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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-12-29

advantages for each generation Of chill.
'dren. a little child :iall lead theK."
The duty OF this generation IL In pro-
viding the best education Tor The next
Imperial Valley press., 1907-10-19
TRAINS AND
 MAIL LATE Valley Traffic Held Up Thursday and /
 Friday '
WASHOUTS ON LINE
Culvert Washed Away Between Brawley and Imperial. First
 Train Friday Afternoon

Imperial valley was practically cut off from communication with the outside world from Wednes- day night to Friday afternoon as a result of the heavy showers early in the week. There were several washouts on the main line of the Southern Pacific be- tween Mecca and Yuma. Three passenger trains were held at Yuma and three others at Indio.
 The situation was serious and it was only by hard work and good management that service was resumed as soon as it was. Passengers for the valley Thurs day arrived at Imperial Junction several hours late and were obliged to put up at Hotel Harri- man until Friday morning. The valley train left the Junction at 8.25 Friday morning the break between Imperial and Brawley having been repaired. This train would have reached Fl Centro much earlier than it did had it not been for an accident to a water car which was being taken to the wrecking crew be- yond Imperial. The water car was finally pushed off into the, ditch with the aid of a wrecking engine and a freight engine and the passenger train succeeded in getting away about noon. arriv- at El Centro at 3;30.
 Everybody was glad to see the train and to get mail and the rail road company is to be congratu- lated on so speedy a resumption of traffic.
 In the meantime the Holton Inter-Urban ran it's trains every day without a break in the sched- ule.
Imperial Valley press., 1907-10-19
HOLTVILLE'S
 BRICK PLANT
Fl CentrO Contracts Cause Haste In Completing It's Machinery Here

The business of making brick out of Holtville dirt is being put into the front rank of Valley manufacturing industries says the Holtville Tribune this week. H. H. Peterson this week, un- loaded machinery and began the work of installing an up to date brick making plant. The mach inery is of the best grade, and is from the we'll known c. R. Ray mond Brick Machinery Company, Dayton Ohio.
 The building will be46 1-2x33 1-2 feet in size and the plant when completed will cost about $1O, 900.
 It's daily capacity will be 25OO
Imperial Valley press., 1907-10-19

ings within a year which will transform Fl Centro from a com paratively small frontier town to a big, busy and thriving business center.
 Within the past week there has also been exceptional activ- ity in the sale of residence lots. These lots have not been sold for speculation but are in the hands of men who propose to locate here and build at once. No less than twenty new houses are now being planned and before the winter is over there will un- doubtedly be more. Men who have business or land interests in this vicinity have been watch ing the situation; they have de- cided that there is no longer any reason for doubt or hesitation and they are getting ready to bring their families here and to identify themselves in every way with the future of the town. Fl Centro is about to grow not only in a business but in a social way. It is attracting to itself an exceedingly desirable class of citizens and before the winter is over will be regarded as one of the best and most pleasant places in Southern California in which to live.
 Watch the Magic City grow.
Imperial Valley press., 1907-10-19

bricks and from 12 to IS men will be regularly employed. MT. Peterson now has a number of large contracts at Fl Centro, and will rush the erection of the plant so as to get it to turning out brick. He expects to have it in full operation in about three weeks, and says he believes he will be able to supply the valleys brick demands, for several years to come. In the past building operations have been severely handicapped for want of brick and Mir. Peterson himself has often been sorely delayed in his contracts on that account.
 With this plant, however, no such thing can occur. The building of this plant, while a good thing for Holtville is also a big advantage to the whole val ley and MT. Peterson cannot be too highly commended for his enterprise.
Imperial Valley press., 1907-10-19
CHAMBER OF
 COMMERCE
Important Meeting Next Week All
 Members Urged To Attend

The annual meeting and cleo tion of officers of the Ell Centro Chamber of Commerce will be held on Saturday night, October 26th at 7.30 o'clock. It is espec- ially desirable that every mem- Der be present at this meeting as many matters of importance are to be taken up in addition to the election of officers. The meeting will be held in the new schoolhouse on Commercial street.
 The work of the Chamber of Commerce is of vast importance to El Centro. It is the medium through which a great deal of information is dispensed to pros pective settlers and investors. A hearty cooperation in the work beginning with attendance at the meeting next week is greatly to be desired.
Imperial Valley press., 1907-10-19
FL CENTRIC WON
Fatal Seventh Proved Holtville's Undoing New Uniforms Ordered

El Centro's reorganized base ball team defeated the strong Holtville nine by a score of 10 to 8 Sunday afternoon. Holtville has had the strongest team in the valley and showed up well, outplaying the local team except in the seventh inning when pitcher Cook slackened speed and a fusilade of hits mixed with some costly errors gave El Gen. tro five runs and lead which they maintained to the end.
 Fl Centro's nine showed up even better than was expected in view of the fact that the men had had little or no opportunity to practice so that there could be no team work. There are some hard hitters on the team and when one or two of the weak spots have been strengthened the locals should be one of the strongest if not the strongest team in the valley. There are now about fifteen candidates for positions on the team including one good pitcher who was not in the game Sunday.
 During the week $100 or more was subscribed by local enthusi- asts and a full equipment of uni forms, mask, protector, gloves, bats, etc. has been ordered. It is hoped that the uniforms will be ready for wear by a week from Sunday. They will be of white with blue letters, blue caps and belts; they will be of good quality and the players will present a natty appearance. 1t is now up to them to play ball well enough to be a credit to the new suits.
 Following is the score by in- ninga;
 El Centro O11OO152-1O
 Holtvllle 2101O121O-8
 Strike Outs, by Cook 13; by Colby 8; by Whitley 12. Base on Balls, off Cook 8; off Colby 2; off Whitley 5. Hits, off Cook ' Singles, 4 Two Baggers, 1 Three Bagger; off Colby 3 Singles; off Whitley 6 Singles.
 Empires Buttress, Record
Imperial Valley press., 1907-10-19
Contracts Made For Ten New Business
 Blocks
EVERY ONE LEASED
Fl Centro's Growth In Next Few Months Will Surpass all Pre-
 vious Records

Ten new brick business build ings and twenty or more dwell ing houses to be erected at once. That is the way El Centro will begin the winter campaign of growth and expansion. Con- tracts were made this week for six brick buildings to be erected in a row on Main street. Work will be begun at once and it is expected that at least part of the buildings will be ready for occupancy soon after the new year. Contracts for other brick buildings have also been made and work on these will be begun as soon as practicable. This an- nouncement of extensive build- ing operations will be good news to all who are watching the re- markable growth of the county seat. Other similar announce ments will be made in the near future as the present building operations are only a part of the general plan of upbuilding the town. It can also be stated that every one of the business build -ings has been leased before a stroke of work was done and all will be occupied from the mom- ent they are ready.
 Among the business firms who will locate in El Centro is w. H. Goodrich and Go. of Redlands. Goodrich and Go. have been known for years as one of the leading house furnishing firms in Southern California. They have two large stores in Redlands and are now preparing to put in a big one in El Centro. It will probably be the largest store of any kind in the valley and will be an indication of what promi- nent business men in other cities think of the future of El Centro. Other business houses are mere ly waiting for buildings to be completed to come here. Sever al would begin business at once if they could find accomodations. It is also probable that another office building will be erected in the near future as the demand for offices by real estaie and pro fessional men far exceeds the supply, The Blackington build ing will be ready for occupancy in about three weeks. This building will have two fine stores well fitted up and with handsome plate glass fronts. Negotiations for the lease of both these stores are now in progress.
 Business plans which have al- ready been definitely made and require only time for their fulfilment contemplate the erec- ton of substantial brick build~
Imperial Valley press., 1907-10-19
Superior Court of Im- .perial County In
 Session
MEXICAN ON TRIAL
Assault Case From HoltviIle To Come Up At a Later
 Term

The Superior court for Imper- ial county, Judge Cole presiding, opened in Fl Centro Wednesday and Wednesday morning the first trial to come before the court was begun. It was a larceny case the respondent being An dreas Ramirez, a Mexican, who was accused of having stolen horse and buggy from the Reyn- olds stable in Calexico last July. District Attorney Eshleman con- ducted the case for the prescott ton and Ramirez was defended by Attorneys w. E. Cox and V. Rapp of Fl Centro. The defense was based largely on a technical ity it being claimed by the at- torneys for Ramirez that he had come into possession of the team lawfully and that whatever un- lawful intent he may have had was conceived later; therefore that the respondent had not, strictly, speaking, committed the offense of which he stood charg- ed. /
 The case was given to the jury Thursday night but after delib- erating all night and a part of Friday forenoon that body re- ported inability to agree. It is understood that the jury stood eleven for conviction and one for acquittal. The case is likely to come up again for further trial next week.
 A HOLTVILLE BAD MAN
 Leander Woods of Holtville was arrested Sunday night by Constable M. P. Harris of that town and Monday morning brought to El Centro and lodged in the county jail, charged with assault. Woods, it is claimed, went to MeXicali Sunday and fil- led up with liquor, later return ing to Holtville in belligerent frame of mind. He went into the restaurant kept by Mrs. Kate Cannon and demanded in- stant service. He professed to be dissatisfied and when Mrs. Cannon refused to become frightened drew a gun and threatened her. She called for help and Woods went away. Several men at once began look ing for him and Woods was un- doubtedly in serious danger. Constable Harris found him first, fortunately, before the avengers had located him.
 Woods was araigned before Justice Webb at 2::3O o'clock Monday morning and at a pre- liminary hearing at 9 o'clock Monday was bound over to the Superior Court. He is now in the county jail awaiting trial.
Imperial Valley press., 1907-10-19

J. A. Walton of Redlands was in Fl Centro Wednesday on his way home to Redlands after visit to his ranch near Holtville.
Imperial Valley press., 1907-10-19
Public Lands Open to Entry

Commissioner Ballinger of the general land office in Washington has received reports from the registers and receivers of the va rious land offices throughout the United States and Alaska, and it is shown that on June 30 last there were 774, 385, O68 acres of unappropriated public land in them. Of this 368, O35, 975 acres, or more than half the entire area are in Alaska.
 Commissioner Ballinger has published a pamphlet for the in- formation of prospective land seekers, showing the character of the land in each land district by counties. The total area un- appropriated and unreserved in California is given as 30, 391, 084 acres. The land in the southern counties is described as arid, lev el, desert, hilly and mountainous and the tabulation is as follows:
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1907-06-12
neET THE FIRsT $1,000
Ancient Axiom That Has Set Mary
Men to Saving.

Get the first $1,000. After that
money making is easy This is the
c'd-tine sage advice of the hard-head-
ed, self-made man. That axiom has
set many men to saving. They fix
upon that sum as the glittering. far
off herald of fortune something 70
be made To man on'a small salary
IA salary, say, out of which some
thing can be saved weekly without too
much deprivation-th advice is good.
There is something in it that acts as
stimulus to economy. And who
will deny that economy is a good
thing or that any truth that lights
the way to it should not be known?
Many men, therefore, have been
buoyed up in their economies by the
belief that the first $1,000 is the hard
est to get, and that afterward all the
rest would be easy and the good
things Of the world that follow boun-
teous supply of money would be with
in easy reach says writer in the
Denver Republican. 1t is a pity that
the man who invented that saying
could not also have told us with
equal advantage how to turn the 81 900
over and make two of it. 1t takes .
long time to make wage-earner see
that money works" His idea of max
ing money is to work for it himself.
1t never occurs to him that money
works much easier than he can and
without any of the hardships he
himself xperiences-that is to say.
until he has got the first $1,000,
That usually makes a young man feel
like financier and he talks wisely
Of investments.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1907-06-12
QUALITIES OF THE OYSTER.
One Particularly Good Point Which
Bore Might Emulate.

A San Franciscan has discovered a
new method of cutting short recitals
that promise to become too long-wind-
ed. An acquaintance of his, who has
local reputation as bore, was one
day holding forth at some length
when the Californian interrupted him
with: by the way, did ever tell you
the story OF thes oyster?Y On receiv-
ing negative reply, he continued: 1t
seems that when oysters are taken
from the sea they often open their
shells so that the juice or liquid runs
out. AS this is undesirable, the ex-
perienced oyster gatherer has a tub
Of water close at hand into which the
oyster is plunged as soon as 1t begins
to open it's she'll" We'll, and what
them" asked the other asGthe narrator
paused. The San Franciscan smiled
"Oh, after while the oyster learns to
keep its mouth shut he remarked
quietly
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1907-06-12
Properties Of Gold.

Pure gold is unaffected by the at
mosphere either at ordinary tempera-
lures or when the metal Is heated. IL
is also proof against the action Of
common acids when used singly
Moreover, says the jewelers. Circular
Weekly, 1t confers its properties more
or less upon copper and silver when
these metals are alleged with It.
Thus, for example IL karat gold will
withstand the action OF nitric acid and
the atmosphere at ordinary tempera-
ture, but some Of the copper will be
oxidized during annealing. Nine parts
Of gold may be alleged with ten parts
81 platinum In an ordinary crucible
and FIRE, but such an alloy Will not be
uniform; 4 large proportion Of plat
mum will free itself from the gold on
solidifIcation and 4 homogeneous alloy
Of the two metals cannot be obtained.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1907-06-12
Ancient "cure" for Madness.

In the "Dictionarium Domesticum,
Being a New and Compleat Household
Dictionary for the Use Both Of City
and Country" (1736), is this sure cure
for a malady which has in modern
times been regarded as rather OBJ
stinate: For lunacy and madness
Boil three large handfuls of ground
ivy, shred small,'in two quarts of wine
till there Is but one-third part remain
ing; then strain it and add to it six
ounces of the best salad oil; boil it up
to an ointment, shave the patients
head, warm the ointment and chafe his
head with it. This is DIR. Wadenfield's
remedy, with which person is ssId
to have cured 60 lunatick persons"
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1907-06-12
IN ocEAN,s GREATEST DEpTAs.
Pressure Of Water That Would De-
stroy HattIeshIp.

More than half the surface Of the
globe is hidden under water two miles
deep; 100000 square miles lie at a
depth OF $4,000 feet or more. Many
places have been found five miles
and more in depth. The greatest depth
yet sounded is 81 200 feet, near the is
land OF Guam. II Mount Everest, the
worlds highest mountain, were pluck
ed from its seat and dropped into
this spot the waves would still roll
1900 feet above its crest. Into this
terrific abyss the waters press down
with a force of more than 10000
pounds to the square inch. The
staunchest ship ever built would be
crippled under this awful pressure
like an eggshell under a steam roller.
"A pine beam, Is feet long, which held
open the mouth of trawl used in
making a cast at depth OF more
than $4,000 feet, was crushed fiat as
If 1t had been passed between roll
ers. The body of the man who should
attempt to venture to such depths
would be compressed until the flesh
was forced into the interstices Of the
bone and his trunk was no larger than
a rolling pin. Still. the body would
reach the bottom, for anything that
will sink in tub of water will sink
to the uttermost depths of the ocean.
Eugene Willoughby in The Ocean.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1907-06-12
Smoked in Church.

Although the present universal
habit Of smoking is of comparatively
recent date, the use of tobacco was
carried to a great excess when 1t
was first introduced. Our ancestors
smoked even in church. All such of
tenders were solemnly excommuni-
Gated by Urban VIII. in 1924. and
again by Innocence XII. In 1890,
when the practice seems to have ex-
tended to Rome itself. There was
William Breedon, too, vicar Of Thorn
ton, "a profound divine, and absolute
ly the most polite person for nativi-
ties in that age" of whom the astrolo-
ger Lilly says that when he had no
tobacco he would cut the bell ropes
and smoke them"
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1907-06-12
STYLES OF 1000 YEARS AGO.
Tend to Prove There Is Nothing New
Under the Sun.

For women archaeology assumes a
deeply interesting phase in the ques-
ton which has been raised by Signor
Mosso as to styles in dress as they
existed 1000 years ago. Signor Mos
so, the eminent authority on ancient
Etruria, the Roman Forum, and early
Crete, has concentrated his great ex-
perience and knowledge on elucidat-
ing this bypath of science from his
Cretan studies. The general result
has been to confirm the old dictum
that there is nothing new under the
sun. Even the latest fashions are
antiquated. Signor Mosso finds that
1000 years ago the ladies Of primeval
Mycenae wore hats pretty much as
they are seen in the showrooms Of
Paris to-day. They knew what Grape
trimming was, had tartans before the
Scotch, understood the mysteries OF
corsets lacing in front, short wide
sleeves, metal belts, and a style OF
dress which an initiative nineteenth
century, that considered itself orig.
inal, dubbed Empire" Their prin-
cipal colors in robes were orange,
yellow, blue and purple, which rather
upsets the claim Of the Phoenicians to
have discovered purple.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1907-06-12
The Charming Woman.

OF all the women born into an I'M
grateful and unappreciaSive world none
can compare to the really charming
one. We may admire the beauty and
gaze in awe at the bluestocking, hug
the dear things of our acquaintance"
and thump the good sort" on the
back, but in the presence of a person.
atty which charms" US we remain
in speechless and almost breathless
fascination. Truly of every such
woman can it be said which was said
by st. Simon OF one III the most fas-
cinating women Of his time, that she
walks like goddess on the clouds"
Il Inconnue.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1907-06-12
Great SLAUGHTER Of Salmon.

In the Sea Of Okotsk the salmon are
suicidal and one of the most start
ling examples Of the spendthrift side
Of nature may be found in the rivers
that run into this sea- When six years
old the salmon begin asyoyage 81
death Ascending the river Of their
infancy they race in countless thou
sands upstream until lack Of food and
lack Of elbow room kill them on a
recent traveller declares that. however
many millions Of salmon may run up
the river, not one ever reaches the
sea again alive. What becomes Of
the rivers Of dead salmon2 The sea
guIls wheel down upon the scene and
feast upon their eyes, scorning any
thing less dainty. Bears, wolves
foxes and siedge dogs are made com
Portable for the year.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1907-06-12
THE TALE OF A FISH.
As Related to His Friends by the
Veracious jenkins.

They had been discussing fish and
fishing, when Jenkins suddenly added:
did ever tell you about Pitt Sing,
my pet Japanese fan-tailed goldfish?
Bought her from Jake Hope for $45,
and she Is no longer than your finger.
But about her intelligence OF course,
she comes when called and eats out of
your hand and all that childish non
sense; but here's thing she did
which indicates thought, reasoning,
brainwork. One day candlestick fell
from the mantel on to the thick glass
bowl in which Pitt Sing was dream
ing. The candlestick cracked the
bowl and knocked small hole in 1T.
Pitt Sing, all alone in the drawing
room, saw the water that was essen
tial to her existence flowing through
the hole, and what do you think she
did? She plugged up the leak with
her tail, and in that position | found
her on my return an hour or so later.
She had saved her life, but the end OF
her tail, from exposure to the air, was
all shriveled and cracked. / had to
massage it with cold cream before the
poor little thing could swim again"
There was painful silence for a few
minutes; then when Dumply said it
looked like rain everybody but Jen-
kins followed him out.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1907-06-12

been placed beyond doubt by the entry
in the register But the stone on the
north side of the Temple church,
around which the enthusiasts of the
Goldsmith club gather, has been placed
on spot purely conjectural, for the
exact position of the grave has never
been discovered. The real site was
remembered as late as 1890. In that
year the sexton, a very aged man, who
apparently was present at the burial,
still venerated an elder tree, which,
he said, marked the site of Gold
smiths grave. This elder tree seems
to have stood few feet south of the
present stone, near the old vestry.-
Westminster Gazette.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1907-06-12
Sport Of the infant Japanese Girl.

spur ~ t"S i"'N'e SNF~'SeS "''
Little girls make play of one
thing that in after years becomes la
Dor, labor of love though it is. So
soon as girl is old enough, pc haps
three or four, her dolly is tied to her
back in the same way that she was
fastened to her nurses back when she
was baby. She carries this about
while at play, and as she grows older
a larger doll is used until she has
grown accustomed to the weight and
is able to carry her baby brother or sis
ter thus relieving her mother who
perhaps works in the rice fields or In
a tea garden.Laura b. Starr, in the
Circle.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1907-06-12

The Slamese, above all nations In
the world. hate to walk; no such mode
Of progression is tolerated by Siam
ese II he or she can by any means
ride. A Venetian gondolier will walk
sometimes; even d HolIander will ride
on his rough cart; but Bangkok man
mot II he can help itA His family
boat for him. Windsor Magazine.