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Imperial Valley press., 1908-05-02
FOR HOMELESS CHILDREN.

Rev. John Waldo Ellis is in the val ley representing the Childrens Home Society of California, which has it's orphanage and distributing station in Los Angeles. The purpose of this organization is not to rear children in the orphanage, but to place them in permanent homes with as little de- lay as possible, and during the past year 143 children have been so placed through it's efforts. Dr. Ellis will speak in El Centro tomorrow, and will or ganize a local board here. He or ganized a board in Brawley Thursday with Mrs. J. A. Miller as president;
 Mrs. J. D. Bennett vice-president, and
 Mrs. M. H. Rayburn, secretary and treasurer. During the ensuing week he will work at Holtville and Calexico.
Imperial Valley press., 1908-05-02
WATER STRUCK IN DRILL-HOLE
 BELOW THE MEXICAN BORDER.
Test Develops Water-bearing Gravel Stratum More Than Three Hundred Feet Thick. Experiments Continued and Exploration For Artesian Belt To Be Made at Fl CenrO

One of the most interesting local de- velopments of the past week is the news that the California Railroad Company has discovered an ample SUD- ply of sweet, fresh water at Bataques, twenty-eight miles below MexicaIi.
 Recently the California Rail- road Company contracted with the Goa chella Valley Improvement Company, which concern has carried on exten- sive well-drilling operations, to make tests for water at various points along the railroad line which is to connect Imperial Valley with Yuma. The first drilling was undertaken at Bataques, the last station established on the new road.
 Last week the drilling concern struck water at depth of 142 feet, and continued in water-bearing gravel to depth of 4S0 feet, when rock was encountered. Here the drilling ceased, the machinery was removed and the well was cased. The water now rises to within twelve feet of the surface.
 The drilling outfit has been moved to Sesbania thirteen miles below Mexi- cali, and depth of 40 feet has been reached at that place, but boring has been through silt formation the entire distance. This test hole will be sent
Imperial Valley press., 1908-05-02
HOW'D YOU LIKE TO BE THE
 PLUMBER?

The plumbing business seems to be on the boom sure enough in Fl Centro. Casner has more work than he and his four assistants can turn off on time, and the supply house in Los Angeles with which he deals says he is the busiest customer it has at present. Casner is doing more work than is being done by three concerns inside" whose invested capital is up in the hundreds of thousands. All of which is line on the building acc tivity of Fl Centro./
Imperial Valley press., 1908-05-02
MURPHY ON TRIAL.
Alleged Land Grafter's Case First
 Heard In New Court House.

Anthony Murphy, on, trial in the Superior Court of Imperial county on the charge of obtaining money under false pretences by showing prospec- tive settlers one piece of land and then locating them on another, is the first person to be tried in the brand new court house of Imperial county. Court sessions have been held in the Black inton building, but Wednesday morn ing they were transferred to the new court room on the second floor of the county building, and Murphy's case was completed there. The case was argued before the jury yesterday fore noon. District Attorney Eshleman conducted the prosecution, assisted by Deputy District Attorney Phil Swing; and the defence was conducted by Attorney Brown of the firm of Conk- ling & Brown.
Imperial Valley press., 1908-05-02
>POWER IMPROVEMENT
Transmission Line to Be Rebuilt and
 Plant to Be Increased.

The 34-mile transmission line of the Holton Power Company will be re- built this summer so substantially that no further trouble will be caused by winter rains. Wooden insulator pins now in use will be replaced with metal, and heavier insulators will be used The swelling of a wooden pin when wet splits the insulator, short circuits the current and puts the line out of business. All the weak points in the system developed by operation will be eliminated, and only unforeseen accidents can interfere with the regu- lar supply of light and power in the future.
 Plans are being made for radical changes and improvements at the power station on the Alamo at Holt vile, and work will be done early in the fall The company will take ad- vantage of the cutting down of Alamo channel and increase the head of water by about thirty feet by lowering the turbine. An additional turbine and generator of 1000 horse power will be installed, and the generator now in use will be attached to the shaft of the larger wheel. The change will put the plant out of commission but few days, and during that time the steam auxiliary plant at El Centro will be used.
Imperial Valley press., 1908-05-02
ENTRY RIGHT RESTORED :
Amendment to Desert Land Act Pro-
 tects Bona Eide Settler.

An amendment to the Desert Land Act, approved March 26, 1908, provides that any entryman on desert lands who has lost, abandoned CT forfeited his claim for any reason except for a consideration-in other words has received no benefit from his filing and has not relinquished or assigned to another--may make new entry. This restores rights which were forfeited under the old law and gives to the settler the opportunity, which it was intended all should have, to make a home by retaining desert land.
Imperial Valley press., 1908-05-02
WAREHOUSE AZ FL cENTRo.
Project of Bee Keepers Expands Into Larger Scheme, and Money Is
 Subscribed.

The project of the Bee-Keepers' As sociation of warehouse for honey at El Centro station has expanded into plans for a general warehouse. At a meeting held last Thursday a com pany was formed to build warehouse 30x100 feet, and the sum of $5OOO was raised in ten minutes. Work of con struction will begin as soon as ar engagements are made with the rail. road for location.
Imperial Valley press., 1908-05-02

on some of the sweeping assertions made when the Skinner sensation was sprung
 The Times says: While no one knows on whom the final blow will fall, it is predicted that indictments will be returned within the next two weeks against residents of the valley and that influential Los Angeles men will be involved.
 According to government agents at Washington, the investigation will purge the entire district of land sharks who prey upon the poverty of smaller holders of~desert land
 "The settlers will gain from all gov ernment investigations" stated a prominent official who recently re- turned to Washington. q believe I am violating no confidence in saying that the Department of the Interior is determined to probe into the meth ods in vogue whereby certain cliQues and close corporations acquire exten- sive land holdings at little or no cost to themselves"
 Nobody in the valley would be sur prised if some well-known land operat- ors should be indicted, or if the claims to few thousand acres held by traf- fickers ill assignments should be de- clared illegal, but that any such state of affairs exists in Imperial Valley as has been disclosed in Oregon and other parts of the West is extremely and is not believed by any person familiar with land matters in this region.
Imperial Valley press., 1908-05-02

new court house block has again changed ownership. The new purchas- CT is T. J. Douglas, a Los Angeles capitalist, who was member of the last Chamber of Commerce excursion from that city. It is understood that the price paid for this property was $2SO0, and that Mr. Douglas will have plans prepared at once for the erec- ton of two-story concrete building on the lot, with the second story floor arranged for attorneys offices.
Imperial Valley press., 1908-05-02
1.-THE MISSION OF MIRTH."

Dr. Thomas McClary will deliver his lecture on "The Mission of Mirth" to- night at the Holt opera house. This is the last of the course of entertain ments provided by the Imperial Val ley Ministerial Association, and 1t doubtless will attract large audience. Dr. McClary is favorite lecturer in the eastern States, and has also won high commendation for ais work at various Pacific Coast gatherings. He was one of the star attractions at the Long Beach Chatauqua Assembly.
Imperial Valley press., 1908-05-02
FEDERAL JURY INVESTIGATING
 GRABBERS OF VALLEY LAND.
RumorS of Indictment of Prominent Operators Made Basis of Exaggerated Sensational Stories of "SupendouS" Conspiracy To Defraud Government and Small Settlers. Echo of Skinner Explosion.

The federal grand jury in Los An geles has been Investigating alleged illegal land transactions in Imperial Valley, and it is rumored that more than dozen prominent men have been or about to be indicted. From noth- ing more definite than the fact that an investigation is being made, Los Angeles papers attempt to make startling sensation along the lines of Siegel Skinner's scatter-gun charges.
 After declaring that "stupendous land frauds" have been disclosed and that settlers in the valley are aroused to the highest pitch of excitement" by rumors of Startling disclosures of gigantic conspiracy'-aIl of which is yellow rot worthy of Hearst sheet the usually careful and conservative Los Angeles Times gets down to the plain fact that United States District Attorney Lawler "refused to admit that the jury is considering any land-fraud case and intimated that witnesses who talked too freely to the newspapers would be liable to contempt proceed ings."
 That illegal assignments have been made is more than probable, but that fraudulent operations have been con- ducted on "stupendous" scale, or that any considerable proportion of the hundreds of thousands of acres re- claimed is involved in the investigation is an unwarranted conclusion. All that sort of stuff is the reckless exaggera- tion of injudicious reporters, for which land officials may be partly responsible because of their desire to make good"
Imperial Valley press., 1908-05-02
GOLD STORAGE
Ice Machine For Projected Plant Ar
 rives at Ell Centro.

Refrigerator car service on the I'm perial Valley branch Is promised by the Southern Pacific, and before long El Centro will have a cold storage house in which perishable products may be kept until ready for shipment. Tee making machinery for the cold storage plant is now on Lce ground a machine of 12-ton capacity having been bought recently by ". F. Holt end shipped to El Centro, and steps toward the organization of company to build and operate the plant have been taken by local and outside busi- ness men.
 With preserving and shipping facil- ities thus assured, the farmers of the
Imperial Valley press., 1908-05-02
POSTAL BUSINESS GROWING.

Notwithstanding the fact that the warm weather period has arrived, in which let-up in the increase of busi- ness is expected, the El Centro post office shows a good gain for the month just closed. During the month 443 money orders were issued and the vol ume of mail received was much larger than for any preceding month.
Imperial Valley press., 1908-05-02
COUNTY RECORDS COMPLETED.

County Recorder John B. Baker, who has been spending much of his time the past few months in San Diego, supervising the transferring of certain records from the recorders books of that county to the new books of Imperial county, has practically completed this immense task and the new county will now have a complete record of all papers filed in the mother county that have direct reference to Imperial lands.
Imperial Valley press., 1908-05-02

down possibly 300 feet.
 If water can be found, even at great CT depth, in strata underlying the silt of Imperial Valley, a serious problem of the cities will be simplified. There is an abundance of water in the can- als, of course, but with closer settle ment the danger of contamination will increase, and it is very desirable that better water than that Of the river be supplied for domestic use. It is be- lieved that there is reasonable chance of striking an artesian belt, similar to that found in the vicinity of Indio, if deep hole is bored and it is proposed to try the experiment at El Centro.
 The depth of the silt deposit is un- known, but hole put down near Im- perial some time ago showed it to be more than 600 feet. When drilling is begun at Fl Centro, the outfit will be prepared to go down two or three thousand feet and make a thorough exploration of the strata encountered. Subscriptions to the amount of 5000 have been secured, but more than double that sum will have to be raised before work is started. One signer alone has put 5000 against his name, and nobody in the valley needs more than one guess at the name.
Imperial Valley press., 1908-05-02

busy the past few days in cutting out the frame work for the new brick passenger station. As soon as the iron structural work is received from Los Angeles, the masons will rush up the brick walls. Eight or ten masons will come from Los Angeles to handle this part of the new structure.
Imperial Valley press., 1908-05-02
CLAIMANTS WILL MEET.

Claimants against the California De- velopment Company, seeking to obtain payment for damages by the floods when the Colorado Rivers waters en- tered Imperial Valley, will meet in Gl Centro this afternoon to arrange for instituting legal proceedings.
Imperial Valley press., 1908-05-02

district can increase their plantings of vegetables and go into the business of growing small fruits with confi- dence, and the poultry and dairy inter-
 ests of the valley will be greatly enhanced.
Imperial Valley press., 1908-05-02
FL cENTRo's STATION BUILDINos

This week will witness the compile tion of the carpenter work on the freight depot for the Southern Pacific. The painting will be finished within another week. Carpenters have been
Imperial Valley press., 1908-05-02
ANOTHER NEW BUSINESS BLOCK
Fifty FeNt Frontage Adjoining Court
 House Block to Be approved.

The fifty foot frontage on the south side of Main street and adjoining the
The semi-weekly messenger., 1908-01-21
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA.
COUNTY OF NEW HANOVER.
In the Superior Court,

STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA.
COUNTY OF NEW HANOVER.
In the Superior Court,
Before the Clerk
red H.. Poisson, Louis ]. POISSON, Du-
BrutZ Poisson. Lucy Anna Poisson.
Infants under twenty-one years or
age who appear by their next friend
8. NJ. Empie.
anc z Lee. widow. Guitar Lee and
wife, Sadie Lee, Betsey Guitar Brad
Ley. widow. Fred ID Poisson and
wife wife. Fannie Emple Poisson.
BY virtue arl IL pursuance OF de-
rec Of tkr -II error Court OF New
hanover County made in the above
nt!tl",t cause the undersigned, the
'onr". ise. .Gncr oErorntcd therein. will
D. I~,,3E. he lTth cav or January
=, = 1gOS. at Il O'Clock VI. expose
OF sa!". 10 the highest h.dh"r. for
ash at public auction. n the Court
Iouse door Of said County of New
hanover. he following described land
nd prem scs situate in the ffty or
Wilmington and bounded ls fnl'nwE.
Beginn!nE at point where the Ens>
ern line or Second street intersects
the northern Hhe OF Walnut street;
uns thence eastwardly along the nor
hern line of Walnut street one hun
red and thirty (1"0I feet: therce
northwardly parallel with Second
street sixty six (66) feet; thence west
wardly and parallel with Walnut
street one hundred and thirty I3OD
feet to the eastern line OF Seconi
street: thence along the said line or
Second street southw-rdly So feet
to the beginning. the same being
part Of lot in block 219 according 70
the offcia! plan Of the city OF VIII
mington.
This 10th day OF December. 1897.
GEO. II. HOWELL.
dec IT 30ta Commissioner.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1908-01-21
COULD PAY HIS WAY.


Story or Ctu6n1an VINO RAD Dined
@Not Wisely, but Too Well"
The man who was going home from
the club after dining mot wisely, but
too WELL" had paid five fares during
the first ten minutes be was on the
street car. When the copduytor came
along again he handed outN sixth
nickel and then a seventh as the man
L uniform was returning 20 the back
platform. 4 little later when the con-
ductor went through the car he was
given an eighth five cent piece by the
clubman and then a ninth. but at this
stage Of the game his money was
handed back to him.
at seems TO me you have paid your
fare" said the conductor as he looked
around to see what the other passen-
gers thought Of the matter.
mo, shir." was the reply. Il inshist
ON payin' my way. shir-'
Very well, then" said the other. ac-
cepting the nickel. with shrug Of his
shoulders.
During the next fifteen minutes quite
a number of people got ON the ca.
and the clubinan managed to pay tiEr
more fares without word of protest
The conductor hesitated. howeve-.
when the fifteenth nickel was handle!
him by the same man. and be gave il
back with the remark, Il am almost
sure you have paid your fare"
NO. shir. and | 'shept no favors
from strangers.' angrily exclaimed
the man. Il can pay my way. shir
and propose do sho."
Another nickel passed between them.
and then the one who had dined mot
wisely but too WELL" settled back in
his seat and nodded sleepily. When
the conductor passed through the car
again, however, he sat up and handed
over another nickel and said:
"'Scuse me, shir-'scuse me for not
payin' fare"
But believe you have paid your
fare, sir"
"No, shir! Don't shink for moment
shir, that I'm tryin' beat zhis COM
pany. can pay my way. shir."
Before he came to his street he in
sisted on paying three more fares
Then as he was leaving the car be
shook his finger In the conductors
face and said:
"Ductor. I'm goin' report you
"W-what for, sir?
For lettin' me ride free, shir! Rule
Is no passengers lowed ride free, aud
I'll report you unless you collect my
fare. Here it is. shir."
And for tie twentieth time the club
man handed the conductor a Nickel
A. 3. LeWis; il Judge.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1908-01-21
A Cure for Misery.

Il have found a cure for the mis-
cry malaria poison produces" SAYS
3. NJ James, of Louellen, S. c.. It's
called Electric Bitters, and comes in
so cent bottles. 1t breks up a case
of chills or a bilious attack II al
most no time; and it puts yellow
jaundice clean out of commission. -
This great tonic medicine and blood
purificr gives quick relief in all sto-
mach, liver and kidney complaints
O. the misery OF lame back. Sold
- der guarantee at r. r Bellomy 5
drug store.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1908-01-21

There Is nothing better offered the
public today for stomach troubles,
dyspepsia, indigestion, ETC., than
KODol. This is a scientific prepara-
tion Of natural digestants combined
with vegetable acids and it contains
the same juices found in every Leal-
thy stomach. KODOL is guaranteed
to give relief. 1t is pleasant to take;
it will make you feel fine by digest
inc What you eat Sold by - r.
BelIamy
The semi-weekly messenger., 1908-01-21
To sn UEound Treasure.

You ask mel khy I love her.
She's no b4uty. I'll admit.
And most girf are far above her
In the realnt Of sense and wit
Her tenper's Hther-funny,
And her sweetre.a-all 10 learn
And she hasn't any money
cor economy to burn.
She's no style, no education.
NO accomplishments nor coulo
She aspire to social station
Folks don't even call her good
BUT she has one crowning glory
That for all things compensates-
You viii doubtless doubt my story
but-she always keeps her dates
Judge.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1908-01-21
A Higher Health Level.

II nave reached higher health
1eve! since I bega-- using DR.. Kings
New Life Pills. writes Jacob SPRING
er. OF West Franklin, Maine. They
keep my stomach, liver and bowels
working just right" If these pills
adisappoint you on trial, money will
be refunded ut r. r. Bellamy's drug
store &c.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1908-01-21

"Why 10 you encourage that youn"
man to dote poetry to your
''Becau4," answered Miss CayeaEe
the effoA to remember occupies lis
mind so dmpletely that he can't ~.
tice whethf am paying attention o.
not."-Waslngton Star
The semi-weekly messenger., 1908-01-21
HOW TO AVOID Appendicitis

Most victims of appendicitis are
those who are habitually consripat-
ed. Foley's Orino Laxative cures
chronic consumption by stimulating
the liver and bowels and restores the
natural action of the bowels Fcley's
Orino Laxative does not rauseate or
ripe and is mild and pleasant to
take. Refuse substitutes. Robert P.
Bcllamy.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1908-01-21

Grand Lodge of MaS0ns Adiourh7.
Who VIII Succeed Durcan?- -lnS""o
..yeu Sent to Asylum.

Messenger Bureau
Raleigh, Jan. 16.
Applications for what is known as
second hundred thousand dollars io
the public schools must be filed In tne
ofs;ee of tbe superintendent of pubic |
fnstr7,ctlu.. :. sr 1eiore January 27th
40 apportionments may be made With
crt delay and the people may know
whether or not 70 continue tneiE
SCHOOLS. A circular letter to this Ell
f.c. rras sent today to each county
81, z.rintendent Applications not Re-
ceiyed on or before that date VIII not
ne considered, State superintendent
Joyner says.
Ar Borden of the Atlantic Coast
Line came up from Wilmington oooAy
and had a conference with the coipo
ration commission regarding INC
schedule.
The rzp 1blicans were doing all soi''
OF guessing today about who Woulo oo
tho new revenue collector. Hall do"-
eli men hod been named for 46 hou'"
but Cyrus Thomr@C.- "a& II 1le ied"
as = suggestion. He served ii lnonon7
AZ chief clerk when Collector Duncan
first came in
The grand Lodge OF Masons ended us
annual communication today, the a'-
tendance remaining good to the emu
The order is very proud of the large
meetings Everything seems to be ali
right as to the construction Of the tenn
pie now The issue Of S5O,0OO or nrsI
mortgage bonds has been autnorlzeu'
but none of these have yet been useu'
and OF the second mortgage bonds on
Iy $4,000 have been issued.
a charter is granted the North Caro-
lima Veneer Company OF Statesvllle'
capital stock $25, 900 and another to
the Shelby Electric Light and Power
Company, $4,000
Solomon Barsky, the man who be-
came insane between here and Norllna
and who tried to commit suicide few
days ago in the station house by cut
ting his wrists has been temporarily
placed in the hospital for the insane
here His relatives are being Informed
of his condition.
Today the new officers of the Grand
Iondge of Masons were installed,
beginning with Hon. Samuel NJ. Cat
tis, the new grand master The ap-
pointment of officers below the cleo
tive rank were made by the grand
master. Many of the past grand mast
of them attended tho session.
The installation of the new officers
of the grand lodge of masons was
very handsome ceremony. The install
alton officer was the retiring Grand
Master Francis D. Winston. e Cam
eron acted as grand marshal at this
striking ceremony. The retiring grand
master was presented with a very
handsome grand masters jewel, the
speech Of presentation being made by
M. c. S Noble. The speech of pre-
sentation and that os acceptance were
of a very high order
1t was announced this evening by the
grand lodge, with great pride that
the attendance had gone two ahead of
anything before known, reaching SIT
When Governor Glenn was inaugural
ed SIS Masons were present at the
grand lodge, but that of course was
great occasion, while this time there
was nothing special to draw the Ma
sons here except the order itself. This
leads the grand officers to say that
they regard this communication to be
the most representative of any ever
held in the state.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1908-01-21

thens and invigorates. It's life giving
qualities are not contained in any
other remedy. HOLSTERS Rocky MouG-
tain Tea has stood the seEerest test
time For thirty years the surest rem
edy. 35c.rTea or Tablets.-R. r. Bel
llamy:r %,
The semi-weekly messenger., 1908-01-21
Perhaps.

u Style-I hear Lakeside is SO for
getf he always forgets to put gaso-
lineR his auto.
GTtbusta-I hear he bought n"
tor hit for his private lake.
De lyle (absentmindedly'-Ies. All:
I supAse half the time now he'll 70.
get to nut water in the lake.-Harper' :
WeeklN
The semi-weekly messenger., 1908-01-21

The Winston Sentinel. writing of
the need Of an. extra judge says there
are $50 cases on the Forsyth civil dock
ct now and that they are also accum-
ulating in that and other counties. II
urges the creation of two new superior
court judges.-News and Observer.