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Imperial Valley press and the Imperial press., 1907-02-23
ON THE MOVE
Town Property Takes Jump and Building Prospects Good for the
 Future

tne OOlorado river. A sure indication that things are picking up Is the activity in the town lot business done by the Fl Centro Townsite Go. during the last week. Following Is list of purchasers who feel that they have made a good and safe investment in property close to the heart of town:
 Robt. F. L. Moore, two lots.
 E. H. Sherman, two lots.
 J. w. Masten. two lots.
 o. B. Tout, two lots.
 F. L. Replogle, one lot
 D. D. Pellet, one lot.
 L. M Moore, one lot.
 The Fl Centre Fancy Cantaloupe Growers Association, two lots.
 First M. E. church, four lots.
 This Is total of seventeen lots which were purchased during the week with several more ready to close bar gains of similar nature.
 President w. T. Bill. of the Town site Co.,, who has been here several days, is greatly pleased with this con- fidence displayed in Fl Centro, and while he has always believed, with Mir. Holt, that Fl Centro has a great future, he Is glad that the activity has com. menced so early.
 BUILDING NOTES
 The activity in building is also on the increase.
 L. M. Moore will commence con- struc tion Immediately of 5000 house on his lot Tn block 4.
 Plans for the new Presbyterian church, which lS to-be erected on one of the corners at 4th and Olive streets, are completed and funds will soon be available for construction. The church will cost about $35OO.
 Plans for the Fl Centro school house which will be $5ooO addition to the buildings here. are also complete. The building, according to present plans, will be located northwest of the Franklin hotel.
 The new cantalOupe3association will build shed near the Fl Centro ma- chine shops
 The biggest cesspool in the valley Is being constructed back of the Fl Gen. tro hotel. It Is 35 by 10 1-2 feet and it is to be twenty-sl@ feet deep. An other is being constructed for the ac- commodatlon of the opera house block in the rear of that structure.
 The new residence of c. E. Paris, superintendent of the Holton Power comrany, has been completed and MT! Paris and family moved in this week. It is one of the most convenient and best built hoAses In the valley, It Is located at Fourth and Olive streets.
 There are many other plans to build, which will be consummated in the near future. Fl Centro promises to grow by leaps and bounds and k is the opln- on of everyone who studies the sltua- ton that this place offers some of the best opportunities for Investment that can be had in the valley.
Imperial Valley press and the Imperial press., 1907-02-23

Wilson, khe real estate man from Imperial sl, Ied a great many people property around Fl Centro this week. He and hls auto are familiar figures here.
Imperial Valley press and the Imperial press., 1907-02-23

James J, JaAkson and wife, of Riv- erslde, are In \ town this week MT. Jackson owns considerable property out Silsbee way ahd Is here to look after 1t. MI
Imperial Valley press and the Imperial press., 1907-02-23

c. E. Chapman, secretary of the Fl Centro Townsite Co.,, returned to Red lands, Monday. after weeks stay here.
Imperial Valley press and the Imperial press., 1907-02-23
Colorado River Gage Taken At Yuma

Daily mean gage height and dis charge of the Colorado river at Yuma, Arizona for week ending February Is, 1907:
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1907-02-28

Jim Browning, ex-lleutenant govern
or and now district judge of the Am
arillo district. Judge IL, II. Wallace
was district judge then and Captain
White was county Judge, and it was
concluded that these two were the
peers of any judicial officers in that
great country. Then there was old
Buck Ramsey and the railroad boys
who made headquarters at his store.
Big Fred Dewye, Billy O'Brlen, the
engine man, jeff Trent and scores
of others, and Morris Rosenfleld, the
dry goods man. Most Of them gone,
like ourselves, to pastures greener
where the grass grows taller, But
some Of them are still there. A. NJ.
Beyille, the political fighter, who was
the only Democratic postmaster the
town ever had, Is still there,
The town is not what she once
was. The railroad shops we're moved
to Childress and instead of a rail-
road town, It is now college town,
The Baptists, Msthodists and Roman
Catholics each have prosperous col
leges located in beautiful Clarendon
under the plains. The hugh cattle
ranches have been encroached upon
by the man with the hoe and it Is
now as we told the people it was
then, a great agricultural country,
and is blooming as the rose
| wonder if Gates ever thinks of
the lies that we told about the great
country we we're booming? Well,
don't fret, they were not all lies,
as some predictions are coming true
and the land we could have bought
for 81 bonus per acre, had we bought
enough Of it and held It until now,
we would have been In the swim
Those boys are still at 1t, however,
and are still telling the same old
stories we used to tell then, and are
inducing some OF the good citizens
here to sell their rich black land and
locate in that same Goods country"
But we know another thing. There
Will bG time coming when the seven
years drouth will hit them as it did
us and they will hit the road for the
great black land belt again.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1907-02-28

are planted that their own trees b.
marked for them. Along with Mira.
Fly's request, Mrs. White, who Is
also spending the winter In Arizona.
sends an order for three trees to BE-
planted in the park for her.
Mrs. Fly, in her letter, gives an
interesting account Of the parks in
Arizona cities and tells how much
effort the citizens cxpend in making
them beautiful. It is effort we'll re-
paid, though, for she says they arA
crowded with visitors all the timS
and are the show places OF the cltlsa.
All the Amarillo party are enjoylRa
the winter and are being greatly bee
Gifted Their interests are still here
in Amarillo, however, and they 0K-
pect to soon return.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1907-02-28
u. S. TREASURY
chicago, is looted
Nearly a Quarter Of a Million Dollars Stolen from
Sub-THaSuy in Chicago, Leaving No
Trace Of the Robbers

When interviewed today regarding
the robbery of the local United States
treasury, sub-treasurer BoldenwOck
admitted that a theft Of s17a.oOo
had been perpetrated, but refused To
go into details, ut Is true that whao
and other government officials be-
lieve a gigantic steal has baeA
porpetrated in the sub-treasury," no
said THE amount l believe will
be $4,000. At present l cannot 60
into details as to what worlI we hav5
done in the case. We discovered thu
shortage last Wednesday when thu
books OF the sub-treasury we're bal
anced for the day. There 10 possibly
a shortage due to an error in book
keeping but I am inclined TO believe
robbery has been committed"
Sub-treasurer Boldenweck declared
later in the day that It had beeR
definitely determined just whore the
shortage occurred, but declined to
say who're 1t had been traced.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1907-02-28
Associated Press.

Associated Press.
Chicago. Feb. 25.-The Tribune
says today:
zone of the largest, If not the
largest, thefts from the United states
treasury has been uneartbed in Chi
cago. Between $4,000 and $780,
600 was stolen from the local sub
trueasury last week. The money
disappeared leaving no trace what
ever. The authorities here and in
Washington have been wording night
and day on the robbery ever since
discovered. The money was stolen
either a week ago last Saturday, or
last Sunday or Monday, The loss
was discovered Tuesday. All the mon
ey was in large bills, denominations
of $1,000, $4,000 and 10000. It
was at first believed to have been
an error in bookkeeping, but on
checking up it was found 10 be rob
berry. TWO clerks are suspected, but
nothing tangible was found against
them
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1907-02-28

train to which the Presidents car
was attached, arrived here from Bos-
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1907-02-28
STATE CLOSES
steve ADAMS Case
Associated Press.

A5sOCIalCu llCs9'
Wallace, Idaho, Feb. 25-The
state closed its case against Steve
Adams, charged with the murder Of
Fred Tyler, this morning, saving for
the last hour Of the testimony Of
Buckley Wells, former adjutant gem
eral Of Colorado, who told Of the
confession Of Adams made to him
while a prisoner and was en- route
from Boise to Colorado in the custo-
dy OF Detective Theile and Deputy
Sheriff Johnson, Wells testified that
Adams confessed that he had helped
Simpkins "bump off" two men in the
northern part Of Idaho who had been
giving Simpkins trouble in connec-
ton with timber claims. He denied
that any threat was made or induce
meut offered to Adams to secure the
confession,
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1907-02-28
ness Of the Investigation.

Witherspoon introduced q resolu-
ton to pay the legislators $40 daily
for the first hundred days and IS
daily thereafter during the session.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1907-02-28
WORK AT
WASHINGTON
Various Bills and Amendments
Come Before the National
Congress To-Day
Associated Press.

Washington, D. c., Feb. 60
When the agricultural appropriation
bill was taken up in the Senate to-
day the Fulton amendment proyld-
ing that no forest reserve shall here
after be created or enlarged without
"a nact Of congress In the states Of
Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Monta-
ma, Colorado or Wyoming, adopted
without debate. The amendment
adding $1OOO,0O0 to the appropra-
ton for the improvement of forest
reserves was also adopted, An
amendment that hereafter the dates
of inspection and canning must be
placed on the label OF all meat pro-
ducts was agreed TO. Beyeridge then
Offered mis- amendment placing the
cost of meat inspection upon the
packers and took the floor to address
the Senate on its necessity. Warren
gave notice that at the proper time
he would make a point Of order
against this amendment.
Tho Beyeridge amendment to the
agricultural bin placing the cost Of
meat inspection upon the packers
was ruled out on a point of order.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1907-02-28
Railroad Wins.
Associated Press.

Associated Press.
Washington, D. c., Feb. u.s.
In deciding the case of the Texas &
PACIFIC VS.. the Cotton Oil mills at
Abilene and Cisco, Texas, favorably
to the railroad company, the supreme
court of the United States today
held that the common law right of
the individual to make complaint to
the courts against the railroads for
discrimination, which existed before
the enactment of.thc interstate COM
merce law had $been destroyed by
that enactmen. The court therefore
held that'complaints must be made
through the interstate commerce
commission.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1907-02-28

ton today, moro than two hours late.
Tho train was delayed by heavy
snow,
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1907-02-28
SENATOR BAILEY
IS EXONERATED
After Thousands Of Dollars Spent 10 Satisfy Sen
stor BaIsys Enemies, He is VindCated
By the Legislature.
Austin, Feb. s5.-Reprssentatlve

Austin, Feb. 25.-Representative
Bourmsn was back in the house to-
day after a weeks illness in bed
WITH the grip.
Tahe senate today adopted a reso-
luton by a vote Of Is to II declaring
the investigation showed Bailey not
guilty Of any charges against him
ana discharged the committee, It
defeated the resolution by Green and
others authorizing the subcommittee
TO secure the testimony of II. c.
Pierce as necessary to the complete
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1907-02-28
BY the Associated Pres.

Austin, Feb 25.--The senate at
noon passed a resolution dismissing
the Bailey investigation committee
before 1t could prepare a report and
exonerated Bailey in every psrticu-
lar. The vote was Is ayes to IL
hayes
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1907-02-28
Judge Wofford Dead.


Associated Press.
Kansas City Feb 25,-Judge John
w. Wofford, noted for the quaint
philosophy he injected into his decl-
sions, died today, aged 60. In one
decision he held that wife had the
right to go through her husband s
pockets" He said when a man mar
ricd he took this risk. He served
with distinction in the Confederate
army.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1907-02-28
THE RAILROADS
Get A BLACK EYE
Associated Press,

Associated Press,
Washington, D. c., Feb. u.s..
The cases Of the Union Pacific and
Burlington railroad companies
against the various country treas
urers of the state OF Nebraska, in
yolying the tax rate upon the prop
erty of the railroads and calling into
question the administration of the
Nebraska state tax law we're decided
adversely to the railroads by the
United States supreme court today
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1907-02-28
TEXAS BEATS
RAILROADS
Supreme Court Of the U. S.
Decides for Texas Against
the Railroads.
Associated Press

Associated Press.
Washington, D, G, Feb. %
The supreme court today decided the
case of the Gulf, Colorado & Santa
railroad vs. the railroad commission
of Texas, involving state freight rates
favorably to the state.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1907-02-23
EVELYN THAW MUST
AGAIN FACE ORDEAL
She viii Have Three DAYS.
Rest Before Resuming the
Story of Her Life.
TALE ONLY HALF RELATED
IT rs EXPECTED THAT ON MON
DAY JEROME WILL REQUIRE
HER TO GO MORE INTO THE
SMALL DETAILS.
Publishers Press.1

New 1ol-. ----l-velyn NeSbfi
Thaw has three days TO rest and prep
are for the conclusion of the or
deal she is undergoing at the hands
OF District Attorney Jerome, the Thaw
trial being adjourned until Monday
on account Of Friday being a legal
holiday and Saturday q weekly court
holiday.
When Mrs. Thaw resumes the stand
Monday she will be compelled to go
into more details Of her eventful life
She Is expected to be on the stand
all day and there is considerable ques-
ton whether the district attorney will
be through with the cross-examination
in one day.
Associate with White and Thaw
after her return from Europe in 1908;
interviews with Abe Hummell, when
was drawn the famous affidavit which
she denied she had any part in fran
ing; the European trip of 1904; the
incident of the Cumberland hotel and
other incidents with Thaw, following
her return, her marriage and the sub
sequent events up to the fatal night
none of these has been inquired into
on cross-eXamination.
No woman ever faced a more ter
rible ordeal on the witness stand than
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw, an ordeal that
is not yet half over.
OF course, the actual truth Of the
story which Mrs. Thaw told her hus-
band, and which is said to have un-
balanced his mind, cannot be ques-
toned. If she told him the story and,
as result, his mind became de-
ranged. the truth of the story is i'm
material. All the cross-examination
can develop. is a doubt as to the
veracity of the witness, doubt as
to whether she really did tell him or
not. That is all the cross-examination
can show, and it is for the jury to de-
eide whether constant brooding over
the story Evelyn Nesbit told Harry
Thaw about her treatment at the
hands of Stanford White actually
caused arrangement of his mind suf-
ficient to make him incapable of know
ing he was doing wrong when he
killed White. Did Thaws actions
after he heard the story. did his re-
lations with Evelyn Nesbit cover a
period of two years after this revela-
ton, did his treatment Of her and of
White, and a thousand other things
indicate that he was brooding over
the story, and that he was taking ad-
vantage OF it? This is for the jury
to decide. and this is the doubt that
District Attorney Jerome is attempt
jurors
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1907-02-23
GETS $4,000 FOR DEATH
KEEP CASE OUT OF COURT
George Early, Administrator for the
Estate Of Samuel Lingenfeiter Com
promises With the Panhandle Com
pany.

There will be no litigation against
the Panhandle railroad company be-
cause of the killing of Samuel Lin
genfeIter, the engineer in the wreck
at Millville last month. Yesterday
in the circuit court George Early, ad-
ministrator of the estate of the de-
ceased engineer filed on the part or
the widow, Mrs. Emma Lingenfelter,
an agreement releasing the company
from all claims to damages. This ac-
ton on the part of the administrator
grows out of the fact that the COM
pany has paid Mrs. Lingenfelter the
sum of $4,000 She will also receive
81, 900 from the voluntary relief de-
partment of the road of which her
husband was member
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1907-02-23
SPENCER MEN GET
POISONED WHISKY
Attempt Made to Kill George
Edwards the Auditor Elect
of Owen County.
DR.. BRICELAND MAY DIE
UNKNOWN ENEMY SENT THE
BOTTLE FROM INDIANAPOLIS
SAYING 1T WAS SIXTEEN YEAR
OLD STUFF.
DR.. BRICELAND MAY DIE

Spencer, Ind, Feb, %, (Spl,)-As a
result of drinking whiskey, which is
thought to have contained strychnine,
four men are seriously i'll today and
one man may die.
Yesterday a small box containing
quart of whisky was delivered. pre-
sumably by an expressman, TO George
Edwards, auditor-elect of this county.
With the box was a letter bearing an
Indianapolis date line, and stating
that a friend of the writer had come
across some sixteen-year-old whisky,
and being aware, that Spencer was
dry" town, especially since the
blind tiger" law went into effect, the
writer was sending the accompanying
whisky that Mr.. Edwards might en-
joy it.
The box was not opened until to-
day. when Edwards took a taste of
the contents of the bottle and found
it to be bitter. With him, when he
opened the box, were Asa Williams,
Robert Fisher, Martin Walden and Dr.
d. ]. Briceland. Edwards expectorat-
ed the whisky which he took into his
mouth, but the other men swallowed
a portion, but complained that it had
a very bitter taste. Within an hour
after drinking the whisky all the men
except Edwards We're taken violently
ill, and physicians were summoned.
All except DR.. Briceland are now out
of danger, but there is fear that Brice-
land will not recover.
The whisky will be examined and
an effort will be made to find the
sender. The letter was signed Dick
Mr.. Edwards has several friends in
Indianapolis. and he did not question
the quality of the whisky before TAX
ing it.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1907-02-23
WOULD LIMIT HIS POWER
BILLS AIMED AT PINCHOT
Senate Adopts Amendment Requiring
Chief Forester, Friend Of Roose-
welt, to Give Detailed Estimate Of
Expenditures Each Year.

Washington, Feb. 22-When the sen
ate resumed consideration today OF
the agricultural appropriation bill. an
amendment adopted requiring the Sec
retary of agriculture 10 submit each
year a detailed estimate upon every
subject of expenditure within his de-
partment, also one upon the detailed
expenditure of the entire department
for the previous year.
This is aimed at the forestry bureau.
presided over by Chief Forester Pin.
chot, President Roosevelt's warm per.
sonal friend. and an Official who each
year gives his salary of $500 to the
poor. and is intended to limit the pow
er of that official, which Mr.. Clark. of
wyoming, in yesterdays session de-
clared unequalled by any ruler in the
world over.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1907-02-23
Inspector Wagner Finds More
Evidence of Dread Disease
i'm Local Cattle.
THE WORST CASE YET
ANIMAL LOOKED GOOD ON FOOT
AND WAS PASSED OVER TO THE
WERE BAD
LY SWOLLEN.

In the short time of one week two
cases of tuberculosis have been dis
covered in cattle butchered at the
Richmond abattoir by DIR. Wagner,
the government inspector. the second
being found in a young heifer butcher
ed last evening. The heifer had the
disease in an aggravated form, and DR..
Wagner stated that it was the worst
Of the three he has had to deal with
in the short time he has been with the
local butchering establishment, III
that it showed signs OF more rapid de-
yelopment.
The animal was purchased by the
company yesterday and was pro-
nounced 80. X on foot and was
butchered and opened One glance
at the entrails and lungs OF the young
COW, was sufficient for DIR. Wagner
TO condemn it as having tuberculosis.
The lungs were hard and congested,
where under normal conditions they
should have been light and spongy
The interior Peritoneum, membrane,
covered with tubercles, and laying
against the lungs, was swollen abnor-
malIy, while ulcerous sores were num-
erous. Other than being covered with
slight bumps on the exterior lining, the
lungs appeared sound. but when they
had been cut open, the congested con-
dition was visible.
Could Easily Have Been Sold.
DIR. Wagner, in the course of his
remarks about the case, said that one
of the surest signs of tuberculosis IN
cattle. was the ulcerous sores on the
peritoneum, and stated that when this
was removed, beef could be placed on
the market and sold without the
slightest chance of detection from the
casual observer and buyer
During the three months which he
has been at the abattoir, Dr. Wagner
has found three acute cases OF tuDer'
culosis in the 225 cattle that nave
been butchered' at the plant. Three
other cattle were condemned owing to
other diseases. Out of the twelve
hundred hogs butchered, five were
found to have tuberculosis.
The people of the city are thorough
ly aroused at the discovery and puoii
cation of the news, that many cattle OF
wayne county are suffering with the
tuberculosis, and meat merchants OF
the city are being asked daily for gov
ernment inspected meats. The move
ment for better city inspection is
growing and council members are
meeting demands on all sides ITO do
something The fact that two cases
of acute tuberculosis have been found
i'm cattle within the course OF one
week, will further add impetus to the
demands for better meat inspection.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1907-02-23
Grover Cleveland in Address
at Chicago, Says Patriotism
Rests on Home.
1000 TEACHERS HEAR HIM
FORMER PRESIDENT SPENDS DAY
IN WINDY CITY HELPING TO
OBSERVE THE BIRTHDAY OF
WASHINGTON.
IPuhlishers, Y,resal

Chicago, Feb. 22.-The anniversary
of the birth of Washington was gen
orally observed here. The principal
celebration was by the Union League
club. the principal exercises being
held in the auditorium at which Gro
yer Cleveland was the orator of the
day. At night a banquet was held at
the Union League club house, at which
Cleveland also spoke.
At the Auditorium this morning the
former president addressed 1000
school teachers. Mr.. Cleveland con-
fessed that he has begun to believe
that marriage has a great influence on
the patriotism and political good OF
and delivered delicate rap at the old
maids. and said it is the family infiu-
ence on which the country depends.
The Need of Patriotism.
1--WE need patriotism" he said. THE
patriotism that loves a country for its
own sake and because it is worthy of
love, and if you are going to cooperate
with us in this affair you must love
your country in the same spirit and in
tent that you love your God and your
parents and your kindred.
1T is not safe for you to wait before
cultivating this love until you are
pushed into the busy activities of life.
Il want to warn you against fixing
the standard of your patriotism by
such as you see about you today by
those who for the time being are
charged with the duty of taking care
of this country of ours 1 do not want
to make any wholesale accusations
against these persons. There are
some good people among them. but
quietly and confidentiaIly l want to
say that their patriotism does admit of
a good deal of Improvement. / want
you to improve it, and you can do it.
Spoke on "Pubiic Holidays.
At the Iroquois club this afternoon
Mr. Cleveland spoke on Public Holi-
days" He gave it as his opinion
that the great hurrying work of the day
so completely engrossed the attention
of the people that they have but little
time for observing holidays, but that
they felt the lesson which their mem
cries taught just as deeply as in Eu-
rope where the holidays are observed
with much pomp and show.