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Imperial Valley press., 1908-05-09
FL CENTRIC LOCALS

Nine candidates were initiated into El Centro Lodge, Fraternal Brother hood, Tuesday evening.
 -II-II-
 El Centro Woman's Christian Tenn perance Union will meet on Friday, May 15, at the home of Mrs. Moore.
 -ll-I-
 Visitors at the county seat Wednes- day were MT. and Mrs. M. D. Witter of the Brawley News, and Miss Farm CT, sister of Mrs. Witter, of Los An geles.
 -ll-II-
 City Clerk F. G. Havens and wife have gone to Oxnard, where Wm. P. English, father of Mrs. Havens, is on his death bed. MT. English is 75 years old and has been in California since 1852.
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 The Palm Confectionery will open inc one of the new Holt buildings on Main street, this evening. The roof garden promises to be popular fea- ture during the summer season. Davis and Kenney will manufacture their own candies.
 -II-I-
 Harry Pare was sentenced by Jus tice Tout, Thursday forenoon to thirty three days in the county jail and fine of $15O for illicit liquor selling in El Centro. Pare pleaded guilty, and had been confined to the county jail for several days, pending sentence.
 -Il-Il-
 Capt. E. H. Parsons, late quartermas- ter at the Soldiers Home, and former United States Marshal of Utah, ac- companied by his wife and daughter, arrived in Imperial Valley Tuesday evening for a weeks visit. They are viewing all of the valley towns, but Capt. Parsons expects to invest in real estate in the vicinity of El Centro.
Imperial Valley press., 1908-05-09
CARD OF THANKS.

Permit us to thank our many friends who extended help and sym pathy in our great bereavment in the death of our dear mother, Mrs. Futile. MRS. w. A. EDGAR, ALMA FUTILE
 AND ALL THE FAMILY.
Imperial Valley press., 1908-05-09

mother of Mrs. W. A. Edgar of I'm perial, and Miss Alma Futile of this city. Funeral services were held We'd nesday morning in the Methodist Church at Imperial, and the interment was in the Imperial cemetery.
Imperial Valley press., 1908-05-09
THE METHODIST CHURCH.

The regular services at the Metho dist church next Sunday, both moru- ing and evening.
 Young peoples meeting at seven o'clock led by Mrs. Snow.
Imperial Valley press., 1908-05-09
]. A. WALTON,
 Redlands, Cal.

spring wagon, one two-seated double buggy, one moving machine and an account against John Doe, whose true name and the nature of the ac- count will be gladly given by Wm. Kelly, nurseryman. 5-tf
Imperial Valley press., 1908-05-09
FL )CENTRO TRUSTEES
 MAKING CITY LAWS
PROHIBIT ALL FORMS OF GAM BLING AND LIQUOR TRAFFIC.

Vindietive Sentences for First of- lenses Turned Down--sanltary Reg uIations Adopted-occupation Ll- cense Tax Schedule Under Consid- eration-Residence Districts to be Protected.
Imperial Valley press., 1908-05-09

FOR SALB-Citrus Stock Washing ton Navels, Thompson's Improved
 Navels, Late Valencias, Eureka Lem- ons Apply to c. l.. Mcfarland &
 Company, R. D. No. 3, Riverside, Calf. 3-tf
Imperial Valley press., 1908-05-09

FOR SALE-Army tent, IS feet diame- ter, floor, screen door and stove.
 Cheap. Apply at Press office. 4-tf
Imperial Valley press., 1908-05-09

FOR SALE-Water stock in Water Go.
 No. 1. Write for price. Address
 D., Press office, Fl Centro. 1-tf
Imperial Valley press., 1908-05-09

FOR LE-McCormick header, or will trade for stock. H. J. Wilson,
 corner Brawley main canal and Sils- bee road. Ats
Imperial Valley press., 1908-05-09

FOR SALE OR EXCHANGE-32s acres, 32O shares water stock, good
 house, shade trees, fenced and cross fenced; 200 acres in alfalfa, balance in barley; sandy loan soil; this is 8 chance of life time and will not last. See R. E. Jauman. 48-tf
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-02-28
TRADE AND IND1JsTRY

Railroad officials and telegraphers are
slow to agree upon n schedule of wages
for the latter under the eight-hour law.
Representatives of the Minneapolis
Chamber of Commerce will go to Wash
ington to protest against the passage of
the Culberson and other bills aimed al
exchanges.
Grand Forks was chosen as the place
for the next annual meeting of the Ma
tual Blacksmiths and Mechanics Union
Of North Dakota. The members took
steps to avoid the dead BEATS and will
keep each other posted on characters of
this kind.
All passenger cars used in this country
ten years hence will have to be made of
steel if a bill which will soon be intro
duced in Congress is passed. The Trav-
elers' Protective Association, consisting of
81. 0 commercial men, is to father the
measure, it is said, and has gathered to-
gether a mass of statistics relative to cas-
ualties in railroad wrecks.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-02-28
. Map Of the Orchard.

Several years after planting an or
ctard it is not unlikely that the arm
err, unless he has taken proper precau-
lions, will be unable to distinguish one
variety from another, except. of curse
where there is a wide difference in the
habits of growth and color of bark of
the trees. And it is we'll that the frnit
grower should know the name of every
tree in his orchard. Several methods
are employed for this purpose. Many
orcl:ardists use labels, but they fade
out, and if attached by strings are Of
ten lost, while wire ~fastenings work
into the wood. A convenient plan is to
make OF q rough. map of the orchard
with good paper and ink, showing the
location of all varieties, with age, date
of planting. name of nursery and other
I useful notes. If such a map is kept
with tle same care as other valuable
papers it will prove a great help
Twentieth Century Farmer.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-02-28
NEW YORK.

Buyers Of spring goods are more in evi.
dence this week at all markets, responding
to the advance of the season, and jobbing
trade shows more vim than at IN time
since last autumn. In nc case, however,
Is the buying reported as equal to a year
ago, and in some cases the decreases are
very heavy. The easing of prices of sta
pies shown in January has gone further
this week. Building was at low ebb in
January, and this is reflected in easy
prices for lumber. Business failures in
the United States for the week ending
Feb. 10 number S24, against 272 last
week, 2o4 in the like week of 1901, POS
in 1906, 243 in 1905 and 231 in 1901
Canadian failures for the week number
A, as against so last week and 20 in
this week a year ACCOMPLISHMENTS Com
mercial Report.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-02-28
CHICAGO.

Discussing trade in the Chicago dis
trict for the last week, r. G. Dun &
Company's report says
The general course OF trade is headed
toward recovery, although the returns
disclose som irregularity. Operations
this week were restricted to some extent
by unfayorabie weather and the holiday,
and there are smaller marketings of farm
products, less freight movement and de-
cline in payments through the banks.
Against these temporary setbacks there
are gratifying offsets in important re-
sumptions at the mills and furnaces, fur
ther unemployment of workers and an
improved demand for manufactures and
spring merchandise.
Retail trade here and at most interior
points benefited from u wider buying of
heavy winter apparel and depletion OF
stocks previously in slow absorption.
The attendance of country buyers in
the wholesale markets for staple goods
shows seasonable increase and dealings
are encouragingly stimulated in dry goods,
woolens, clothing, footwear and food pro-
ducts.
The bookings In some respects make
favorable comparison with q year ago,
and the aggregate would nave been bet
ter were all buyers making their usual
full selections of needs, but there is yet
a rather conservative feeling, which is
likely to last until the trend of prices aud
the business outlook become more settled.
Road statesmen have fair success in the
textile branches and new accounts are
>opened in the south and southwest sec
lions. Indications generally encourage
confidence in the prospects for wholesale
and jobbing activity.
Manufacturing is not yet marked by an
appreciable increase of outputs and i'm
provement in deliveries is not expected to
become general before spring. The situa-
ton, however, is better by the machinery
SGT In motion and reduction of the unem-
ployed.
Inquiries appear more plentiful in iron
and steel branches, especially for rails,
structural shapes and wire products.
Bank clearings, $2O1,416,S56, are lob
per cent under those of the corresponding
week of 1907.
Failures in the Chicago district num-
Der 33, against 80 last week and % a
year ago. Those with liabilities over So
600 number 16, against 6 last week and
a year ago.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-02-28
MMIGRATIoN FROM SOUTH Tx
PECTED.
Splendid Opportunities OGered
nv yyestern annda

q. 8. Farmers Are Recognising
Splendid Opportunities offered
by Western anada
st. ParI, Mtnn February Present
indications are that the Canadian
Northwest will draw an exceptionally
heavy movement of new settlers from
the United States this year. 1t should
This is not only based on the fact
that the Americans have come to re-
alize generally that the Canadian
Northwest offers splendid opportuni-
ties, but also because the railroads have
awakened to the fact and are offering
rates to the Canadian Northwest which
are exceptionally favorable.
The lines which lead to st. Paul
from the east and south are offer
ing homeseekers' rates to the Cana
dian Northwest this year which are
on a parity with those in existence to
the southwest for u couple Of seasons.
These rates can be obtained from
any agent of the Canadian Govern
ment, who will be pleased to give all
information possible regarding those
districts which offer the greatest in
ducements to settlers. The weather
throughout Western Canada has been
remarkably good this year. A tele-
gram from the winter wheat belt Of
Southern Alberta dated at Cardston,
Alberta, January Goth, says:
This winter up to January 25th,
u-1o nn<hty,- I,o, 80 - ,,n~-o IN foot
it was the finest anyone can remem-
Der for twenty-five years, though there
have been others nearly as good The
days were fine, sunny and warm with
light frosts at night. Overcoats and
gloves, etc, were discarded by most
people in the day time. There was so
little frost in the ground that post
holes could be dug without any troE-
Bile after the first inch was broken
through. Winter wheat remained
fresh and green although there has
been no snow since the September
storm. If there is IN early spring,
winter wheat should gain a great
| start"
Amongst the reports of the yield
last year TIE eAlAaSkS ~
taken:
H. Howe, Of Magrath, Alta, writing
On November, 1907, says: Il have 20
acres in crop, so acres of wheat and
Z acres of oats. My average yield or
oats was 80 bushels to the acre, and of
wheat 40 bushels. Tie value to me
was $35 per acre."
J.. Z. Haycock, of Magrath, writes
in November: 81 had Go acres in win
ter wheat which went 60 bushels to the
acre oats averaged so bushels. l also
had y tons of hay worth $40 per ton.
II go- 600 bushels of potatoes from 3
acres of land; l got 8 tons per acre
from 5 acres of sugar beets."
J.. f. Bradshaw, of Magrath, had
1,O3O acres Of winter wheat last year
which averaged 39h bushels to the
acre. The value of his farm products
per acre was: Wheat, $31.6O; oats,
$11.2o, and barley, $25.15.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-02-28
TAE MAR1GT18
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Chicago-Cattle, common to prime,
$500 to $6.15; hogs, prime heavy, $4.OO
to $500; sheep, fair to choice, $500
to $5.25; wheat, No. 2, 90c to Ole:
corn, No. 2, SIC to SIC; oats. standard,
SOC to SIC; rye, No. 2, Soc to Sic; hay.
timothy, $3.50 to $1,000; prairie, $500
to $12.OO; butter, choice creamery, &c
to 32c; eggs, fresh, 24c to Csc; potatoes,
per bushei, &c to roc.
Indianapolis-Cattle, shipping, $500
to $5.75; hogs, good to choice heavy,
$3.5O.to $4.45; sheep, common to prime,
$500 to $3.50; wheat, No. 2, &c to 9Sc;
corn, No. 2 white, 53c to "a oats, No. 2
white, Sic to 52c.
st. Louis-Cattle, $3.50 to 5000: hogs.
$4.OO to $4.60: sheep, $500 TO $3.50:
wheat, No. 2, 97c to 0oc; corn, No. 2.
65c to SEC; oats. No. 2. 4Sc to 49c; rye,
No. 2, 7Sc to 79c.
Cincinnati-Cattle, s4.OO I 0 $3.50:
hogs, $500 to $4.G5: sheep, $500 to
$500; wheat, No. 2, 97c to Csc; corn,
No. 2 mixed, SOC to SIC: oats, No. 2
mixed, Doc to sic; rye, No. 2, Soc to SEC.
Detroit-Cattle, $500 to $50; hogs.
$4.oO to $40; sheep, $3.50 to $500;
wheat, No. 2, 93c to 94c: corn. No. 3
yellow, SIC to SOC: oats. No. 2 white.
&c to 53c; rye, No. 2, SIC to Soc.
Milwaukee-Wbeat. No. 2 northern,
S1.O3 to $1.0; corn, No. 8. 55c to SIC;
oats, standard, sic to SEE; rye, No. 1,
soc to Sic; barley, No. 2, SOC to Ole;
pork, mess, $11.9O.
Bufalo-Cattle, choice shipping steers,
RI IN RI S5 81. hoes fair To .choicn S2 ~
to $4.S5; sheep. common to good mixed.
$500 to s5.25; lambs, fair to choice,
$500 to s7.25.
New York-Cattle, $500 to 1913;
hogs, $3.50 to $500; sheep, $500 to
$500; wheat, No. 2 red, 95c to 96c:
corn, No. 2, &c to 63c: oats, natural
white, 5Sc to Gle: butter. creamery. PIC
to 32c; eggs, western. pc to 25c.
Toledo-Wheat, No. 2 mixed. 03c to
csc; corn, No. 2 mixed, &c 10 G3c:
oats, No. 2 mixed, sic to SIC: rye. No.
2, SIC to 82c; clover seed, prime. S11.35.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-02-28
Pure water on the Farm.

Pure Water On the Farm.
Absolutely pure water is not to be
found in nature. The mount and tie
nature of the Impurities vary widely,
depending upon the source of supply
and other conditions. Nor are all Of
the impurities harmful in a water in
tended for domestic use (and, very few
Of them may be), but owing to the fact
that water may be the agent for
spreading certain diseases, 1t is essen
tial that care be taken to get a supply
that Is free from harmful constituents,
say Robert w. Gray, of the Colorado
Experiment Station.
Impurities may either be dissolved in
1t; and they may be Of animal, vegeta-
BILE, or mineral origin. Hardness in
water is due to the presence of COM
pounds of lime or magnesia. Iron may
be present in quantities large enough to
make a water unfit for laundry pur-
poses.
The greatest danger to which a do
the possibility of contamination by de-
caying animal matter and wastes. Ty-
phoid fever and other diseases result
from such contamination. 1t is, there
fore, Important that any source of sup
ply Should be guarded. In these cases
where the water ONE down as ain
and is caught pom roofs, to be carried
fall should be wasted, as it is full of
dirt from the roof. Brick filters in
cisterns are not SO efficient as they are
generally supposed to be.
When the water is drawn from a
well n comes up cool, clear and
| sparkling, 1t is very difficult to con-
vince anyone that 1t Is possible for any
thing injurious to be present but such
is sometimes the case. No well or
spring SHOULD be used which Is located
| within several hundred feet of a barn
yard and in lower ground. The barn
yard filth will find its way beneath the
surface of the ground and 1ow for
some distance before 1t becomes harm
less. What is said Of wells is also true
of springs. They may appear t. come
out OF the solid rock, but there is a
crevice in which they flow and there
may be other creyices which will per-
mit the entrance of the death-dealing
sewage.
The examination of a sample of wa
ter to determine its goodness or its bad
ness for any use is possibly only to
those who are specially fitted for that
work, SO reliance must be placed prin-
cipally In doing away with all visible
sources Of harm.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-02-28

Of adding to this list--of eliminating
the small and lard seeds of the straw
berry, the raspberry, the blackberry
and the currant, and Of providing for
the market the long-felt want, the seed
less grape. Nor do they frown alto
gethed on the enthusiastic fruit con-
sumner, who looks forward to a future
coreless apples and pears, Of seedless
cherries and plums.
In the meantime %cultivators of fruit
are much more anxious still further to
improve the means of transportation
than to provide more luscious fruit.
Should they succeed 1t may prove pos
sible, even in u time, with the help
of more scientific methods Of transpor-
tation, to draw to our Northern mar
kets some Of those edibles that now
make the sultry tropic almost a regret
to the untraveled-even such delicacies
as the avocado pear, the custard apple.
the herimoyer, the sweetcup, the
sweet-sop, the druian, the pawpaw, the
rambutan, the mango and the mango
Steen.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-02-28
An easy solution.

There Is usually more than one way
to get out of a difficulty. Not every
individual. however, is as ingenious in
solution as the corporal of u famous
Irish regiment. The incident is toid In
the Red Letter:
While on a march in India the pio-
aeer corporal went to the ~quartermas-
ter to borrow a camel to carry a a
tent. The quartermaster refused.
II have only the cart, and this spare
camel l am keeping for a case of emer-
gency."
well" said the corporal. "can't you
put the case of emergency on the cart,
sir, and let me have the camelT'
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-02-28
A Cause for Thann..

In the audience Mt a lecture "a Ohino
there was a very pious old lady who
was slightly deaf. She thought the
lecturer was preaching, and every time
he came to a period she would say
"Amen.' or some other pious excla-
nation. The people in the audience,
which was composed mostly Of the VII
lage church members, knew she was
being reverent and did not even smile
when b exclaimed until finally the
lecturer mentioned some farofr city il.
China. saying, II live there" At this
point clearly and distinctly could ~
heard the old lady saying, Thank 0oa
for that
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-02-28
snow for Poultry.

The possibility of l%essening the labor
of caring for poultry by supplying snow
instead of water has been studied at
the Connecticut Storrs Experiment Sta
ton by G. Il. Graham. When pullets
and hens were fed wheat screenings
and beef scrap from hoppers in col
ony houses on low ground frozen dur
ing most of the experimental period
and covered with snow during part of
the time the old hens did not furnish
as many eggs or appear to be in as
good condition as the younger birds.
The old hens We're apparently af-
fected by the snow, the egg production
being smaller on the days when snow
was on the ground and also consider
ably less when the ground was frozen
that Is, on the cold days when water
was not accessible. These conditions
do not seem to have affected the young
er birds, and they show an increase in
eggs Immediately after each snow
storm, gradually dropping back as the
snow disappears.
In the cfse of other lots kept under
much the same conditions In houses on
higher and drIer ground the cold
weather did not affect the egg produc-
ton materially, 'but there was a no
ticeable increase In the amount OF
grain eaten during the cold weeks
when comparison is made with the
very mild ones This, however, may
have been caused by the birds forag-
ing more during the milder periods.
These birds did not appear to mind
the cold, and there was not the slight
est sign Of frosted combs among them,
nor We're there any colds"
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-02-28
Disco.raginx Prospects.

DiscouraSing Prospects.
''This government is becoming
and more centralized every year." said
the student OF politics.
YES" answered Colonel stillwen e
Kentucky, FITS getting 20 that the
States don't do much more than fur
nish titles for battle ships and DoD0e
lar s-ongs."-Washington StaI.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-02-28
value Of the Trap Nest.

A practical demonstration of the
value of the trap nest in breeding up
the laying average of lens has been
made by the Maine experiment station,
where the trap nest system has been
In operation for several years. Two
years ago the average production was
100 eggs per hen for the year and last
year it was 134 eggs per hen, which
means that they had a gain of about
IA eggs per hen over earlier records.
I think that Prof. Gowell, of the sta
ton, states that no males are used in
the breeding pens that have not been
produced from hens that produce 200
eggs per hen per year. All the lens in
the breeding pens have been bred from
hens that laid 100 eggs per year, so
they might be termed strong producers.
No hen is used for breeding purposes
until after her egg record has been
known for ~ months
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-02-28
Modern rruit Without seed.

At present the fruits in common use
that have few or no seeds include ban
oranges, together with some other trop-
ical fruits that do not reach the a
kets of the world in great quantities.
Yet ~cultiyators do not greatly despair
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-02-28

An English newspaper had this. death
notice the other day "At Stratford-on-
Avon, age s~eventy-ive. William Shak-
speare. At rest"
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-02-28

A BEAUTIFUL WATCH o FREE
those who ship us So worth of hides or
to those who buy guns or traps to that
amount. n. W. Hide & Fur Co., MinneaD-
oils VT
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-02-28

Rome, under Augustus, had a fire brig
ade and force of night police, numbering
In all 1000 men.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-02-28

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for Child
rem teething, softens the gums, reduces in
Illumination. allays pain. cures wind collie.
25c q bottle,
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-02-28

The Zambesi bridge is 420 feet above
the water. against 16o feet for the Nj
agara bridge.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-02-28

WHAT CAUSES HEADACHE.
From Octoberto May. Colds are the most fire.
uuent cause Of Headache. LAXATIVE BROMO
QUININEremoves cause. E. Grove on box 25c
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-02-28

Rain is never known to fall in the
region between the first and second cata-
racts of the Nile
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-02-28

Nothing can be better than Natures
mild laxative, Garfield Tea. Made OF
Herbs, it overcomes constipation and in
digestion, purifes the blood and eradi'
Gates disease.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-02-28
Testinx Butter.

There are several ways to tell reno
waited butter, and oleomargarine from
fresh butter. One is by the simple boil
ing test. This can be done in any home
with no other apparatus than IN oil
lamp and a tin teaspoon. Take a lump
of the butter the size Of your first
thumb joint and place it In the tin
tablespoon. Light a common oil lamp,
remove the chimney and hold the spoon
containing the butter over the light so
that. the flame reaches the bottom of
the bowl of the spoon. Hold it in this
position until the butter boils. Oleo
and renovated butter boil noisily, sput-
tering like a mixture of grease and
water, and produce but little, If any,
foam. Genuine butter boils with little
or no noise and produces usually an
abundance of foam. This is one of the
most simple as well as the safest of
tests.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-02-28
SSSSSSSSS

Salt. sulphur and charcoal Is the
shree-fold requirement of healthy hogs.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-02-28

Unless the heifer calf has well-shap-
ed bag and teats it is better to sell
her for veal.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-02-28
Revised Homestead Regulations

by which entry may be made by proxy(on certain
conditions). by the father, mother, son, daughter.
brother or sister of intending homesteader.
Entry fee In each case is $1,000. For pamphlet.
Last Best Vest particulars as to rates, routes.
best time to go and where to locate. apply to
". D. Scott, Superintendent of Immigration,
ST., ST. Paul, MINI, and J.. M. MacLachlan, Box
no, Watertown. So. Dakota. Authorized Govern
ment Agents.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-02-28

That a horse well bedded, and 1t
might be added, groomed daily, is half
fed is so nearly exact that 1t approxi-
mates q full truth.