them six dollars per crate. As they got off sev- eral hundred crates in the early mar ket they got quite lot of theSGfancy prices.
Imperial Valley press and the Imperial press., 1906-07-07

Imperial is enjoying the sensation of an ice war. Some local people organ ized an opposition to the Hoton Power Co. and by working on the prejudices of the Imperialites got them to agree to buy ice from them. The Holton Power company is delivering ice at 40 cents per 100 pounds to the people of Imperial, while the shipped in ice is being sold at 50 cents. Further cut ting of rates is expected, as it is not intended that anything that can be pro- duced here in the Valley shall be forced out of the market by outside competi- ton. The nome market belongs to the home producer and this is as true of the Imperial Valley as it Is of any where else.
Imperial Valley press and the Imperial press., 1906-07-07

Miss Verna Ravens. of Silsbee, is visiting with Miss Van Arman and cheering her up while she is suffering from the injuries received in the runa way accident last Sunday.
Imperial Valley press and the Imperial press., 1906-07-07

The cantaloupe market is still good, the reports showing Imperial Valley product selling for $500 per crate. That price will net the grower at least three dollars per crate. At that price a cantaIoupe ranch beats gold mine.
Imperial Valley press and the Imperial press., 1906-07-07

Mrs. l. R. Ravens and son. Roy. from the Silsbee neighborhood, were yisi ing Miss Van Arman last Friday.
 ]. M Wilson finished painting F. C.. Ravens house last Tuesday. Mr. Wilson is good workman in his line and the house shows this to be fact.
 R. L. Rumsey is a Los Angeles visitor this week. He went away last Sunday and is expected back next Sunday. During his absence his store is looked after by Miss Hill and MT. Farley.
 Mrs. T. B. Blanchard went to the coast Friday last. The summer weath- CT we are getting is causing most of the ladies to desert their husbands. The summer widower colony is steadi- ly increasing.
 LosT:--On last Tuesday evening, July 3rd on Imperial avenue between Fl Centro and Imperial, a leather suit case. Finder will please leave same at Fl Centro Barber Shop and receive. suitable reward. R. Nj. FULLER.
 Open for business and come to stay. Will buy or sell whiskers; hair trimming specially; hair tonic to make your hair grow; scientific shampoo; fresh baths always on tap; electric fan like an ocean breeze at the Fl Centro Bar Der Shop. w. E. Downing, Prop.
 The California Cream and Butter Co. has raised their price for butter fat to 28 3-4 cents f. o. b. Los Angel es. We always lead in price. Our motto: Top price, full weight, correct test. We solicit your shipments.
 E. w. -EcKER, Agent. -
 Fl Centro, Cal.
 Dr. BIackinton has finished harvest ing his grain crop and says the output was fully up to his expectations. He is holding his grain, as present prices do not justify him In selling it. Bar ley, which opened at $l.OO to $1.O5 per hundred, is now down to 75 cents. This latter price don't leave the farmer much profit.
 Last Sunday Miss Hill and Miss Maud VanArman met with a runaway accident, in which Miss VanArman
Imperial Valley press and the Imperial press., 1906-07-07

Our national birthday was celebrated in most becoming and enjoyable manner by large crowd of people who assembled at the home of Mir. w A. VanHorn last Wednesday. There is plenty of shade on the VanHorn place and the people thoroughly en- joyed it. About 75 people were pres ent and a regular old-fashioned picnic was enjoyed by all in the cool shade of the trees. A short musical and liter ary program was rendered and the day spent most pleasantly by all who at- tended
Imperial Valley press and the Imperial press., 1906-07-07
FL CENTRO
T1E TABLE
HOlton-Interurban Railway Company

EoItOn-Interurban Railway Company
 WEST BOUND NoI. Leave Ho1tvi11e 7:3O a. I'll. daily exc ept Sunday No. 3 Leave Holtville 1: 30 D. n1. daily includ ing Sunday
 EAST BOUND No.2 Leave Fl Centro 900 a. Ill. daily except Sunday No. 4. Leave Fl Centro 500 p. Ill. daily inc1ud- inO Sunday
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-07-30
lowe Newspapers
THE FACTS IN THIIE CASE.
TDayenport Times]


eff Cummins had a majority in
Scott county, it came, partially at
least, thru that (the Fifth and other
wards carried by fraud. The Times
will not deny this for it knows it is
true. The question at issue is how
fraud affected that alleged Cummins'
majority, if it did not entirely elm
mate it. That is for the state COM
mittee to determine. Iowa City Re
publican
The Times doesn't know anything
of the kind. Cummins had 50 uncon-
tested delegates and Perkins had 10
uncontested delegates. There were gu
contested delegates in the convention.
This is giving the Perkins men the
benefit of every doubt. AS only 81
votes were needed to control ii is evil
dent Cummins had the county conven-
ton under any circumstances Had
the Perkins contestants who were
named the night the caucuses were
held asked to be seated and If they had
been seated, Cummins would still have
controlled the convention There Is
no possible way for the Iowa City Re
publican or any one else to figure out
legitimate excuse for a contest in
Scott county.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-07-30
DoN'Ts FOR SMOKERS.
Chicago Surgeons Recommend Then
to Avoid Cancers of the Tongue.

Chicago Surgeons Recommend Them
to Avoid Cancers of the Tongue.
Don't smoke more than three cigars
a day"
Don't go beyond two pipefuls of to
bacco day If you smoke pipe"
Don't hold your cigar or pipe con
stantly in the same part of the mouth
Beware of damp tobacco; it often
contains glycerin."
These "don'ts' addressed to the man
Of average strength and normal nerves
were voiced the other day by Chicago
surgeons in discussion Of cancer of the
mouth or throat, caused frequently by
excessive and careless smoking. The
occasion Of their talk is the case of
Frederick L. Power, an actor, who re
Gently submitted to an operation re-
moving large part Of his tongue to
ch>ck q cancerous growth, says Chi.
cago dispatch. While it is not asserted
that tobacco is the cause of his illness.
cases similar to his in which nicotine
was at least contributory cause were
recalled.
The case Of all cases cited by sur
geons as illustrating cancer caused by
tobacco is that Of President Ulysses s.
Grant He was known as Ole of the
most constant smokers in public life.
When the cancer developed it was at
once ascribed to this habit.
DR.. William A. Sem, recognized au-
thority on tumor and cancer, said:
Cancer in the mouth is not neces-
sarily caused by the use Of tobacco.
Cancer, as far as science has revealed
1t, is due to a constant irritation In
certain spot. For instance, man who
smokes dozen cigars day or as
many cigarettes is apt to hold such
cigar either on the right or left side OF
the mouth. This naturally causes ir-
ritation in just a particular place and,
in some cases, should there be any sug-
gestion or sign of cancer In the system,
it is likely that the growth would be
attracted to the spot where such irrita-
ton was caused"
Another Chicago physician, connect
ed with the relief department OF a
large railroad company. sa L:
every smoker should be aware that
with his tobacco he obtains no small
proportion of water. I'ampening to-
bacco in order to keep 1t from becom-
ing dry is custom as Old as the hills,
but the up to date method is to use
glycerin. This gives out an intensely
irritating vapor. In the case Of can
Ger hold he cheap tobaccos Of today
play an important part. Taken in
some forms glycerin Is stimulant,
but its effects are extremely injurious,
and it has been known to produce tenn
porary insanity and partial paralysis
Of the brain. Smokers cannot be too
careful in their choice Of tobacco"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-07-30

turns white overnight through some Sc
we're fright or tremendous strain. The
white hairs have appeared gradually in
patches all over the body, giving the
horse queer notified appearance, and
he is becoming whittier every day.
Last July Dan was hitched in front
of livery stable while heavy thun-
derstorm was in progress. Suddenly
one of the bolts of lightning struck the
edge of the stable and there were
tremendous crash and dazzling flash
of lightning The horse dropped down
to the ground as if shot and remained
there in shiyering, trembling mass
until he was literally dragged to his
feet. He was not hurt particle, and
it was doubtful If he was even stunned
by the bolt of lightning, but he was
nearly frightened out of his senses.
He was taken to stable and cared
for, but continued to shiver and trem-
BILE until the next day.
About week later Dams driver, A.
L. Thayer, noticed small spot OF
white hair on the horses legs. The
next day there were several white
spots on the animals back. MIR. Thay-
er made thorough examination to de-
tect the presence Of an eruption or any
skin disease, but the horse was found
to be in the best of health. Daily new
spots of white have appeared until
Dan is now nearly one-half white and
is one of the sights Of the town.
He is a big. handsome animal, weigh
ing 1,4O0 pounds, and does duty on
heavy wood wagon. No load is too
big for him to handle, and his ready
disposition to tackle any burden has
made him a favorite with the team
sters, as his kindly, friendly nature
has made him pet with the children.
Since his transformation began he is
receiving more apples and sugar than
ever, and Mr.. Thayer says there is
danger that Dan will be spoiled.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-07-30
Topics Of the Times

Say, son, don't stand ready to "ac-
cept a position Hunt for job.
The Davenport Times wants to know
what has become of all the dimes.
That's easy while the soda fountains
are running.
The Perkins headquarters has issued
can Appeal to Reason" Is it possible
that it has come to the bottom of the
barrel?
Editor Postmaster Gray has sold his
Wall Lake Blade to f. A. Brown. of
Storm Lake, and it is stated will look
up a location outside of the state. The
Blade has been one of the goodly num-
Der of we'll edited outspoken weeklies:
and on the right side of the issues that
have stirred Iowa. Wherever its edi-
tor goes he will hold opinions and have
the courage to express them.
''The way to get rich is to get land
says the Orange City Herald. If the
Herald will now tell US how to get the
land we will be, happy, requests the
Oskaloosa Herald. If the Herald is set
ON ownership of Iowa land, the T.-R.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-07-30
THE REASON.

IWaterloo eS-Trlbune.l
The Des Moines special correspon-
dant for the Waterloo Reporter, sup
nosed to be w. f. PARROT, one OF the
nroprietors of the Reporter, lmpaits
the interesting information that the
LOYALTY of the Register ana Leader "
the cause of Governor Cummlns Is De
cause Emory English, state printer
elect. has entered into an alleseo
agreement with the managers OF th1
Register and Leader to give them .lle
state printing under contract FOR the
next seven years. In the eyes OF VIII
parrott. this appears to be helnous
moral crime; but, IL the statement
made by Bernard Murphy to the PRINT
ar,s union when they asked. some
months ago. for an increase of wages
;s to he relied upon, the state printing
is now. and has for several years
baen done under similar contract with
Des Moines printing firm. The print
ere asked Mr. Murphy for an advance
He met them with the statement that
he had contracted the WORK ana .nat
he was powerless to grant thelf oe
mands.
Rut if the allegation made by the
Reporter is true, there is somethlhs
of an inaucement for the Register ana
Leader to get the work. In the past
if has been the custom for the outgo-
ing state printer and binder TO ols-
pose of the plants to their sue
cessors. deducting an agreed amount
for depreciation. But, whether true
or not. as charged by the Reporter
that the Register and Leader mas Ell
fected an understanding with Mr..
English, it is true that the state PRINT
ing is huge graft" During the in
yestigation by the legislature in 1891
of the prices paid the state printer
for work a sample of tabulated Joo
was shown the late Matt Parrott, VINO
was summoned to testify to the rea-
sonable value of the work. Baslng MS
Judgment upon forty years in the
nrintine business, Mr.. Parrot told the
investigating committee that it could
be done for $3.50. The price charged
the state was $3.50, or profit of
s50.1O. according to the estimate of MI
PARROT. A docket for the supreme
court. for which the commercial price
would have been $3.50 per page. was
charged for at the rate of $500 per
VI ''SNe'S
printer are easily $4,000 to $4,000
year. the amount depending upon the
quantity of the work done. Two terms
in the office of either the state binder
or state printer are sufficient to place
the printer or binder on easy street"
when they retire. Many years ago, it
was the custom to pay printers en-
ploved in this work by the 1000 ems
Frequently, when employed on tabular
work, they received $50 to $65 per
week for piece work. But twenty
wears ago this custom was discontfn-
ued and the employers paid a weekly
salary ranging between SIS and $40
But the state printer continues to
measure the work by the 1000 ems
charging same for the work that was
charged when printers were making
(not earning) $50 and $50 per week
The fly in the ointment is perhaps
that the incoming state printer has
declined to take the state printing Of
flee material off the hands of the pres
ent printer, as has been the custom
heretofore.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-07-30
THE DELEGATES CHOICE.

Delegates to the state convention
which has even now practically con-
vened in Des Moines are in a way to
make history AS affairs stand. this
will be historic convention. The in
terests of the party in Iowa are in the
balance. They are to decide in con-
vention whether Iowa is to be con-
trolled by corporations and the agents
Of corporations or by a majority of the
untrammeled vote of the republicans
of the state. The choice is as plainly
offered now as when Ben Sainger sat
as car of Carroll county with sub
servient county chairman, eight dele
gates and a constituencies nerve to
defy the will Of the practically unan-
imous republican party of that county,
when Chicka saw was bought and paid
for; when Dubuque was Kretschmer-
lied, and the offscourings of Rock Is
land and the Chicago stockyards were
swept into Davenport in a vain effort
to terrorize and defeat the expression
of the decent republicanism of Scott
county From the individual republi-
can voter to his representatives in con-
vention the fight has been shifted, but
it is the same fight against the same
interests and the same men. Ed. Hun
ter still has charge. The shrewd rail-
way attorneys are using the same I'M
scrupulous methods, the same definite
purpose endures. YOU delegate rep
resentfng decent and honest constit-
uency, anxious that the will Of the vot-
ers shall be expressed by the conven-
ton as it has been in caucus and pri>
mary what are YOU going to do?
You must align yourself. There is
no place for a straddler or skulker.
Every man who sits in that conven-
ton must go home with a record. He
must stand up to be counted. And he
must go home to the voters who made
him. Their stand in the convention Of
1906 will settle the political status Of
many men for years to come How
will you stand and whom will you
serve?
Right is right always. The majority
must rule. Every man who leads or
follows an attempt to steal an Iowa
republican convention from republic
can majority will be a marked man Al
home
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-07-30
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