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The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-08-19
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 49,, 1908.
For President:
WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT, Of Ohio
For Vice President:
JAMES S. SHERMAN, Of New York
Republican County Convention.

HAvRE, Mont, August &, 1908.
BY direction of the county central committee,
. republican convention ie hereby called to
meet in Mclntyre's opera house, Havre, at 10
O'Clock .. m. on the 18th day Of September, A. d.
1905, for the purpose of electing delegates and
s%lternates to the republican state convention
which 10 to be held in Helena on September II.
A. D.. 1908, aleo to elect delegates to the judicis!
convention Of the Twelfth judicial district OF
Montana, to nominate q candidate for Judge for
said district, to be held at the same time and
place as said state convention to nominate can.
didates for county Offices, and for the transaction
OF such other business az in the judgment OF the
publican party HSp Of Chonteau co County. u
Primaries will be held in each voting precinct
on August %, A. D.. 1905. Polls at ell precincts
will be open from 8 p. m. to 5 p. m, except at
Hayre, Chinook, Harlem and Fort Benton, at
which precincts the polls will be open from Up.
m. to Q p. m. The primaries will be held at the
places named below unless otherwise arranged.
The appoftionment of the several precincts lie
based on ono delegate for each fifteen votes o.
congress- in 1906, and IL Is follows:
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-08-19

The following rules have been adopted for the
government of the Chouteau county republican
conventions:
!. Delegates and alternate delegates shall be
republican residents y the precinct which they
Represent.
3. In the absence of a delegate his alternate
shall cast his vote.
3. In the absence of a delegate and his alter
nate, a majority of the delegation from that pre-
cinct shall cast the vote of the absentee.
4. In the absence of all the delegates and al.
ternAtes from any precinct, no vote shall be cast
from such precinct.
W. B. PIPER, Chairman.
A. j. BRoDRlCK, Secretary.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-08-19
OUR wATERkREsoURcEs.

ACCOluAuk w Q SVOVCAC0U A10AO "
the secretary Of the inland waterways
commission, the annual rainfall
throughout the United States Is equiv
alent to the volumesof water that would
be carried by ten rivers the size Of the
Mississippi. The amount is given as
two hundred trillion cubic feet, an
array Of figures that fails to convey
any definite idea to the human mind.
The Importance CT conserving and
utilizing as much as possible of these
enormous water resources is discussed
to this effect:
"The United States has an area of
three million square miles, but that
area could be cut directly in twain
and with the same amount of rainfall
We could sustain the same population
that we have today, conduct the same
enterprises and raise the same pro.
ducts, q condition which I do not be-
lieve most people appreciate. We
know very we'll, II W stop to con.
slider, that 1.-THE market price of any
commodity Is dependent upon the
water supply. W. buy land in the
eastern half of thesUnited States and
say that there are so many acres in
this parcel or In that, but in reality
we buy water. This 10 fund amental.
Water is the first of our resources.
It Is the natural resolvent. It is pow.
err, fertility, everything. And being
fundamental, values begin with the
water supply.
"With the lten!Mississippis falling
upon the land of the United States
every year, two Mississippis u of,
thus one-ffth of the waterfall from the
heaves flows into the sea. OF the eight
Mississippis remaining about five
Mississippis are absorbed passing off
into the air to be precipitated again
and again. Attraction, in part, passes
into the earth and slowly reaches the
ocean, while another fraction is con-
sumed passing into chemical combiQ-
atoms, suchlaslplant growth, etc.
-"What we want to do is to minimize
the waste of water and maximize the
benefits whichImust accrue to the citi-
zens and country by proper conserva.
ton of water supply. If we so control
the water that the rivers shall flow in
uniform stage we will solve the prob
lem of inland navigation and make
the United States richer by q thousand
per cent than they are today. In order
to do this we must eQualize the run Of
the streams at the heads Of the rivers
and this may be done by dams ant
reservoirs and scientific cultiv alton o.
the soil along the courses of bott
streams and rivers. The levees OF th'
lower Mississippi have done a mag
niticent work, but the prevention o
floods 10 far better than all the levee'
in the world.
"What we want to do is to get bacl
to nature in dealing with water. Fire
to prevent floods, and second to com
pei the water to run clear and pure
1t is q fact that each year the river
} of mainla and United States pour Int
the sea a thousand million tons O
richest soil-matter in the form 9
suspended sediment, an impost create
than all our land taxes combined AM
a commensurate injury to commerce
, in the lower rivers which are rendere'
!, capricious and difficult Of control b
the unstable load"
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-08-19

AU letters and communications containing mat
tsr intended for publication in this paper should
h addressed to "The Rirer Press" and the name
~ the writer must be giren to. insure attention.
Local advertisements WiN be inserted in these
columns at the rate Of ten cents per line from
transient and fve cents per line Jrom regular al.
OSrttsers.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-08-19

Fine Book and Job Printing . spe'
cialty at the RIVER PRESS Office.
Imperial Valley press., 1908-08-15
EUCALYPTUS NURSERY

Ray Henderson, at Silsbee, has 20,- GOO thrifty young eucalyptus trees growing in his home nursery, which will be set out on valley ranches this coming fall The trees are of three varieties, but principally the rodus and rostrata Mir. Henderson believes that eucalyptus propagated right in the district where they are to grow will be found more satisfactory than those grown outside and brought in, and he plans to go into the propaga- ton business on a large scale. He will set forty acres to trees on the ranch of his brOther-in-laW, T. S. Han ley and will supply several of the Silsbee ranchers. George ". Nichols will set 1000 of these trees on his Silsbee ranch this fall
Imperial Valley press., 1908-08-15
WANTS CITYS AID.

Right in the midst of the canta- loupe season, a break in the irrigation system carrying water to the Black intOn lands caused the flooding of the Southern Pacific tracks near the ice plant, and the subsequent derailment of an engine and delay in handling iced cars. Now the railroad company wants somebody to stand responsible for the damages thus caused. It is after private individuals, and has also notified the City Trustees that it will consider the city responsible unless settlement is made otherwise. Wants the city to act as sort of collection agent, apparently. The amount invol- ved is only S250.
Imperial Valley press., 1908-08-15
DESERT VICTIMS BURIAL.

The body of Robert H. Pulley, who died on the desert between El Centro and Coyote Wells, last week, was brought to IIl Centro Sunday, and was taken to Riverside for internent Thomas J. Pulley brother of the de ceased, came here from Riverside to look after funeral arrangements and to care for the family, who will make Riverside their future home. MT. Pull ley was 45 years of age, and leaves a widow and five children. Mrs. Frank Mills of Long Beach; Mrs. Will Lathrop of Riverside Miss Mamie Pull ley of Riverside, and the two chi duen who were with him and his wife when his death occurred.
Imperial Valley press., 1908-08-15
FILMS MAKE GOOD GROWTH.

Last January G. I. Miller, of Clarin- da, Iowa who owns a tract of land three miles east of Heber, shipped from Page county, Iowa, 5000 small elm trees for planting on this land. Fully 45O0 of these trees lived and have been making a vigorous growth. It is possible that a large number of these trees may be used in the scheme for street tree planting in El Centro, as MT. Miller, who is deeply interested m this project, offers to sell the elms to the Ten Thousand Club for this purpose, and to plant them on the streets if this is preferred.
Imperial Valley press., 1908-08-15
NINE CARLOADS OF HONEY.

The Imperial Valley Bee Keepers Association has shipped nine carloads of honey from El Centro since it's or gonizatiOn the first week in June Two carloads were sent out on August [. and two carloads were sent out this week. For the shipment of August [ the bee men secured 5H cents per pound, the shipment going to El Paso. For the last shipment, they obtained 5ia cents per pound, which is the high est price yet obtained for Imperial Valley honey.
Imperial Valley press., 1908-08-15
County Notes
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master Thomas Hughes is addine eighty new lock boxes to the equip wsUt ot the postodiee.
 T.a .Ct'.N..e Republican Club will meet in the Chronicle office on Mon .aF night.
 Cr.uea ., have new draa store IJ will be- located in the new Ibiug building
 Supervisor Sidney McHarg has gone to Los Angeles to join his wife and start oU a trip to the Eastern States
 The CaleNico ticket office of the Southern Pacific shows that during the month of July 1499 persons pur- chased tickets
 Increase in railroad activities is shown in the railroad yards at Calex- icO where several engines may be seen at all times.
 
 Otis R. Tout. editor of the Calexico Chronicle, has gone to Catalina for a two weeks. outing The Chronicle is in charge of James P Buck
 The jewelry store of Harry Bress- Ter. who disappeared from CaleXico in June and who has not been heard from since, has been attached by creditors.
 Mir and Mrs. Frank Taggart re- turned to- CaleXico Tuesday after a six weeks vacation at Los Angeles. They were accompanied by Mrs Tag gart's sister, Miss Nutting of Los An geleS
 The California Mexico Land and Cattle Company is shipping out mes quite wood from Mexico to Los Ange- les. Five carloads of fat cattle went out from this ranch to the packing company last Friday.
 
 J. A. Morrison has resigned his DO. sition as a member of the board of directors for CaleXicO school district, owing to his extended absence at time when the new school building needs active attention. The vacancy will be filled by appointment of the County Superintendent of schools.
 The CaleXico Republican Club has a permanent organization, with P. E. Carr as president; ]. F. Gile, vice-president F. F. Parmelee, ecretary-treasurer: J. B. Hoffman and Sydney McHarg members of the campaign executive committee. The club is to meet in the CaleXiCO Chron- icle office on the first and third Mon days of each month.
Imperial Valley press., 1908-08-15
LARee wINDows BROKEN.

Two of the large plate glass win dows in the new hotel block were broken during the high wind of last Saturday night. The glass had been placed in position, and had been se. cured only by temporary strips of wood SO that when the wind came two of the paucs were caught in a twist and tbe lower corners cracked off. A telegraph order was sent to the Dixon Art Glass Company at Los Angeles, and glass to replace the broken panes is oNnected to arrive today.
Imperial Valley press., 1908-08-15
HoLTVILLE

HJlWillc is considering the adop- ton of a Cumew ordinance
 
 Louis Knaply, the HJltvle butcher who vent to Los Angeles for a sum uer vacation, has been seriously ill there He will return t0 HOtville a- soon as he is able 70 travel
 Rookledge < Schontbal have award d to Henry Gets the contract for erecting d One-story brick building on Fifth street, in HoItville The build ing is to he 2Gx50 feet The building Is to be ready for Use iii six weeks time
 A committe has been appointed by directors of Water Company No. , to rlake estimates on the cost of putting all canals of the company in first class condition and maintaining them until the beginning of the new year. It is probable an assessment will be levied tO' cover the cost of this work.
Imperial Valley press., 1908-08-15
CORN AND SORGHUM.

C. P. Randolph and his son c. P. Randolph Jr, left El Centre Thurs day for a soioun at Los Angeles, after season of strenuous work at their ranch east of Bl Centro. They have had a large force of men and teams employed in putting the land in condition for crops, and have planted II0 acres of field corn and DO acres of
 orghum Mr. Randolph shipped back to Los Angeles a carload of mules used in the work
Imperial Valley press., 1908-08-15
CITY ASSESSMENTS.

Indications point to the prospect that El Centro's first city tax roll will have almost a half million dollars worth of property thereon The city assessment will show some properties which escaped the county tax rolls. Several corrections have been made during the present week, in cases where property had been listed with out reckoning having been made of improvements thereon. This will make q substantial increase in the
Imperial Valley press., 1908-08-15
eRAWLEY

I'm. up.ral Bank at aoNi-y u its statement for tle past quarter hoWs deposit. .l ... H..-. .. a,22 SEA-
  C.., Marshal t1iW 4rt. lH- ...u altering from m attack v. .s...lI lever. and has gone .I .os Angeles t1 reCuperate.
 
 Forty acres of the bed ot -be New Hivar' u Che south .ud 1f District -o 8. has been DUu -1 alfalfa, and the seed quickly germu1tet and is how vnral inches high
Imperial Valley press., 1908-08-15
coNHLlN CASE DISMISSED.

Hearing of the ease against C'ar. 0.. touk.in the youth charged with receiving stolen property. took place before tue Justice oi the Peace at t1.,Nico Thursday fOreuoom and for lack of evidence the charge was dis missed and young Conklin was set free. He was brought from San Diego where he was found in possess ion of a saddle said to have been stoi on from a ranch near CaleXicO
Imperial Valley press., 1908-08-15
CAME ACROSS COUNTRY.

c. G. Selleck and George w. Pope, of San Diego. drove through from that city to El Centro the first of this week, and spent several days looking over the valley They started on the return trip yesterday and say the roads are fairly good They believe much travel between the valley and San Diego will develop during the en- suing year.
Imperial Valley press., 1908-08-15
IMPERIAL.

Mrs A. H. Heber, has been spending some time at her ranch at Heber and Imperial.
 Not protest has been made to the Imperial City Trustees sitting as a board of equalization.
 George A. Long has gone to Lassen county to join Mrs. Long who has been spending the summer there
 
 Members of the order of Elks are considering plan for holding month ly meetings at various towns of the valley during the ensuing fall and win ter,
 T ClintonV Veale, Head Advisor of in Imperial Valley this week. to insti- tute the new camp at Imperial and visit the HoItville camp.
 The new Gregg building at the southeast corner of Imperial avenue and Eighth street is completed and this week has been occupied by a drug store and dairy supply house.
 Bricklaying is in progress on the L.I:.a-r iiock, which is to be a two story building, 38X80 feet, Cn West Eight street. Two store rooms are to occupy the lower floor and the upper floor will he arranged for lodgings. VI R Stevenson, secretary of the Imperial Valley Business Mems Pro- 4 crcCSo4inn hnnn yiFlB a tour of all the valley towns, and re- ports that practically every merchant doing business in the Valley is now in this organization.
 
 It is now believed that the indica- tiOns pointing to suicide in the recent death of Louis Jandrey at one of the Imperial packing houses were mis- leading and that the man really lost his life by taking cyanide in the be- lief that he was taking a dose of salts. The eucalyptus-p planting plan has struck ImperiaI's city officials, and they are proposing that the town ac- quire two forty-acre tracts to be used as sewer farm and that this land be planted to eucalyptus They figure
 
 would provide for the town an income which would pay for many improve mentS.
 Imperial voters will be called upon to decide at a special election on the proposition submitted by the City Trustees to provide for fre-hghting equipment. It is proposed to secure $2,000 by providing special tax, and one third of this amount is to be pay able each year for three years. The trustees propose to purchase two chemical engines for $500 and to use S2O0 for a cabinet for safeguarding the citys documents.
 September 21, is the date set for the opening of the Imperial Valley High School at Imperial The esti' mate of running expenses for this school for the ensuing year is $6OOO. The assistant teachers are to be paid S1OO a month, and Misses Anna M. Laird. GeneVieVe Wilson and Frances Tucker have been engaged for these positions. The trustees have decided to place porches on the east side of the building.
Imperial Valley press., 1908-08-15
MINING ACTIVITY AT pIcAcHo.

Report come to El Centro that min ing activities have been resumed at picacho, and that about 100 men are now employed there. A new pipe line is being laid to the Hodges mine, and this mine will also employ a large of men.
Imperial Valley press., 1908-08-15
cANrALoUPE GROWERS COM.
 MlTTEE.

Messrs. Vermilyea, D. W. McCloud and B. E Wilhite form a committee representing the cantaloupe growers 0t the vicinity of Hotville to dicuss with other growers of the valley a plan for organizing a general produc- crs association with the purpose of selling their produce f. o. b.
Imperial Valley press., 1908-08-15
cALExIco.

The Southern Pacific is installing aleclffe hghts in the Calexico depot.
  The Calexico Chronicle has received its Simplex type-setting machine. and Will set the body of its paper In small er type hereafter
  As an incidental reminder of the constant growth of CaleK1co. Post
Imperial Valley press., 1908-08-15

totals The city trustees are meet ing from day to day as a board of equalization, their time for sessions being o'clock each afternoon.
Imperial Valley press., 1908-08-15

If you want alfalfa hay in car lots drop a card or see B. F. Klippell Heber or El CentrO lO-tf
Imperial Valley press., 1908-08-15
ELECTION NOTICE SCHOOL TAX.

In the Matter of the School Tax of El Centro School District, in the Coun- 1 ty of Imperial, State of California Whereas, in the judgement of the Board of Trustees of El Centro School District, in the County of Imperial State of California it is advisable to call an election and submit to the electors of said District the question of voting a Special Tax to the amount of Two Thousand Dollars, to furnish additional school facilities for the dis trict, and to maintain school in said district.
 Now, Therefore, it is hereby order ed:
 Fist-That such election be and the same is hereby called to be held on the 31st day of August, 1908, between the hours of one o'clock P. M. and five o'clock P. M. of said day in said Dist rict
 Second-That the following named persons be and they are hereby ap- pointed officers to conduct the said election, viz: A. P. Nuffer as Judge, and W. R. Carey as Judge, and Y. G. Ravens as Inspector.
 Third-That such election be called by posting notices, signed by this Board, in three of the most public places in the District viz: At the U. $. PostOffice, one at the public school house and one at the Hotel Fl CentrO, for not less than twenty days before the election; and that such notice be published in the Imperial Valley Press, a newspaper printed and published in said Imperial County, not less than Once a week for three successive weeks prior to the date of holding such cleo tiOn
 Fourth-That such notice shall be las follows, tO-Wit:
 Election Notice-school Tax. STATE OF CALIFORNIA
 ) ss COUNTY OF IMPERIAL
 Notice is hereby given to the quail fled electors of El CentrO School Dis trict, Imperial County, California, that in accordance with the provisions of Sections 1880 to 1889, Political Code, an election vii be held on the 31st day of August, A. D. 1908, at which will be submitted to the qualified cleo tors of said district the ques- tion of voting a Special Tax to furnish additional school facilities for the district, and to maintain school in said district.
 It will be necessary to raise for this purpose the sum of S2,000
 The polls will be opened at the pub lie school house from one o'clock P. M. until five o'clock P. M.
 The following persons are hereby appointed officers to conduct said cleo tion viz: A. P. Nuffer as Judge, w. R. Carey as Judge F. G. Havens as Inspector.
 w. o. HAMILTON,
 Fl. M. KINNE,
 District School Trustees.
 Dated at Fl Centro, California, Aug ust 3d, 1908. lS-4t
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-03-14
COOKE AND HIS AFFINITY
SAID TO BE DESTITUTE
Grandmother Of Girl Receives TeIe /.
gram Stating That They Are in
Absolute Want.
(Py AssocIatea PROSE-,

NEW YORK. March 13-Jere X.
Cooke. the deposed rector OF the Epis-
copal church ut Hampstead, l.. l.. and
Floretta Whaley, with whom he elop-
cd are i'll and destitute In San Fran
cisco. according to telegram received
tonight by Mrs. Kezieh Whaley. the
girls grandmother
The message was signed Floretta,
and asked that an answer be sent in
care Of the Western Union Tele-
graph Company.
Mis-. Whaley later said that some
$4,000 belonging 10 Floretta was In
trust In Hampstead. but that she would
require more definite information re-
garding the state of affairs before she
gave aid 10 her granddaughter
The fact that the telegram was pre-
paid Influenced her opinion, she add
ed, that the two were not In such f.
nancial distress as TO justify basty
action on her part.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-03-14
SOUTHERN FAILS TO PAY
PREFERRED STOCK DIVIDEND
Directors Give No Reason For Not
Acting. But Their course was
Not Unexpected.
(By Associated Press

NEW YORK, March 13-No action
was taken by the directors of the
Southern Railway Company, at their
meeting today on the preferred stock
dividend. which is usually acted upon
at this time of the year and it was
stated after the meeting that the div
idend question had not come UP for
consideration. No official explanation
was made why no action was taken.
the directors did not publish the
earnings of the last six months. The
directors last October reduced the
semlanual disbursement from 2h TO
II per cent
Previous 10 that time the company
had been paying 5 per cent. annually
on its sixty million dollars of prefer
red stock. The financial community
had fully anticipated the action of tic
directors today today az it was gen
trally understood that the Southern
Railway Company had been forced to
meet new conditions growing out OF
legislative rate reductions.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-03-14
WANTED.

The public to know that the follow
Ing contracting painters and paper
hangers OF Hampton work union men
S. S. Cunningham 6, Brother, paint
Ing and paperhanging, !35 Locust
street.
L. G. Tennis. painting. paperhang
Ing and sign writing. Court street, op.
posite Courthouse. sign shop 20 King
street.
w. II. shackelford, house painting
Queen street
p. E. Davis, house painting. ArmIs-
tead avenue.
Hudgins & Sons. house painting.
John Ferbcr. painting aud paper
hanging, Mellen street, Phoebus.
223-1m.