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Imperial Valley press., 1908-08-15
PROBLEM OF FIRE PROTECTION
 SOLVED BY CITY GOVERNMENT.
Chemical Engine Will Be Delivered Soon to the Volunteer
 Chief Appointed and Regular Drills Arranged For

Il CentrO mas tackled the problem of fire protection in the same manner it takes hold of other difficult sit uatlons, and as a result it is anticipa- ted that by the end of September the town will be in fair way to sGfegard it's valuable property.
 Plans made by Fire Commissioner c. r. Buttress include the organlza- ton of volunteer fire company, with regular weekly drills; the call at some time during each week to fire, .,a location unknown to the members of the company at the sounding of all alarm; the location of a 230-gallon chemical engine in fire-house in the very center of the business district and the proposal of an ordinance making fire service compulsory on ev cry business man, and exempting from city jury duty every man who contributes $10 yearly to the fire fund.
 By September 1 the new fire en- glne will arrive in El Centro. It is chemical engine with two tanks so that a continuous stream may be play ed. One tank can be charged while the other is in operation. With this engine come fifty feet of three-eights inch hose, axes, picks, and other fire fighting apparatus.
 It is proposed to erect a frame fire house. in which to store the engine, on the north side of Main Street, about midway between Fifth and
Imperial Valley press., 1908-08-15
HOSPITAL EXTENSIONS
pr. Nc Combs to Build New Wing and Provide Quarters for County
 Patients.

Central Hospital which has been awarded the care of county patients, is to be enlarged materially during the coming fall, and by December 1 it's capacity for the care of patients will have been almost doubled
 Dr. McCombs is completing details for the new wing which is to extend to the east from the main structure. It will be 34x60 feet, surrounded on three sides with eight and half foot screened poFches.
 Under the new wing will be a base ment, in which will be located dining room, kitchen. electrical treatment rooms and baths. These additions to the present equipment will give Fl Centro one of the best hospitals in the Southwest.
 Work on the addition will begin October 1. and 1t will be ready for use by December 1,
Imperial Valley press., 1908-08-15
SEEK PROTECTION
Directors Of No. 1 Ask Secretary of Interior to Review Land Decisions.

The directors of Water Company No. 1 have sent to the Secretary of the Interior a communication relating to the effects of recent decisions in contest cases given by officials of the Land Office in Los Angeles. They point out that land-holders not guilty of any fraud are made to suffer for the illegal acts of others, and they argu that, under the rule or the law as it now stands, wrongs may be com mitted against innocent holders of assignments by former holders of land who may be dishonest enough to swear that such lands were not enter ed upon good faith.
 The resolutions urge the Secretary to review as early as possible the de- cisions in the Davis and Bowker cases, and to give the present occu- pant the preference right of entry in such cases where such occupant is an innocent purchaser and has shown good faith in the reclamation of the land so purchased.
Imperial Valley press., 1908-08-15
PAsTURlNG ON RIVER BRUSH.

About one thousand head of cattle are pasturing On the brush along the Colorado River on the Blythe lanch. Frank Murphy and Jam 9s Walsh have shipped 1>00 head cf cattle from the Arizona ranges to th9 Indian Reser- vation, across the river from the Blythe ranch They hope there will be enough feed raised ill the Palo Verde Valley this season to fatten this herd.
Imperial Valley press., 1908-08-15
WOULD RAISE FINE HoRsEs.

w. E. Walden, stockman of the Coachella Valley, has been spending several days in El Centro and vicinity tte past week. and may come here this fall 10 establish stock farm for the purpose of raising high-grade horses. Mr. Walden was one of the owners of the Coachella Valley Stock Ranch, but recently sold his interests in that con cern. He has had several head of horses on pasture near El Centro the past few months.
Imperial Valley press., 1908-08-15
SCOOP WHEEL IS WORKING.

Since Wednesday of last week the big scoop wheel on the Colorado river above Yuma has been pouring the rivers water into the gravity canal. Only one engine was operated for power to turn the wheel the first few days, but after the wheel was finally adjusted the second engine was placed in operation and the volume of water increased to four times the size of its flow at the start.
Imperial Valley press., 1908-08-15

the region about the head of the gulf are not good summer shooting or fish ing grounds The land is almost i'm credibly desOlate and barren In win ter, no doubt, water fowl may be found in vast numbers. For sport one must either go up the Hardy or down the gulf coast at least as far as San Felipe bay.
Imperial Valley press., 1908-08-15
DEATH OF DAVID STORMS.

David Storms, who was internally injured in a runaway near Silsbee, last week, and who was taken to the Central hospital for treatment, died there on Saturday evening. MT. Storms was twenty-eight years of age, unmarried, and leaves a brother, who resides at Silsbee. The funeral ser vices were held in Fl Centro on Sun day morning, and the interment was in the Imperial cemetary.
Imperial Valley press., 1908-08-15
PROBATE CASES.

Alice Hooker has filed petition for letters of administration on the estate of James B. Hooker. COnk- ling & Brown have filed a petition for letters of administration on the es' tate of Alice s. Cossar.
Imperial Valley press., 1908-08-15
Log of the lola.

few extracts from the log of one of the explorers tell the results or the voyage
Imperial Valley press., 1908-08-15
LICENSED TO WE'D.

On August license to wed was issued to George c. Reher, aged S7, a native of Nevada, and Sue Conner. aged 35, a native of North Carolina, both residents of Imperial.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1908-02-12
IRRIGATING APPARATUS
is GOING INTO MEXICO.
Q. Trevino Readyto Ship Boiler, En-.
CINE and Pump Others Likely to
Follow Suit.

That the land on the Mexican
side of the Rio Grande is to be
irrigated and developed along the
lines followed Oh the American
side is evidenced by the fact that
of late irrigating apparatus has
been taken across from Browns
vile. Within a day or so Q. Ire
vino, a local merchant, will ship
an engine, boiler and large pump
to the other side, where they will
be uesd to food his land on that
side with water.
Several other pumping plants
have been installed within the past
few years on the Matamoros side.
While the citizens there have been
rather backward in taking up this
methed Of improvement, all signs
now point to a rapid follow-up of
the system in use SO generally on
the American side of the Rio
Grande.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1908-02-12
LOTS OF O N IN
COUNTY TREASURY.
Report of E. L. Hicks Shows Cash on
Hand to Be $~30,22l.S7.

Cameron county's actual cash
balance on hand at noon today was
$50, 221.87, according to figures
furnished by County Treasurer E.
L. Hicks. This amount will be
diminished before night, however,
as a large sum of money will be
paid out, in cashing warrants and
other expenses.
Treasurer Hicks in his report
to the commissioners court for the
three months ending Jan. 81 show
ed that the actual cash balance on
hand at that time was S9,453.
Since then Mr.. Hicks has received
$27, 695.e7 from the county tax
collector. In addition $1,000 has
been received from the state for the
school fund and $11.90 from other
sources, making a grand total of
$50, 221.S7.
EXPENDITURES.
According to Mr.. Hicks report,
the expenditures and balances of
the different county funds for the
three months ending Jan. 81 are as
follows:
Jury fund-Expenses, S23S.67;
balance, S1,O75.S7.
Road and bridge fund-Expenses,
81, OS9.6 3; balance, S579.24.
General fund Expenses
ST, O91.2S; balance, 81, 354.67.
General expense fund-Expenses,
IS cents; balance, S379.56.
Salary of oficers-Expenses,
S1,162.O6; balance, S243.S5.
Salary of j%anitor and jailor-Ex-
penses, $500. IA; deficit, S55.O3.
Petit expense account-Ex-
penses, S13.75; balance, $3.50.
County Commissioners Interest
Bearing Warrants-E Expenses
S32O.S balance, 81, O41.97.
Courthouse and iail-Expenses,
balance, S1,4S5.4S.
Bond series 18S1-Expenses,
S12.77; balance, 81, 368.16.
School fund-Expenses, Sc, 221;
balance, S901.10.
The report shows the county TO
be in excellent financial shape.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1908-02-12
THE WEATHER..
Meteorological Report Up to s a. m.
and Forecast for Next "a Hours.

Following are the observations
taken at the South Texas Garden
for the "a hours ending at eight
O'Clock a. u. today:
Temperature Maximum so;
minimum, 90.
FORECAST.
The forecast for the next twenty
four hours for this section furnish
ed by the U. S. Weather Bureau is
as follows:
Tonight, generally cloudy and
probably rain; colder.
Thursday, fair and colder.
Fresh southerlyt to westerly
winds.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1908-02-12
For Sale.

Eleven acre farm three miles
from Brownsville, brick dwelling,
FIVE rooms. underground -istern,
barn, all fenced, on Tesaca, for
81, 700. Easy terms.
w. S. DoUGHERTy.
II2-2s-t. Abram. Hidalgo. Texas,
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1908-02-12
PERSONALS.

Harvey c. Stiles of Raymond
vile is attending to business in
town.
George L. Freeman of Mercedes,
the well known land man, is in
Brownsville today.
A. E. Chapman took a crowd of
homeseekers to Sam Fordyce and
Mercedes this morning.
]. L. higgins of San Antonio, a
hardware salesman, left Browns
vile this morning, after spending
several days here.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Blythe of
Bonneville, Miss, arrived last night
and are visiting DR.. and Mrs.
Burress for a few days.
The Misses Flossie Dye and
Longworth of Lincoln, ILL.,, are the
guests of Parke R. Longworth OF
this city. They will go to Mercedes
in a day or so.
c. B. Timball and wife of Hut
Gibson, Kan, were among the ar
rivals in the city last evening. They
will remain some time, looking
over the valley country.
P. A. Cross and A. Brunert, of
Kansas City, are at the Miller.
c. F. Groeson and James Irwin
of Houston, are in Brownsville on
business.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. K. Cooper of
Farmingdale, Ia, came to Browns
vile Hast night ito remain here
several days. They are delighted
with the climate.
Q. L. Florido, A. Morrison,
George Morrison, A. J. Morrison,
and wife, George Littleheld and
Miss Lula Morrison are Cueto, O.,
people registered at the Miller
Hotel.
N. Burdick, a wealthy manufac-
turer from Albany, N. Y, arrived
last night aud is a guest at the
Riverside. Mr.. Burdick will spend
several days here looking for in
vestments.
Col and Mrs. Alba Haywood and
Mrs. tSam A. Robertson of San
Benito arrived in the city last
evening. They returned home
this morning.
G.. R. Macdonald of Oklahoma
City and his mother, Mrs. @. R.
Macdonald, started on their return
trip home this morning. They
had been in Brownsville several
weeks. Mr.. Macdonald will likely
return here about Mar. l, to make
investments.
w. H. Turner Of Beaumont,
former secretary of the Arroyo
Canal Company. which has just
been absorbed by the La Donna
Syndicate, was here yesterday at
tending the meeting of the COM
pany. He returned home today.
Mr.. and Mrs. G.. J. Straight of
Cleveland, who were visiting Mr..
and Mrs. Smart al La Donna the
past week, left yer -erday Oh the:r
home. While here, Nj.
Straight bought $50 acres of land
from the La Donna people and he
expects to return and develop the
land.
E. Z. Palmer and wife of Min
neapolis are visiting Brownsville
and will probably remain during
the remainder of the winter. Mr..
Palmer. has made some extensive
investments near Mercedes,
and expects to see great things ac-
complished in this section. He
has been keeping posted on this
country by reading TIE WEEKLY
Mr.. and Mrs. L. A. Smart and
little daughter, Miss LaDonna,
visitors at IRE HERALD Of
IL
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1908-02-12

THE Bridgeport Post intimates
that a tax on titles would produce
little revenue in Texas. Why,
man, there are at least 800, 600
colonels.- Houston Post.
And the Lord only knows how
many Judges, captains and majors.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-04-30
Additional Local.

At the regular meeting OF the
Wumans Study Club held last nigh t
the following officers were elected
FOR the ensuing year:
President, Mrs F. A. Bell,
Vice Pres. Mrs. e. E. Kenfield,
Secretary, Mrs. N. M. Oscar,
Treasurer, Mrs. M. U. Poppe.
1t is the intention OF the club to
affiliate with the State Federation
of Women's Clubs.
John Arseneau is now working
for the Home Telephone company.
Severson and Johnson of the
Sheriff's force, transacted business
at Iron River yesterday.
Attorney Risiord of Ashland,
transacted business in the city
Tuesday.
A bouncing boy was born to Mr..
and Mrs. Gideon Cha uvin Tuesday
evening,
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-04-30
Camel Races.

Camel races are held regularly in the
south Of Algeria, where valuable prizes
are offered for the encouragement Of
the breed Of racers, and as much inter
est Is taken In their preparation and
performance as in that of race horses
In this country. The racing camels are
the result of very careful breeding
through many generations, and in size,
temper and appearance they are so
different from the ordinary beast Of
burden that they might almost be con-
sidered a different race Of animals.
Perhaps the most conspicuous char
acteristic of the ordinary camel is its
extreme slowness. Nothing ON earth
Will ever induce it to hurry. A twenty
dollar note will buy very fair speci-
men, but for mehari, or racing camel,
five or ten times that sum is required
to effect purchase.
The racer, however, can be depended
on for nine or ten miles an hour
kept up for sixteen or seventeen hours
almost without a stop. The pace In a
camel race is generally fast and furi-
GUS at the beginning, when all the ami
mails are together and seem to realize
that contest is in progress.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-04-30

place, for he was errand boy no longer,
but the proprietor of business. He
had retained the first floor for his own
use, and real estate agent had rented
the other floors. He handed Pengreave
quarterly checks, and Pengreave wor-
ried no more.
He was sure of q home, the only
home he had known. He sat at his
window In the summer evenings and
looked across the square opposite and
gave no heed to the children swarming
in the street.
There had been few children when
he had first come to Barrow street, and
those were well dressed and orderly.
Now the policeman on the beat had his
hands full, and only Pengreave remain
ed serene and unworried.
Once for nearly a year he had wor-
RED 1t was when he was nineteen
and he had fancied himself in love.
But Lena had married junk dealer
on the corner below. and, after an un
quiet month. during which he drank
seidles instead of the smaller glasses at
the Bierhalle, Pengreave had recovered
his placidity.
Since then it had pleased him to be-
lieve that his life had been wrecked,
and so he kept Lena's faded photo
graph on the mantelpiece, and at times
he took it down and sighed over it;
also he avoided all feminine society.
At his uncle's death the latter's bust
ness had passed to him, and under his
even administration 1t had grown great
ly. He lunched at better places, and
he also dined downtown. He bought
new suit Of clothes whenever his old
cashier discreetly limited that one was
needed.
The woman who acted as janitress
for the house attended also to his
rooms, and he found them always or
derby. He asked nothing more.
But tonight a surprise waited for him
at his very door. AS he let himself in
a voice from the darkness Of the floor
above reused him. 1t was a musical
voice with the indefnable accent of
good breeding, and it gave to the sim
pie question the melody Of song.
sT am not the DOCTOR" was his reply
as he kept on up the stairs instead of
turning into his own apartments on
the first floor. SIS there need Of doc
tor? Some one is ill?'
MRS. Brady" explained the voice.
"She scalded her hand. and sent lit
tie girl for DOCTOR"
Pengreave turned up the tiny flicker
of gas. The increased flame revealed
a dainty feminine form in simple
tailored gown. Pengreave was con-
scious only that the girl was well dress
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-04-30
A COSTLY NAP.
Slumber That Led to the Death Of
King Charles |.

Slumber That Led to the Death Of
King Charles |.
In the middle of Holborn once stood
an inn, the George and Blue Boar, and
there took place an incident which en-
tirely changed the whole tale of Eng
lands history.
AS twilight was falling In October,
1648. very tired post boy mounted
on sweating horse pulled up outside
the old inn The lad knew nothing Of
the importance of the letters which lay
in his post bag. His orders were to
convey them to point on the Great
North road, where he would be met by
other messengers.
But Cromwell's spies had followed
him from the south coast, for Eng
lands liberty depended upon his dis
patches miscarrying. The boy had
some supper and afterward fell asleep,
his head pillowed on his post bag.
While he slept Cromwell's men took
the bag and found in it a letter from
King Charles I. to the Scottish gener-
ais arranging for his rescue, an imme-
date advance on London and the ar
rest and execution of Cromwell and his
friends That same evening Cromwell
had the fatal letter and determined on
Charles death.-LOndOn Tit-Bits.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-04-30
Pengreave's
Helping Hand.
By w. F. BRYAN.
1903. by Homer Spragut


Pengreave, coming slowly down the
street. gave no heed to his surround
fngs. For twenty years he had been
coming down the same street, some
times a little earlier, sometimes very
much later. but always he passed
along with unseeing eyes. his thoughts
fixed upon his business and his home.
At fifteen he had first turned into the
side street from the main thorough
fare. Horse cars had run unevenly
over the badly set rails. and Pickering
gas lamps had lighted all save the
business streets. Now there were troll
legs everywhere, and even the alley
ways were lighted by electricity, but
Richard Pengreave gave no heed to
these changes.
1t had been a good locality once.
When Pengreave. in the glory of his
first long trousers and his first "real'
job, had sought a boarding place Mrs.
Beldin's had been recommended as be-
ing in a mice residential neighbor>
hood"
1t had been well swept street then,
lined with rows of three story brick
houses and here and there "brOwn-
stone front" to break the monotony.
Now the homes had given way to five
and six story tenements. Mud heaps
and garbage barrels Uttered the I'M
kempt pavement and the broken flag
stones.
The Beldin house, too, had changed.
Mrs Be1din's daughter had assumed
charge at her mothers death and had
changed it to furnished room house,
declaring that the cares of a large
kitchen weighed too heavily upon her.
Then she married and had moved up
town, and some one else had taken over
the shabby house. with its shabby fur
niture.
The change had annoyed Pengreave,
and he had promptly purchased the
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-04-30
The Famous Basilisk.

According to the ancient writer's, the
basilisk-sometimes called cockatrice-
was a monster to be greatly dreaded.
It's breath filed the air with a deadly
poison and burned up vegetation, and
the glance Of its eye was fatal to both
man and beast. The only creature that
could face 1t and live, they said, was
the cock, and travellers were advised to
take loud growing cocks with them as
@ protection against the monster. So
much for superstition. AS matter Of
fact the basilisk is harmless lizard,
living a quiet life In the woods and
feeding on insects. It's appearance,
however, IS formidable, and it is this
perhaps that gave it bad name. 1t
grows to length Of from twenty-five
to thirty inches, including its tail,
which is much longer than its body.
Rising from its head and tnclining
backward is broad, winglike expan-
sion, which gives it some resemblance
to the flying lizard. The crest Of this
expansion Is formed somewhat like a
crown, and that gave the basilisk it's
name, which is from the Greek word
meaning "king"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-04-30
From cur own Correspondent:

At the annual meeting of the town
the rate payers voted $4,000 90 for to
build an addition to the High School
which was necessary owing to the
increas of'children attending sch DOL.
A new iron bridge will be built
this season over the Iron River on
the road leading north to Oulu.
Harry Olson purchased farm
from Mrs. John Brady.
Several of the citizens are busy
getting subscribers to start another
state bank in this city. What sue
cess they will meet with the future
will tell.
The Stirling Stock Co. are putting
on their plays at the Opera House
for three nights this week.
The Odd Fellows and Rebeccas at
tended church in a body on Sunday
morning. The Rev. John Gibson,
of the Congregational church,
preached a very suitable sermon to
good sized audience.
T. F. Mackmiller transacted bust
ness at Chicago last week.
G. S. Barnes, and wife went to
Duluth last Saturday on business.
W. T. Mount and wife of Scanlon,
Mimi, who have been visiting at
the homes of DIR. Patterson and @.
F. Barnes returned home Monday.
County Superintendent, Miss
Smith of Washburn, visited the
town and district schools last week.
District Attorney Alvord, of
Washburn, was in town On Wednes-
day on official business.
F. F. Kopplin left for the east last
Friday on business.
Several settlers arrived in town
Monday to locate on lands north of
this city.
DR.. P. B. Stewart made a probes
sional call to Lake Nebagamon last
Thursday.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-04-30

Cures bady's Group, wlllie's daily
cuts aud bruises. mama's sore
throat. grandma lameness-Dr.
Thomas Electric Oll-the great
household remedy.
Rev. Hanson of Hayward. con-
Quoted services at the Norwegian
M. E. church last Sunday.
E. E. Kenfield returned to Cass
Lake the first Of the week after a
short visit to the city.
A degree team of the United
Order of Foresters of Ashland will
be here tonight to install a class of
about dozen members. The Mary
Scott has been chartered to bring
the bunch over.
The State Fish Commission pass
ed through here last night on their
car Badger. They will visit the
state fish hatchery at Salmo.
0. Hovde is having his residence
on Washington avenue newly
shingled.
Clara Symmetrical and Patrick
Maitland arrived here from Cusson
last evening and will visit with rela-
tives for short time.