Imperial Valley press., 1908-09-05
LOCALS

c. c. Bradford arrived in El Centro today from Round Rock, Texas.
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 Mrs. M. L. Watson returned to El Centro Thursday evening, after a two months vacation spent at her former home in Whittier.
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 Mrs. IT. S. King returned on We'd nesday evening from a summers va cation spent with her son and daugh- ter in Los Angeles
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 Dr. R. P. Shepherd returned to El Centro on Tuesday evenings train. He had been to Pomona to celebrate with his wife their wedding anniver- sary.
 Samuel w. Dunaway is back from his summer vacation, which included a sojourn at Catalina Island and an ocean voyage to points on the North ern Pacific Coast.
 Attorney Ansel Smith returned. to El Centro on Tuesday evening, after a summer spent in Los Angeles and at Forest Home, in Mill Creek Canon, in the San Bernardino mountains.
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 E. J. Overing, who has been ranch ing on the Vencill tract just west of El Centro, returned to his home in San Diego this week, but expects to move with his family to the valley later in the fall.
 A. D. Medhurst, realty dealer and guardian of the destinies of the Daily Real Estate" returned to El Centro Tuesday night, after holiday of several weeks spent at Los Angeles and nearby points.
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 MT. Van Buskirk, head bookkeep- CT at the Valley Department Store, has resigned his position to accept one in mercantile establishment at Long Beach, his former home, and will leave on Monday.
 Mrs. Colson, mother of J. w. Colson, returned to her home in El Centro Wednesday evening, after several weeks spent with friends in San Diego and Redlands. She expects to spend the winter here. County Clerk 5. $. Elder and Mrs. Elder arrived in El Centro Saturday evening, after visit of several weeks in Idaho, Oregon and Washington. They report remarkable interest man. ifested in Imperial Valley wherever they went
 s. w. Dunaway, the El Centro drug giSt, returned this week from trip to Los Angeles and San Francisco. While away he purchased a big stock Of hol- iday goods, druggists sundries, etc., and will have his store more fully stocked than ever with attractive mer- chandise.
 w. H. Goodrich came down to El Centro from Redlands on Thursday evenings train, and expects to spend a week or more here, checking up on stock that he may send in carload lots of furniture for the fall and win ter trade.
 Wm. Bunk, who lives several miles east of town, was caught in his moW, CT while cutting alfalfa and sustained several ugly decorations. He has been confined to a bed in the Central Hos pital but is improving and will soon be about again.
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 Peter Anderean, night engineer at the ice plant, who has spent several weeks at the Central Hospital on ac- count of a very severe attack of ty- phoid fever is now on the streets again and will soon be able to re- sume his duties with the Holton Pow CT Company.
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 w. w. Masten has returned from his visit from Klamath Falls, Oregon, where he purchased land. He is pack ing his household goods, preparatory to moving to that place, and on Mon day will send out carload Of stock and goods for his new home. He will leave later in the week.
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 Attention is called ,o the notice of County Superintendent of Schools J. E. Carr, announcing the sem1-annual examination of candidates for teach ers' certificates during the week com mencing Monday, September 2l. It is the intention of the Imperial county Board of Education to refuse to issue temporary certificates and to insist that prospective teachers in this coun- ty take the examinations at the reg ular time set for them. REPUBLICANS WIN IN VERMONT.