Imperial Valley press., 1908-10-17

anas where ne naS Deen VlSlJlnB Jne old home for several weeks. He was accompanied by his sister, who will spend the winter in Imperial Valley.
 E.H. Redwood of Calexico, brother of c. R. Redwood, who originated the Imperial Valley irrigation project, was married in Los Angeles, October 1, to Mrs Daisy Brown Thomas, who has spent several winters in Imperial MT. and Mrs. Redwood will make their home in Calexico.
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 James Maloney, of San Diego, who owns lots on the south side of Broad way, east of the Oregon hotel, is planning for the erection of a brick office building. The building will pro bably be a onestory structure, but with walls of sufficient strength to all low for second story at a later period.
 O. s. Cole, furniture dealer and man.
  at Holdridge, Nebraska, has been in El Centro the present week, looking over the business field. He plans to locate in Imperial Valley, and says that numerous Holdridge people have 8 deep interest in this valley and will visit it during the ensuing winter.
 Senor E. Sierra is the newly ap- pointed Mexican Consul at Calexico vice Senor Manuel Cuesta, who has been stationed at Del Rio, Texas. Senor Sierra arrived at CaleXico last week, direct from the City of Mexico, and has established his office in the Thatcher House. Senor Cuesta and wife have departed for their new home.
 City Marshal John Martin of Braw ley last Saturday captured half doz- en young men engaged in a game of poker under clump of willow trees in the southern part of town. Nearly all of the men arrested had been caught in game a week previously and were fined $10 each. On Satur day afternoon they were again fined 5000.
 Messrs. Peterson and Carney of the Government experimental! tation at Yuma, were El Centro visitors this week. They are. especially interested carried on in this vicinity. and would like to undertake work here on be- half of the Bureau of Plant Industry, to show what can be done with the Egyptian cotton.
 Mrs. H. B. Pearson vii go to San Fran cisco next week r,preSenta- tive of the Fl Centro Chapter of the , Eastern Star to the Grand Lodge of this order which convenes on Octo- Der 20 and continues three days. At this session it is expected that char ter will be granted for the El Centro Chapter, which has been working un- der a dispensation. Thirty-six East ern Star members have united in the El Centro Lodge.
 O. V. Darling, who cane to Imper- ial Valley seven years ago with a capital of but fifteen cents. yesterday, at the age of sixty.fve years. retired from his active labors on his Silsbee ranch. He steps out of the harness with an accumulation equal to 5000 per year for his valley experience, and plans to take a long rest. with probably a trip around the world. He has leased his Silsbee ranch for four years.
 A change has been made in the time of leaving El Centro for the stage over the star route to Silsbee. The stage now leaves the El Centro post office after the distribution of the morning mails from Imperial Junction which arrive here al !a;l6. Ehh is necessary for the Fl Centre DO tmas- ter to distribute mail into thirty-hve bags used on the silsbee route, and this comes right at the tine of