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 put In place and the inside finishing Is nearly complete In the last store room.
 F. N. Chaplin & Son, of Imperial and Hotvlle, say that land sales have been on the move this month so far and if indications materialize the monfh of January wllFprove profitable to buyers and sellers They report at least dozen sales so far and several more are under way. One among the deals was the place of R. R. Richie four miles southwest of Fl Centro to Lee w. and Otis Pfost. The men in- tend to Put this place in high state of cultivation.
 M. F. Wilkinson is the guest of the two Casner brothers this week. He was on hand at the organization of the Eagle lodge and heeped his shave.
 The dance given by the Eagle lodge last Friday night was well attended and d good time was enjoyed by all. The music was even better than at prevl- ous times.
 Rev. and Mrs. Tout, of Imperial were visitors here yesterday
 Quite a DHrnber of Fl Centro people attended the meeting of directors at Imperial Thursday
 IRadvertantly an item from Fl Gen. fro was published in the BraWley News to the effect that H. H. Peterson would move from Imperial to this place. This was false report, as MT. Peterson has fine home at the former place and can see no reason why he should change his place of residence,
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w. L. Payne. of the Fl Centro GrP- cery Co has been materially fixing up his store. Now that the glass fronts are in place he has improved his meth cd of displaying the tempting articles he carries in bulk. It's worth your while to step In and take look.
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D. c. Huddleston, formerly mer- chant of Imperial, has traded, through I. L. Wilson, his ten acre lemon or chard in Corona, for two hundred acres of the Arthur Mcbride place 3 miles southwest of Imperial. Rumor says that Huddleston is to return to the valley make his headquarters at Fl Centro.
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Carpenters are busy putting in the partition and fixtures in the store room east of the Press office. getting it ready for occupancy by Louis Knapply, who will open first-class butcher shop.
Imperial Valley press and the Imperial press., 1907-01-19

If the weather remains clear in Los Angeles MT. Kelly will be able to load his car with trees. grape cuttings and vines, so as to be in Imperial about Jan. 22d or 23d, and wishes all who have orders for grape cuttings to be ready to receive and care for them. fl
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FL CENTRIC
nnR TABLE
Southern Pacific NORTH BOUND

Southern Pacific
 NORTH BOUND Leave Fl Centro II :43 a. m. This train connects with man inc No. 2 arrive Los Angeles9;OOp.m' Leave Fl Centro 6 :45 p. m. This train connects with main line No. 9; arrive Los Angeles7 :3O am.
 SOUTH BOUND Arrive Fl Centro 10 a. m. This train leaves Los Angeles $40 p. m. Arrive Fl Centro :55 p. m. This train leaves Los Angeles 9.05 a. m.
Imperial Valley press and the Imperial press., 1907-01-19

HoIton-Interurban Railway Company
 WEST BOUND Leave Holtville 10:30 8. m. daily. Arrive Fl Centro II :00 a. m. daily. Leave Holtvile :0O p. m. daily except Sunday. Arrive Fl Centro 33O ?. m. daily ex' cept Sunday.
 EAST BOUND Leave Fl Centro 12 noon daily. Arrive Holtville l2 80 p. m. daily. Leave Fl Centro 5 100 p. m. daily except Sunday. Arrive Holtville 5 80 p. m. daily except Sunday.
Imperial Valley press and the Imperial press., 1907-01-19

The glass for the fronts to the stores In the Holt block have all been put In place and the inside finishing Is nearly complete In the last store room.
Imperial Valley press and the Imperial press., 1907-01-19

l. T. Richardson, who has been wis iting with his son, s T. Richardson, of the Valley Mercantile Co.,. for the past two months, left Wednesday noon for his home in Harris, Mo. MT. Rich ardson was much pleased with Imperi- al Valley and returned at this. time only because business interests demanded his attention there. He made many friends during his stay here, who would be glad to see him return and locate.
 F. K. Deuel, of Medford, Oregon, was In Fl Centro this week, looking af- ter his business interests here. MT, Deuel Is at at the head of three mer- cantle establishments, of which the Valley Mercantile Co.,, of this place Is one, and makes semi annual trips east to buy for these establishments He does his own buying direct from Inc manufacturers and his many ysars Of experience and business acquantanee makes 1t possible to procure bargains not easily secured, by all, MT. Denel informed the Press representative that he was adding another store to his Ils-. which will enable him to buy in stlll larger quantities. He will visit Fl Centro on his return home, In about thirty days.
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The Fl Centro Grocery Go. delivers groceries to any part of town.
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Miss Reha Conser. of Imperial. was a guest at the home of J. c. Newton,
 Sunday.
Imperial Valley press and the Imperial press., 1907-01-19

Geo. E. Place, a pioneer of 1870, of Los Angeles, representing several eastern and coast periodicals, was in Fl Centro, Tuesday. /
Imperial Valley press and the Imperial press., 1907-01-19

List your lands with the lh%~Aten Land Go. They can give you best results.
Imperial Valley press and the Imperial press., 1907-01-19

M. F. Wilkinson Is the guest of the two Casner brothers this week. He was on hand at the organization ot the Eagle lodge and heeped hls shave
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-11-04
BRIEF BITS OF NEWS.

The pope is again suffering from
govt. He walks with difficulty, but
continues his audiences.
Grand Forks (B. CO. miners and
smelter employees of the CRANKY Smell,
ter company have had their wages cut
SO cents a day
Twenty-one steamers have been
chartered at Glasgow to convey coal
and other supplies to the American
fleet which is to visit Pacific waters.
A mixed freight and passenger train
was derailed on the Brohl Valley road
near Bingen-on-the-Rhine, Germany
Six persons were killed and fourteen
dangerously injured.
Dispatches to Dun's Trade Review
Indicate that large volume of bust
ness is still in progress, despite the
handicap in some sections of tight
money and car shortage.
Comptroller Of the Currency Ridgely
has received several hundred tele
grams from banks indicating a gen.
eral purpose to assist In relieving the
money stringency by taking out In
creased circulation.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-11-04
TO RECOVER VALUABLE LAND
Heirs Of George Washington Bring IL.
gal Proceedings.

Heirs Of George Washington Bring lie.
gal Proceedings.
Washington, Nov. ITO recover
some little parcels OF real estate given
by two grateful governments to George
Washington about 100 years ago and
worth at the present time hundreds of
millions of dollars is the object OF
proceedings just begun by the heirs
at law of the father of his country.
After an undisturbed rest of nearly
century in the circuit court of Fair
fax county, Va, the Washington estate
has been reopened by the appointment
Of an administrator for the undistrib.
uted assets which consist of this al.
most forgotten land which he pos.
sessed.
The land which the heirs seek to
recover is situated in Ohio and is fully
described in Washington's will. 1t
aggregates nearly 10000 acres and in.
cludes practically all the land on
which the city of Cincinnati is built.
Another tract Of the land embraces
Point Pleasant, the birthplace of Gen
eral Grant, while another, at the
mouth of the Kanawha river, is rich
in coal and oil deposits.
Part of the land was granted to
Washington by the British govern
ment as a reward for his military
services and part of it was granted to
him by the United States later for the
same reason
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matter and In all the regulations?
They replied that they wished to see
Captain Johnson This reply was I'm.
fortunate and 1t appears to have in
censed the agent. who required them
to cast their votes at once. This
council all voted no and then fol-
lowed the excitement which caused
the call for volunteers and troops to
be sent to the Ute camp to compel
them to comply with the agents
wishes.
IF these people are furnished with
sufficient food to sustain life through
the winter and they be allowed to
send all their children to day school
they will be just as amenable to con
troll as the Sioux. One hundred pounds
Of flour and little patience is more
potent factor in the solution Of this
problem than 100 soldiers"
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-11-04
.UPH(DS THE INDIANS !
Army Officers Report on Ute Sit
uatiOn in South Dakota.
PROMISES NOT LIVED UP TO

Ratlons Cut in Half by the Agent and
Attempt Made to Force Children to
Attend Boarding School Away From
the Reservation.
Washington, Nov. A very serious
breach has arisen between the Ute
Indians at Thunder Butte station, s..
D., and their agent, Major Downs, and
there Is danger of a hostile collision
at any moment, according to the latest
report Of Captain Carter P. Johnson,
the army officer who was sent to the
scene Of trouble In the effort to pla-
cate the Indians, who have unlimited
confidence in him. According to Cap
tain Johnson the Indian agent and
himself are at cross purposes and his
report appeals to the authorities here
to support him and cause Major
Downs to abate harsh treatment of
the Indians.
The report says that the Indians
objected to sending their children to
a distant boarding school, the refusal
being on the ground that Captain
Johnson had told them the children
would be sent to school at the agency
station. It adds that the agent has
cut the ration in half; that the In
dams are sincere in their statement
and wish to live in peace; that Agent
Downs refused to consider the Indians
promise to comply with his orders and
demands and the report adds that the
application of harsh and severe rem
edies" is not the best policy. Cap
tain Johnson says that the Utes are
very hungry, their women and chill
dren are suffering and they believe
they have been unjustly treated.
Commissioner of Indian Affairs
Leupp will have a conference. with
the president, at which the entire Ute
question will be discussed and action
In the matter probably decided upon.
AlIege Violation Of Contract.
Captain Johnson, in his report,
states that the agent was incensed at
Cne conduct OF the Utes and that he
(Johnson) had council with the Utes
In camp, at which they informed him
that their ration was cut one-half OF
what they had understood would be
given them. This, they believed, was
not acting to contract. They asked
Captain Johnson to act as arbitrator;
they would accept the result. They
sent all the children that the day
school would accept, but refused to
send other children to boarding school
eighty miles away. They explained
that Captain Johnson told them that
the children would be sent to school
at the station.
The agent" Captain Johnson says,
gut vote to the head men to this
OBJECT: Would they obey him in this
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-11-04
INDIANS BEGAN FIGHT.
Officers Report Of Battle With the
Navajos.

Washington, Nov. According to
a dispatch received at the war depart.
ment from Major r. L. Hirst, chief of
staff of the department Of Colorado,
at Denver, it is believed that the
Navajo trouble In Southern Utah and
Northern New Mexico is near an end.
The dispatch, which shows that those
killed were Indians. includes a report
from Captain Willard, who command
ed the expedition. The message re-
ports the return of Captain Wizards
command, squadron of the Fifth
cavalry, from Aneth, Utah, with ten
Indian prisoners, including Bylillie and
nine followers.
II captured prisoners" says Cap.
tain Willard, -four miles east of An
eth at dawn Oct %. Bylillie and fol-
lowers opened fire on Indian police
and my men and skirmish followed
for twenty minutes, in which three
Indians were killed and one seriously
wounded. One cavalry horse slightly
wounded No other casualties, Pris-
oners here in guardhouse No further
trouble unprecedented"
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-11-04

Wanted-Lady cook. Inquire at
Hotel Armstrong.
For Rent-Four room cottage.
Inquire of A. Klein.
Mr.. Baker and wife of Long
Prairie were among the out-of-town
visitors who were in the city Satur-
day evening.
A. c. Mclean, the tie man, went
to Walker this morning to look at
some ties which his company (Mar-
tin Bros, of Duluth) may purchase.
Wildly Brannon came down this
morning from Big Falls and went on
through to Brainerd, where he will
consult a physician relative to an
ailment of the ear, and to look
after some .other matters of interest
to himself.
P. A. Walsh, sheriff of Koochi-
ching county, came down this morn
ing from Big Falls and went to
Walker on an official trip. Mr..
Walsh is kept pretty busy these
days looking after infractions of
the law in his county.
A. Gilmour and wife came down
this morning from Blackjack and
spent today in the city looking
after some interests which they
still have in Bemidji. Mr.. Gilmour
is pharmacist at A. O'Kelliher's
drug store at the Duck"
William Burce, general manager
for the Beltrami Timber company,
came down this morning from Kelli-
her and spent today in the city look
ing after some business matters for
his company. Mr.. Burce was &C
companied by his wife, nee Miss
Rose Miller.
P. J. McKeon, the "head push"
of the boarding cars up north on the
M. & l., passed through the city
this morning from International
Falls to his home at Brainerd.
Pat stopped here long enough to
get a good square meal before con-
tinuing south.
w. P. WEIGH, more Familiarity
known among his Bemidji friends
as Bill" is in the city, looking
after his property and other inter-
ests here. MIR. WEIGH has been
located at East Grand Forks for
some time past. He will stay here
for several days, and will probably
90 to Hibbing in the near future.
William is enjoying his usual good
health, and he is always given
glad hanP' in Bemidji, where his
true worth is known and appre-
ciated. d
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-11-04
MAY GUST HARTMAN.
Mysterious Transfer Of 100000
Shares Of Union Pacific.
STOCK PURCHASED OUTRIGHT
New Holders Believed to Be ]. p.
Morgan and His Associates, With
Whom John D. Rockefeller Is Now
Said to Be Allied.

Whom John D. Rockefeller Is Now
Said to Be Allied.
New York, Nov. There has been
4 mysterious transfer in Wall street
Of 100000 shares Of Union Pacific
stock
Financiers who are familiar with the
situation are positive in their belief
that the new holders are J. P. Morgan
and his associates. They further de-
clare that E. H. Hartman or his
friends parted with these securities
and that the transfer foreshadows stu
pendous changes in the control and
management of this great property
This is in line with the claims that
have been made for some time in the
financial district that the domination
Of the Union Pacific is to pass out of
the hands of Mr.. Hartman. Mr.. Har-
riman himself declared that the story
was absurd and that if any transfer of
stock had taken place it was probably
In his direction and not toward the
Morgan crowd
AS the story goes William Rookie
Teller and Mr.. Hartman paid visit to
one of the largest stock broking firms
in Lower Broadway. BY a peculiar
coincidence the visit preceded by a
very short time the report In the
street Of the transfer of the Union
Pacific stock.
Stock Purchased Outright.
So far as could be learned the stock
involved In the transaction was de-
livered in its entirety to it's pur-
chasers, who paid for it outright and
had it conveyed to their private
vaults
It has been shown by the recent
developments that the two men in
Wall street who control the ready
money are John D. Rockefeller and ].
P. Morgan. It is also understood that
some months ago John D. Rockefeller
broke with his brother William and
with the others of the Standard Oil
and Amalgamated crowd and has been
working in conjunction with the Nor
gan interests.
There is every reason to believe
that these two men are the only ones
in the street at this time who could
have produced sufficient capital to
negotiate deal of such magnitude as
the purchase of 100000 shares of I'm
ion Pacific at 81, which would aggre-
gate SIS, 100000.
Those who claim to be in position
to know state that the deal will have
a direct bearing on the formation of
the great holding company for the
securities held by the Union Pacific.
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confesses to wife Murder.

New York, Nov. After being
convicted of manslaughter in the first
degree in aiding and abetting his wife
to commit suicide James Wardell,
twenty-four years old, confessed In
the court of general sessions that he
deliberately killed his wife by as.
phyxiation. After he had killed her,
he said, he fired bullet into her
dead body to give the Impression that
she had ended her own life with .
revolver.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-11-04
Smallpox Closes School.

St. Paul, Nov. DIR. G.. A. REM,
health commissioner, has issued an
order closing the St. Francis de Sales
school and the building is being fumi-
gated twenty-five cases OF smallpox
were discovered among the pupils and
the victims have been ISOLATED in the
detention hospital.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-11-04
Iowa Bank Cashier Suicides,

Des Moines, Nov Frank Croc-
ker, cashier of the First National
Savings bank of Charlton, a., com
mitted suicide by taking morphine.
The bank is believed to be in good
shape. Worry over losses sustained
in alleged use Of Modern Woodmen
funds is believed to be the cause.
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Ten Per Cent Cut in WAGES.

Watertown, N. Y, Nov The
New York Airbrake company has is
sued notice that commencing at once
and until further notice the salaries
Of all employees from superintendent
down will be reduced 10 per cent.
The company employs 5000 men.
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FEAR EFFECT OF AGITATION
Outside Interests Would End Illinois
Central Warfare.


Chicago, Nov Powerful inter
ests in the East are reported to be
bringing pressure to bear on both E.
H. Hartman and Stuyvesant Fish to
end the warfare for control of the
Illinois Central railroad
The leading interests in other rail
ways arc said to be decidedly averse
to having fought out in the courts. at
this time, the question of the legal
right of one railroad company to hold
and vote the stock of another railroad
company.
Should the injunction issued by
Judge Ball, restraining the voting of
Illinois Central stock held by the I'm
ion Pacific and other corporations, be
sustained by the higher courts the
Eastern financiers fear the way would
be paved for. similar litigation, which
might result in the reorganization or
disorganiZation of the larger railway
systems Of the country, resulting in
inestimable depreciation of railway
securities generally.
The greatest obstacle in the way of
an amicable settlement of the fight
for control of the Illinois Central is
said to be the personal enmity of Fish
and Hartman. So long as only the
defeat of one of these men in the
contest for control of the Illinois Cen
trail was involved in the fight the
chief interests in other railways and
in other corporations manifested little
interest, but they see this fight in an
entirely different light when a possible
outcome would be ruling by the
highest courts that no railway COM
pany or other corporation may own
and vote stock in any railroad char
tered in Illinois.
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Dies in Fit of Amer.

Fox Lake, Wis, Nov. Jarvis Will
lett, aged sixty, became enraged upon
discovering that Halloween merry
makers had carried off his wagon and
was seized with heart failure. He
suddenly fell over unconscious and
his death followed almost Immediately.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-11-04
Virginia Bank Closes.

Portsmouth, Va, Nov, !.-The PEG.
Plies bank of Portsmouth, with a cap.
italization of $4,000, has failed to
open owing to heavy demand of de.
positors and inability to realize needed
cash on It's assets. The bank is de-.
clared to be entirely solvent.
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NO ALCOHOL IN FINLAND.
Its Manufacture or Importation Abso
lutely Prohibited.

Helsingfors, Finland, Nov. The
diet has adopted unanimously, without
a roll call, the alcohol bill prohibiting
absolutely the manufacture Of alcohol
in Finland or its importation into Fin.
land. AS the measure affects Russia S
tariff relations with foreign countries
It is not certain that the emperor will
sanction the measure.
In view Of the passage Of the bill
temperance celebrations are being
held In every part of the country.
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Three Americans Among Injured.

Manila, Nov. The new railroad
bridge over the Pasig river near Fort
Mckinley collapsed owing to the
breaking of the superstructure and
sixty workmen were precipitated into
the river. Three Americans and twen-
ty Filipinos were injured. The dam
age Is estimated at 100000.
Imperial Valley press and the Imperial press., 1907-02-16
A Robust Ghost.

John Leech and a member of the Millais family once stayed night at COwdray hall, in England, where, many guests being present, the two friends had no alternative but to accept rooms in an isolated wing supposed to be haunted. In the middle of the night Millais awoke, believing that some giant was shaking him violently by the shoulder. This was supposed to be the favorite device of the ghost. He rushed into a corridor and found Leech sitting there trembling and declaring that he would not for the world go back to his room. They spent the re- mainder of the night in the corridor, but in the morning said nothing of their experiences In the afternoon there arrived an evening paper telling of violent earthquake in the locality. The earthquake was what the two wis itors believed to be their ghost
Imperial Valley press and the Imperial press., 1907-02-16
Pnianneh Win Enoh.

If one were to say that thousands of people regularly and almost system atically poison themselves with food. 1t would strike the average layman as extravagant. The opinion of the lay man, however, cuts no figure when compared with the scientific deductions of one who has carefully observed the facts. How many people are there who select their food with care, eat it at the right time and in the proper way to secure good digestion and sub- sequent absorption of just the physi- ologically correct amount of nutriment required to repair the waste incurred by the duties of everyday life? There are very few Some starve themselves, but the great majority go to the other extreme and constantly overeat. One eats too much at regular mealtimes, while another eats less, but feeds more frequently. Tn either case the diges- tive apparatus is Overtaxed.-A Phy- sician in New York World.
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VaIuahIe Pebbles.

Between the northern point of Long Island and Watch Hill lies a row of little islands, two of which, Plum is land and Goose island, possess a pc culiar form of mineral wealth. It con sists in heaps of richly colored quartz pebbles, showing red, yellow, purple and other hues, which are locally called agates. They are used in making stain ed glass windows, and there is a suffi- cient demand for them in New York to keep the owners of one or two sloops employed in gathering them from the beaches, where the waves continually roll and polish them, bringing out the beauty of their cOlors