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Imperial Valley press and the Imperial press., 1907-04-20
Holtville Happenings
From Our Regular Correspondent.

From Our Regular Correspondent
 A special meeting of the board of directors in Imperial Water company No. 5 was held on last "Wednesday at their offices in Holtvllle for consider ing the present situation of the water shortage, which Is inflictlrg consider able damage at present on the early crops of barley.
 w. F. Holt, of Redlands. Cal. has been doing business In Holtville for a few days this week.
 The benefit concert for the Holtvllle public library will be held on the even- ing of April 24th, at 800 p, m. A good program has been arranged for and will be published later.
 C. D. Manning. of Lamanda, is spending few days in the valley in the interest of his Alamo ranch, near Holtvllle.
 Wm. Hunter. of Los Angeles, was business caller, "Wednesday.
 The suit of the c. D. Go. vs. Inn perial Water company No. 5 was called for hearing on last Monday and an extension of time was given the plaintiff to present a written brief.
 w. B. Richards spent Sunday in Imperial.
 On Saturday w. J. Doran and R. w. Burnham were In town looking after business interests of the Call fornla Development Company
 |. C. Williams of Coachela for
Imperial Valley press and the Imperial press., 1907-04-20
EASTSIDE PROGRESS
Building at HoItville Goes Merrily On. Per
 sonal and Local Mention

In the building activity In Holtvllle the construction of the new school house Is no small factor. It will be ready for occupancy about the middle of next month Henry Seeley, of lm- perIal, Is the contractor. The building Is 48x49 and will have two large rooms and hall. The furniture will be ln- stalled In time for the fall session oi school and will be modern In every particular. The building Is great ad- dltlon to the town, adding much to Its appearance.
Imperial Valley press and the Imperial press., 1907-04-20
Notice

Of special meeting of stockholders of Imperial Water Company No. 5:
 Holtvllle, Callf., April 18th, 1907. To the Stockholders of Imperial Water company No. 5:
 A special meeting of the stockhold- CTS of Imperial water company No. 5 will be held at the office of the com pany in Holtvllle, CalIf., on Saturday, May 4th. 1907, to consider some of the pressing needs of the company and the advlsablllty of increasing the next regular assessment to meet the same.
 By order of the President.
 C. H. Eckert, Secretary. a-l3-2o
Imperial Valley press and the Imperial press., 1907-04-20
Origin of the Halo.

In the public places in Athens one oI two thousand years ago the Greeks set up the statues of their gods and god desses. To guard against the possi- bility of the rain staining the marble faces of their masterpieces they used to protect each with large metal plate at the top of the head. These were mistaken by the preraphaelite painters for emblems of divinity. Ac, cordingly to this day we see around the pictured heads of our Christian saints the curious little ring which is known as the halo.
Imperial Valley press and the Imperial press., 1907-04-20
A Hint For Amateur Jugglers.

The amateur cOnjurer should, as far as possible, endeavor to juggle only with the ordinary commonplace articles that are invariably at hand. Cards are to be found in almost every house, hats, handkerchiefs, glasses, coins and paper are always handy, and the man who conjures with these with no ap- parent preparation will both please and mystify his audience much more than he who brings along a bagful of pre- pared tricks and spends half an hour behind a screen.-Strand Magazine.
Imperial Valley press and the Imperial press., 1907-04-20

ltor and the citizens of the town and country round about have reason to feel proud of the general trend of af- fairs Holtvllle Is rapidly gaining the reputation of accomplishing the things set out to be done The center of great and growing agricultural district there can be no doubt as to the solldity of Its foundation nor the stapleness of Its growth.
 F. N. Chaplin, of the real estate firm of F. N. Chaplin & Son, Holtville and Imperial, has opened an office In room just off from the Alamo hotel of- flee. New furniture has been put In this place and Mir. Chaplin has very comfortable and convenient place In which to accommodate land seekers. Mir. Chaplin Is a thorough Eastsider and knows that part of the valley as well. if not better than any other man and Is in a position, with the assistance of the firms Imperial office, to do a good business In valley property,
 Mir. L. Swindle, real estate dealer, who has an office In the Citizens bank building. says inquiries for Easislde property are steadily increasing. He points out that the best indication of the demand for valley property Is the number of people who have orange property inside which they are anxious to trade for farm lands here. It's a fact, however, he informs us. that the willingness to trade practically begins and ends with the owners of orange lands. Those who own farm lands here are beginning to realize their property Is as good for oranges or any thing else. as can be found elsewhere and not at all anxious to make eX- change. especially at the prices pre- vailing at present.
 The new creamery for Holtvile is now In the course of construction. This fact Is the means of much pleas ure to no small number of anxious people who await only Its completion to become regular patrons. It Is to be a roomy structure 4Ox4O feet to cost about $24OO, w. E. Johnson having the contract. The foundation has been completed and the construction of the building commenced. It is to have solid cement floor, fitted for the latest cream handling machinery and appar- atus. The machinery will arrive about the first of June and then it will not be long before butter will be made in large quantities In Holtville. This creamery will be operated by the Holtville Creamery company. whose officers and board of directors are: Geo. Whitlock, president; c. w. Beldon, vce-presldent; ]. N. Patton, secretary and treasurer; F. s. Best. w. F. Gil- lett and - Jessup.
 The handsome home of the Holt vile Library Association has practical ly tsen finished and the town can now beast of the only library building in the valley. It Is substantial structure, standing in the center of the park that VII be the center of town for all time. The building Is four room frame structure, 30x4o feet, with big cool veranda running on the east, south and west sides. The library room Is l6x3o feet In dimensions, ample room for all purposes. The remaining rooms are to be .occup'ed by Mrs. Stevenson, who will he in charpe as librarian The
Imperial Valley press and the Imperial press., 1907-04-20

several days this week has been look Ing after business interests In the east side.
 IF. Roth was down from Brawley this week looking over the cantaloupe fields In this section.
 ioltville received a visit on Tuesday from Mesdames W. F. Holt and Robt. Avery of Redlands and C.. E. Paris, L. H. Cooper and True VencIll of Fl Centro.
 The construction of the new school building Is proceeding finely. The trustees surely merit the praise of the people for providing so good accommo- datIons for our school.
 Otls B. Tout. of the Chronicle Pub fishing company, was business caller In Holtvlle, Tuesday.
 The Holton Power company, on ac- count of the shortage of water, Is at present obliged to shut down their plant except tor few hours each day.
 C. H. Eckert. who has been In San Diego and Los Angeles looking after business for No. 5, returned to the valley, Tuesday.
 On Tuesday evening Rev. Tout, of Imperial. and Rev. Welcome, of Brawley addressed the people of Holt vile on the subject of good citizen ship and the needs of the people of the valley getting together for purposes of acquaintanceship and soclability and the promotion of religious work in all parts of the valley. CHURCH NOTICES l
 The regular services of the M. E. church will be held in the office of Im- perial Water company No. 5 each Sunday. Sunday school at ten o'clock; preaching service at eleven and even- Ing service at 7:3O. All are cordially invited.
 The Ladies Aid society met with Mrs. Kunz last "Wednesday. The la dies were employed in sewing and af- ;erward refreshments were enjoyed. The next meeting will be held with Mrs. C C. Skafte, at the parsonage, on "Wednesday afternoon. the 24th inst. for a social gathering. A full attend ance is anticipated.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1907-07-03
CIGAR SHAPED AIRSHiP
Sailed Around Over New York and
Brooklyn.

A big cigar-shaped airship sailed
across the bay from Staten Island
Wednesday, circIed around above
the high Office buildings in Brook
Ign, then swept across East river
and alighted gently in the midst of
a crowd numbering thousands
which had gathered in Battery
Park 4 few moments later the
operator set the machinery in mo-
ton again and the ship rose to an
altitude of about 800 feet. and
started nOrthward over the sky
scrapers of Manhattan Island.
The ship was in charge of Lincoln
Beachy, who seemed to have per-
feet control of the big machine.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1907-07-03
,CORRESPONDENGE.S
.
DONALDSON, CLARK COUNTY.

DONALDSON, CLARK COUNTY.
The new Union Church has been
completed.
Kissing parties are about to take
the day down here.
There are several fine young
colts in this neighborhood h. T.
Carl has 3. Two of them are
twin mules.
Mrs. Clara Pendleton has a very
successful Sunday School here.
The items. of which the above
are part. were received last week
after our paper had gone to press.
We cut out most of them, as they
were not suitable for so late
date; moreover we do not care to
tell the names of boys and girls
who are evidently sweethearts.
They might be the ones who are
doing 50 much Of that kissing.
Yum, yum
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1907-07-03
Consumption of Paper.

The Revue Scientifique places
the United States in the front rank
as the greatest paper producing
country of the world. with an an
nual output of $50, 134 tons. Ger
many follows with 1913. 6S3 tons.
England 246, 05l, France 1876, 942.
Austria AZ, 706 and Italy 1913. O26.
The United States leads with 80. &
pounds per capita. England 34.3.
Germany 20. %. France 2O.5. Aus
tria 10. Italy 15.4, Servia showing
the lowest European figure, III.
India shows only ~ and China / 4
per capita.
Nearly half of the paper manu-
featured in the world is used for
printing purposes.
THE SEAL that stands for quail
ity-Green Seal Paint. Thomas
Kennedy.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1907-07-03
For Lincoln Farm.

Mrs. Russell Sage. of New York
has sent to the Lincoln Farm AS
ISOLATION contribution of S25. 900
to the fund for the preservation of
the Abraham Lincoln farm and loo
cabin and for the memorial build
ING that will be put up on the farm
eventually. She has intimated her
willingness to give more should it
be necessary.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1907-07-03
"SUNDAY CLOSING LAW
MUST BE ENFORCED HERE"
Mayor Thomas A. Combs is I'm
phdtiC in His Statement.

In spite of tie efforts of the DO
lice and the detective forces. there
has been some violations of that
law, but in almost every instance
the violators have been caught.
Mayor Combs, however, has de-
termined upon another plan which
he is certain will bring about the
desired result and the lid will be
frightened in this city in such a
way as never before. Mayor
Combs has decided to call upon
Judge Bullock to assist him in
enforcing the Sunday closing laws
and will ask Judge Bullock to re-
woke the county and State license
of any saloonkeeper caught selling
liquor on Sunday.
THINKS JUDGE WILL ACT.
Mayor Combs is positive that
Judge Bullock will act with him
with the enforcement of this law.
and the conviction of saloonkeep-
er of selling liquor here on Sun
day in the future will mean an
outlay of $500 if he wishes to con-
tinue in the saloon business. Ev-
erything has been done that could
be done to enforce the Sunday
closing law except the Mayor and
the County Judge acting in con-
junction in revoking the license
granted by the City. County and
State to conduct saloon.
There was published in the
Leader letter purporting to be a
communication to Mayor Combs.
This letter. however, was not sent
to the Mayor, but to the Leader.
The letter follows:
Lexington, KY, June %, 1907.
To Hon. Thos. Combs. Mayor City
of Lexington:
My Dear Sir:-I have noticed
the statement time aud again that
YOU are enforcing the Sunday law
iii Lexington, and that you have
screwed the lid on good and tighc.
Now, my dear Mr.. Mayor, | de-
sire to inform YOU through the
columns of the Leader that if you
think you have got the lid on. YOU
are very sadly mistaken. came
down to Lexington. Saturday.
June %, and when midnight came
| found it easy to get all the liquor
| wanted.
Sunday morning | met one of
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1907-07-03
MAYOR : REPLY.
June "a. 1907.
Henry :. Barnett, Esq,
Foreman Breathitt County News,
jackson, Ky:

TOEcI'luu DTedJillIU county News,
jackson, Ky:
Dear Sir:-I have just read in
the Lexington Leader what pur-
ports to be communication adj
dressed to me. wherein you make
the statement that you purchased
drinks in this city yesterday (Sun-
day., having been directed by a
policeman to an open saloon. If
YOU will furnish me the name of
the policeman who furnished you
this information | will promptly
suspend him from duty, and will
file charges against him before the
Board of Police and Fire Commits
sioners (of which | am chairman)
and will guarantee his prompt dis
mlssal from the force if the facts
be found rs charged in your letter.
If you will be good enough to fur
nIsh me with a list of the names of
the saloons YOU charge were open
after midnight Saturday, as well
rs list of those that YOU claim
were open on Sunday, | will notify
the proprletorS to appear before
me at a time that may suit yol +
convenience to appear against
them, and if the facts warrant
shall very promptly revoke the Ii
censes of all those who may be
found guilty, as | have always
done in every case that has been
before me since | have been au-
thOriled by law to conduct such
hearings.
The City of Lexington will pay
the legitimate expenses of your
trip from Jackson to Lexington
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1907-07-03
Bath County Man Will Remove to
Lexington.

Ed. |. Boyd, of Sharpsburg,
closed a deal for house and lot on
Walton avenue and will remove to
Lexington during July. Mr..
Boyd comes to Lexington to enter
wholesale coal business. He will
handle the produce of several
Eastern Kentucky mines.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1907-07-03
Worked Wonders.

Mrs. G. p. Virgins, Lexington,
KY. says: Il gave my fowls Bour-
bon Poultry Cure when they were
sick and it certainly worked won
ders." Sold and guaranteed by
W. :. Lloyd. Mt. Sterling, Ky.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1907-07-03
! ours very truly,
THO>. \. COMBS. Mayor.

p. :. Mayor Combs wrote to
Barnett. Barnett replies that the
above letter from him is correct.
except that instead of policeman"
he said porter man." moreover,
that he is not an official and does
not want to break up the business
OF anSbody: that Lexington Chief
of Police and others can find sa-
looms down in town which violate
the law, and says he has seen Mayor
Combs in building where he 3D.
bought whiskey. Mayor Combs
says that Barnett is falsifying if he
OBJ says that he has seen Combs
III saloon on Sunday, and init
mates that Barnett will be called
before the Fayette grand jury if
he refuses to give the desired in
formation of what he claims to be
Il fact.
Guard we'll the first step to any
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1907-07-03

and return. Your statement that
the sunday lid law is fraud and
"A delusion to deceive the people
is uncalled for and not true.
have often said that if it were a
felony to open saloon on Sunday
some Of them would take Il chance.
Kindly advise me by early mail
the date that will suit you to have
me hear you, and obli9e,
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1907-07-03

Guard well the first step to any
temptation. There the victory lies.
The Starkville news. (Starkville, Miss.) 1902-1960, 1907-09-20
School Opening.

The public school opened Mon
day with a large attendance. A
number of pupils will be in at
tendance from the country. Un-
der the skillful management of
Prof. Lamb and his able corps
of assistante the Starkville pub.
lie school will compare favorable
with any school in the State.
The benefits and advantages of
first class education-all facili.
ties are being appreciated more
each year, as evidenced by the
increasing enrolment. There is
no more important element in
the upbuilding of a community.
Think of the number Of excellent
people who have moved to Stark
vile in the last few years, main
ly on account of our excellent
school facilities.
The Starkville news. (Starkville, Miss.) 1902-1960, 1907-09-20

drainage of Chnquatonchee bot
tom and saw the big dredge boat
at work. The channel will be ID
miles long in Chickasaw county
and six miles in Clay. making ~
miles in all. Three or four miles
of the, big ditch haYe already
been cut. At the upper end,
near Okalona, it is 20 feet wide
and eight feet deep. We saw
some interesting pictures of this
dredge at work. and of the chan
mel that has been cut. These
views. may probably be seen now
at Wier's Drug Store.
The conclusion reached by this
investigating party was that the
WORK proposed on Trim Cane
can, be done by the same method.
In fact team work cannot COM
pete with the dredge boat on the
larger projects. The price of
the work by the latter method
ranges from 10 to Is cents per
cubic yard, which includes clear
ing the right-of-way. The larg-
er the project and longer the
stretch of channel to be cut, the
cheaper the price. We would
like to see a district organized to
channel Trim Cane from two
miles south of the Greensboro
road to the Clay county line, or
even down to Tibbee river. This
would be cheaper than if done
on smaller scale. Why couldn't
such an organization be effected
at an early date?
The Starkville news. (Starkville, Miss.) 1902-1960, 1907-09-20
NOTICE

To the Taxpayers Of the City of Stark
vile, Mississippi.
The city tax assessment rolls
are now open for inspection in
the City Clerks office aud the
Mayor and Board of Alderman
of the City Of Starkville Mississ-
ippi will meet in special session
in the Mayors Hall Friday even
ing, September 9th. and Mon
day evening September 30th.,
1907 at 7:30 p. m. for the purpose
of hearing complaint from any
or all Taxpayers of the city of
Starkville Mississippi. who may
want to show cause why the
valuation placed on their prop
erty should not be final.
p. G. SUDDUTH,
City Clerk.
The Starkville news. (Starkville, Miss.) 1902-1960, 1907-09-20
Swamp Drainage.

A party from this place con
sisting of Messrs. w. II. Sud-
duth, j. H. Wellborn, F. L. Wier
and F. L. Hogan recently visited
Okalona and investigated the
drainage project there. Mr..
Su, duth, after his personal In
vestigation of the subject, is an
ardent advocate Of the drainage
and reclamation Of our swamp
lands. though he states that
before understanding the. meth
DDS by which such work was &C,
complished he thought it im-
practicable as applies to our
creek bottoms.
This party drove out to the
channel now being dug for the
The Starkville news. (Starkville, Miss.) 1902-1960, 1907-09-20
{. LETTER TO P. J. new,
StarkHiAe, Miss.

Dear Sir: Paint goes by gal
Ions. There are useful and use-
less gallons. Useful paint is lead
zinc and-oil with dryer and color;
useless paint is whiting, china
clay, ground stone, barytes, ben
zine, or water.
This stuff is putin, because 1t
is cheap, to stuff-out the palnJ,
to make more gallons to sell; of
course, the buyer doesn't suspect,
or he wouldn't buy it.
It costs as much to brush on
The Starkville news. (Starkville, Miss.) 1902-1960, 1907-09-20
The County Fair.

It now seems an. assured fact
that the Oktibbeha County Fair
will be an emphatic success,
such as never before, though our
county fairs have never been
excelled by others. We hope to
see every section of our county
represented, though some ex-
hibits may be small or so regard.
ed by the exhibitors. The least
exhibit often take the prize.
Visitors from adjoining coun-
ties will be on hand. We are
believers in home action and
patronage.
Let's turn out and help in
every way conceivable.
The Starkville news. (Starkville, Miss.) 1902-1960, 1907-09-20
LOCALS
BY MISS sALL,E BEvILL.

Mr.. Rafail Galceran is visiting
hi, parents. -
Misses Grove and Maude Rog-
ers were the guests Of Misses
Edwards and Kolb a few days
since.
Mr.. Otto Makemson returned
from Birmingham Saturday
night.
For some reason Mr.. Jesse
Harrell found Dallas unattrctive
and has returned tosSturgis.
Messrs. Roscoe McVey, Ra,ney
Hunt, Willie Pate Russell,
Rafail Galceran and p. A. Sulli-
van are on a camp-hunt on Nox-
ubee river this week.
Miss Jennie Blanton is here to
take up her music class.
Miss Tommie Green and sister
have been the guests of Mr.. G..
B. Green for several days.
Miss Stella Tomlinson and
children went to Longview Sun
day to attend the meeting. ~
Mrs. Sallie Ray and children
are visiting friends at Pleasant
Ridge.
Mr.. Sam Walker is visiting
his grand mother Rainey.
Messrs. Dutch and Jake Fra
zier Of Webster were here Satur-
day.
Master Elliot McVey is quite
sick.
Mrs. Mattie Green visited her
father and mother at Chestnut
Grove the first of the week.
The Starkville news. (Starkville, Miss.) 1902-1960, 1907-09-20

this useless stuff as lead zinc and
oil; but it looks like that and feels
like that in the brush; the painter
doesn't suspect it. Besides. if
the owner is willing, why should
the painter object to painting two
gallons for one? He is paid by
the day; more gallons, more days,
more money.
Average paint at full price is
about one-third this useless stuff;
and average paint at S1.25 Or
ST.. so or $1.75 a gallon is two
thirds trash. Fool paint is the
proper name for all but pure
paint; it is made to fool people
with. Knave paint is another
good name; it is made, of course,
by knaves. Sick paint is name
for an honest weak paint. They
are all weak and all extravagant;
too many gallons to buy and too
many gallons to brush-on. Devoe
is the standard,
Yours truly
Al F w DEvOE & Co.