Imperial Valley press., 1908-08-01
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Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Sparks are spending a few days at beach resorts near Los Angeles.
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 Mir. and Mrs. " Rapp and children have gone to Long Beach for a so- iourn of a month or more.
 -.-.'- ' C.. E. Hubbell has returned to his old home at Santa Monica to spend the remainder of the summer.
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 Attorney R. ]. Dillon of Los Angeles spent several days in El Centro and other valley towns this week. \ Mir. and Mrs. J. (. Carpenter have gone to Los Angeles this week to spend the remainder of the summer. Mrs. Harold Bell Wright and child ren left the valley Tuesday for sojourn at beach points near Los An geles.
 \ John w. Smith, of the State Realty Company, San Diego, has been spend ing several days in Fl Centro and vicinity this week.
 \ George A. Lathrop president of the American National Bank of Pomona, has been spending several days in El Centro the past week. ! w. Hatton has returned to Fl Gen. tro after a three weeks sojOurn at Riverside and Los Angeles.
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 Albert Durham has returned to El of yc' cin in the Imperial hospital. He is gradually regaining his old-time strength.
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 City Trustee Hamilton is enjoying the fine fishing at Catalina Island. Mayor H. B. Pearson departed for Long Beach, Monday, where he joins his family.
 \ County Superintendent J. B. Carr leaves next Tuesday for a vacation and to attend the convention of county school superintendents, to be held at Lake Tahoe.
 William F. Dunn of Glendora is spending two weeks at the home of his son-in-law, William Griset, at Weloland, and expects to secure land in the valley.
 \S. w. Dunaway, after spending a few days amongst the attractions at Catalina Island, has gone by steamer to San Francisco for the remainder of his vacation.
 Mrs Paul Roman, Master Robbie and Miss Evalyn Roman, departed from Fl Centro Wednesday for a two r;.,i4 o+ in Denver Illinois.
 H. c. Griswold left El Centro on Monday morning for vacation at Coast points until September 10. Dur ing his absence his business is in charge of F. w. Waite. J. J. Scott, city editor of the Oak land Tribune, spent several days in the Imperial Valley the past week, arrangipg for alfalfa pastureage for a large number of cattle.
 - Smith King of Indianapolis, Indiana. is in El Centre, the guest of his son Frost King, and will spend the winter here. MT. King for many years was connected with the Indianapolis News. Wilbur J. Hall, former Los Ang7l les newspaperman, but now rancher near HOltviIe, was in Ell Centre on Thursday. en route for months va cation in Los Angeles and nearby points.
 \ Allen Kelly, editor of The Press, departed for Yuma last Saturday for a ten days trip down the Colorado river and up the Hardy Colorado river Cu the gasoline packet lola, as the guest of Charlie Meadows. AM. J. Connor, one of the most sue cessful onion growers of the Thermal district. has been spending the week in El Ceuuo and vicinity, looking for land. He has sold his ranch, two miles south of Thermal, and will prob ably locate in the vicinity of El Cen tro. J. J. Underhill of Los Angeles, who has owned property in Imperial Val . ley for the past three years, made his first visit to Fl Ceutro this week, | and expressed great surprise at the vigorous young city he found here ! He will make investments in El Gen. trO.
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 w. H. Wheelan, formerly editorial i writer on the Los Angeles Herald | but who has recently come to the |