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The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1909-07-23
People Think Pm Pretty" !"

Publicity Manager Larned E.
Meaoham of Walla Walla is in re-
ceipt Of letter from a girl in little
Oregon town. says the Bulletin, who
is seeking position as clerk in q
bakery or waitress in hotel. In ber
epistle she states that she is 16 years
old. tall, brunette. and "most people
think ! am very pretty" Her mother,
she also says. is anxious for a position
as chambermaid. The girl is now
working in bakery shop aud can
stay there al! summer, but would like
to come to Walla Walla. providing
the climate is satisfactory.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1909-07-23

tc be yielding 20 bushels per acre.
The first carload of bluestem. this
seasons crop, arrived at the mill yes.
terday. 1t was shipped from Downing
station by M. l.. Watts.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1909-07-23
Barnett Maynard.

A pretty wedding was solemnized at
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. L. L. Bar.
nett. 5al Tillamook street, on Wednes-
day evening, July 14th, says the Port
land Oregonian, when their son,
Arthur Rex Barnett, was united in
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1909-07-23
Baptist Church Notes.

Services as usual Sunday at the Bap-
tist church. In the evening Pastor
Ryder will speak on the miracles OF
Jesus. illustrated by magnificent pic
lures. Every one made welome. The
usual offering will be taken.
Imperial Valley press., 1909-05-01
FIRE DISTRICTS
City To Be Divided Into Wards and System of Alarms to be Made
 Numbering of Houses.

City Engineer H. B. Pearson, Jr., is at work on plan for dividing the city into fire wards and the arrange ment of a system of gong alams, 50 that one may at once determine in what part of the city ire is located.
 He also has under consideration the devising of a system for block and house numbering which may soon be adopted by the City Trustees. It is probable that a system of calls will also be arranged for the use of the City Marshal and his deputies, so that they may quickly assemble at any one point in case of emergencies.
Imperial Valley press., 1909-05-01
DEPOT PARK WANTED
Women's Section of Ten Thousand Club Will Offer to Cooperate With Railroad Officials in
 This Work.

That the Southern Pacific may be induced to park it's grounds around the Southern Pacific passenger sta- ton at El Centro is the hope of the Women's Section of the Ten Thousand Club. A special committee was ap- pointed at the clubs meeting Thurs day night to urge this improvement upon railroad officials, and to offer the cooperation of the club in beauti- flying the grounds should the work be undertaken.
 Several new members were re- ceived and applications were present. ed.
 Mrs. Campbell, head of the Clubs Forestry Committee, reported that progress is being made on the plans proposed for beautifying the main highways out of Fl Centro.
 The Club decided to give a mask social on May IA for the purpose of raising funds to defray the expenses of a delegate to the State Federation of Women's Clubs, which will meet at Monterey in June.
 A club picture will be taken today, from which cut will be made for use In the Alaska Yukon edition of the Desert Farmer.
 The Club has adopted plan for a ten minute parliamentary drill eacn evening.
Imperial Valley press., 1909-05-01
AT LAGUNA DAM
Sluice Gates Closed Pending Com pletion of CanaI-LeVees Below
 Yuma.

Water has been turned over the crest of the Laguna Dam in order that better opportunity be given to rip-rap the walls of the waterway below the great sluice gates on the California side.
 It is understood that the sluice- ways will remain closed until the time of completion of the reservation canal system, when it will become necessary to wash the mud from the settling basins above. Electric ma chinery is being put in place for op- eration of the heavy steel gates.
 The government has started work on additional levees seventeen miles below Yuma, to be ill readiness for the high water next month. The city au- thorities also are at the same class of work, raising the levee on the Gila side of Yuma an additional three feet, for safety's sake.
Imperial Valley press., 1909-05-01

high price of labor in the Southwest, farmers should proceed very catious- ly in planting cotton. A very small area will be sufficient to teach the wouldbe grower how the cotton be- hayes in his locality, but he must ir- rigate and cultivate it to secure a good yield and satisfactory quality of fiber, and what the prospects are for getting a larger acreage picked at req sonable cost. Problems of transpor- tation and marketing still remain to be worked out. It is probable that even If all these problems are satis- factorily solved the individual farmer should avoid extensive plantings. A few acres on each farm, which the farmers own family can care for and pick, if necessary, will be a much safer investment.
Imperial Valley press., 1909-05-01
BoWKER GATE.

The California Mexico Land and Cattle Go. are putting in a large concrete gate east of Black Butte. This structure, known as the Bowker gate, is being constructed under su- pervision of A. D. Wright and r. C.. Whipple, of the local c. D. Go. forces. The gate, 20 feet in width, is being built in cut in the levee, which the c. D. Co. threw along the divide some time ago as a protection from over flows north from the Volcano Lake country. The gate will afford en- trance for flood water from the south to irrigate 25,000 acres which the C.. M. Co. will cultivate along New River flats. It will also afford a means of gaining access, by barge, to cattle ma rooned during the high water season in the Volcano Lake country. This gateway may also be used as an out let to the Hardy River for hay ship ments from the ranch lands via the Hardy and Colorado rivers to Yuma. Whether this plan will be practica- ble, remains to be seen.---Calexico Chronicle
Imperial Valley press., 1909-05-01
MAYORS PARTY STRANDED

Mayor Forward, of San Diego and a party of business men from that city, who came to El Centro last week by automobile, had the experience of be- ing stranded on their return trip. When about fifteen miles from War ner's Hot Springs they ran out of gasoline, and had to wait for hours while the neighborhood was secured for a horse on which one of the party went on to the springs and secured enough of the fluid to carry the auto to supply station.
Imperial Valley press., 1909-05-01
Government Experiments Fav- Orable, But Not Yet
 Conclusive
More to be Learned About Irrigation and Treatment of Plant Before Seed Suitable for Distribution Can be Se- eured-smaII Acreage Recommend ed.

The Bureau of Plant Industry has issued bulletin on experiments with Egyptian Cotton in 1908.
 In 1908 about 40 acres of land were planted to Egyptian Cotton in the Colorado River region. A few small plantings to test the effect of diverse climatic and soil conditions were made in Imperial and Coachella Valleys, California, but the greater part of this acreage was located in the val leys of the Gila, Salt, and Colorado rivers, in Arizona. fhe largest plant ing-19 acres-was made on the Pima Indian Reservation, at Sacaton, AriZ., acres on the Indian school farm at Phoenix, and the rest was put in by individual farmers, chiefly in the Gila valley, west of Phoenix.
 The plantings were so distributed as to place the cotton, which had been grown during the two previous sea- sons only at Yuma, under a consider able variety of conditions as to cli- mate, soil and irrigation. Conse- quently it was possible to obtain some idea of the degree of diverslty to be expected as the result of trans fer from one locality to another. Dur- ing the summer it became apparent that the plapts were behaving dif- ferently in different places.
 While the results of the experiments in 1908 were in. the main favorable, further experimental work will be ne- cessary before the seed can safely be distributed to farmers. Considerable diversity in the growth of the plants and the quality of the fiber appeared at the different localities where ex- -seriments were made, indicating d need of adjustment to local differen- ces of soil and climate inside the re- zion in which this strain of cotton has already become acclimatized in a general way. Much of the fiber was shorter and less uniform, especially in length and color, than could be de- sired, showing that the plant breeding work must be carried farther before a stock of seed suitable for placing in the hands of farmers is secured. It is also highly important that we know more about how to irrigate Egyptian cotton before definite ad- vice on this subject is offered. Ex- perience has shown that the form and size of the plant (upon which the yield largely depends) and the quality of the fiber are very sensitive to diff ferences in frequency and times of ir- rigation. but more precise knowledge on this point is needed.
 Public opinion, says the Bureau, should be educated in every possible way as to the undesirability of hand ling Egyptian Cotton as a bonanza" crop. In view of the scarcity and
Imperial Valley press., 1909-05-01
TO ERADICATE JOHNSON aRAss

To eradicate Johnson grass the first thing Is to see that none goes to seed, this will prevent it from spread ing rapidly, as it spreads slowly froci the roots. Any person having this pest on his place should begin at once and cut the grass off at the ground and not allow 1t to get even a few inches high continued cutting just at, or below the surface and not allow it to come to air and light will nearly destroy it in one year. Any person hay ing Johnson grass on his place, if he will notify me I will mail hiia pamphlet on Johnson Grass Inyesti- gations that will be of great service to him.
 ~. F. WILSIE, Alt Hort. Com.
Imperial Valley press., 1909-05-01
NEWS BREVIT|ES
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Roosevelt kills his first game in Af- rica and Kermit also has good luck with his rife.
 E. H. Hartman plans consolidation of New York Central lines in billion dollar merger.
 Senator Bailey denounces principle of protection as unfair and advocates an income tax.
 Needles threatened by Colorado River; appeal to Washington made by alarmed citizens.
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 Bill banishing Merry Widow" and other dangerous headgear" introduced in Illinois Legislature.
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 Twenty-Five thousand Christians massacred by Turks in Asiatic Turkey and carnage continues.
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 Congress to appropriate $25,000 to defray expenses of Presidents trip to Pacific Coast this summer.
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 Warships from Japan arrive at San Pedro; Mikado's squadron Is well comed by prominent men and daylight fireworks.
 Colorado Givernor signs bill making "slush" funds for political parties il- legal and providing for State payment of part of campaign expenses of can- didates.
 Story of Harrimans projected bil- lion dollar merger of New York Gen. tral lines believed to have been feeltr to discover governments attitude to- wards such combines.
 Abdul Hamid II, sultan of Turkey, deposed from throne of the Ottoman empire by his subjects for his inter ference with popular government uh- der the constitution granted by him last July, and his brother, Mehemmed Reschad Effendi, now occupies the throne. The sultan a prisoner in the hands of the young Turks, and care fully guarded by his captors
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 The British Parliament is wrestling with a bill, known as the daylight saving bill" providing that all the clocks in England shall be set forward an hour at certain seasons, so that workers shall go to factories and shops an hour earlier and finish their tasks by daylight. To anyone but an Englishman it would appear a simple thing to make the starting hour six o'clock instead of seven o'clock, but your British shop master always has began work at a certain hour and he cannot conceive the possibility of be- ginning at any other hour He is proud of what he terms his "conser- vatism." Inability to think is 8 truly British virtue. The idea of fooling ones self by tampering with a clock never would occur to anyone but hard shell silurian Of the British Isles.
Imperial Valley press., 1909-05-01
COTTON cULTIVAToRS.

Probably the first shipments of cot ton cultivators ever brought to Cali fornia was that recently sent to the Delta Implement Company, at Fl Gen. tro. Twelve of these cultivators were sent here, and all but one were sold out within a short time. This one has been kept to show prospective grow CTS the type of machine successfully used in the Southern cotton belt
Imperial Valley press., 1909-05-01
BISHOP VISITS VALLEY.

Bishop Joseph H. Johnson, of the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles, which includes all Southern Califor- nia, came to the Imperial Valley yes terday morning to look over the field and make definite arrangements for the stationing of clergyman here 10 hold regular services in all of the valley towns. He will visit El Gen. tro today.
Imperial Valley press., 1909-05-01
FIRE GONG SOUNDS

The first official sounding of Fl Centro's new fire gong and use of it's fire engine house and equipment was on last Monday, when an alarm was raised by the explosion of a gasoline coffee boiler In the Royal Cafe, To- cated in the new Bill Block. The flames were smothered in a few mo- ments, and but slight damage was done.
Imperial Valley press., 1909-05-01

Roosevelt kills his first game in Af- rica and Kermit also has good luck with his rifle
Imperial Valley press., 1909-05-01
"TEcoLoTE" HOUSE PARTY

NAt the home of Harold Bell Wright, Tecolote," at Meloland, a house party during the ensuing week will be com posed of Miss Helena Long, sister of Mrs Wright, who has just arrived from Chicago, Miss Chloe Holt, daugh- ter of w. F. Holt, of Redlands, Misses May Gowans and Mabel Brundage of Los Angeles.
Imperial Valley press., 1909-05-01

E. H. Hartman plans consolidate of New York Central lines in billion dollar merger
Imperial Valley press., 1909-05-01
STRIKING PROOF OF GROWTH

El Centro, the County Seat of Im- perial county now has a frontage of practically 2OOO feet of business blocks most of them of brick. Nearly half these buildings have been built with in the past year That is certainly a striking proof of substantial growth
 Riverside Press.
Imperial Valley press., 1909-05-01
BEAT WIFE; IN JAIL

N. T. Golbez, a member of the Mex ican settlement of El Centro, was ar rested Sunday morning by Marshal Bradford for raising neighborhood disturbance and beating his wife. He vas tried before Justice Tout on Tus- day, and was sent to jail for ten days
Imperial Valley press., 1909-05-01
LAST IN LECTURE COURSE.

The last number of the Imperial Valley Ministerial Unions course of entertainments for this seasf gill be given in the Holt 6 le on
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-07-21
DRY FARMING REPORT GOES
To RIScI4N EARME


Billings. Mont. July 22.-The FIRST
copy OF review of the work OF the
Dry Farming congress in other than
the English language has just been
received by Secretary John T. Burns
from Joseph A. Rosen, chief OF tho
American Agricultural bureau of the
governmental zemstyo of Ekaterino-
slav. Russia. and vice president and
corresponding secretary OF the Dry
Farming congress for Russia. Mr..
Rosen was one OF the foreign dele
gates at the congress at Cheyenne
last winter and is expected TO attend
the fourth Dry Farming congress at
Billings Mont. October 26-2S, 1909.
Mr. Rosen has written a concise re.
port of the session of the congress last
February and it Is this report. pub
lished in a Russian agricultural peri.
odica. which has been received here.
Through this means the education
propaganda of the congress is carried
beyond the seas and carried into the
homes of farmers in foreign lands.
DR.. l.. Baetd Neves, vice president
and corresponding secretary OF the
congress for Brazil, is having the re
port translated into the Portuguese
tongue for distribution in Brazil and
other portions of South America.
where that language Is spoken.
Hon. Jas H. McCol. senator IN
the Australian parliament and vice
president Of the Dry Farming congress
Is having portions of the report of
the Cheyenne meeting republished in
Australia for the benefit Of the farm
ers in that distant land. who are COIL
fronted with problems very like those
of the western United States.
A communication recently received
from Henry Greger OF Port au Prince
voices a request for the publishing OF
the Dry Farming Congress handbook
In French for the benefit Of Haytian
farmers. who need instruction in dry
land agriculture, and it Is likely that
after the Billings meeting plans will
be considered by the foreign depart
ment of the congress to have its pro-
ceedings translated into this and sew
eral other languages for the beneht
Of the members in far-off lands
Correspondence with the various for
eign representatives OF the congress
indicates that probably. fifteen coun-
tries outside the United States will be
represented at the Billings meeting
and that exhibits will be brought here
from several OF them. II Is expected
that the foreign officers of the con
gross will make arrangements for the
translation of the next report into ev-
cry language represented in the mem
bership of the congress.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-07-21
LEGAL.
NOTICE

United States Land Office, Salt Lake
CITY Titan June 5th. 1909
To Whom 1t May Concern:
Notice is hereby given that the State
of Utah has filed in this Office lls's
of lands. selected by the said State,
under section 6 OF the Act of Congress.
approved July 10, 1894, as Indemnity
School lands. viz:
All Sec. %, T. N, r 3 E., Serial
O35SS.
Copies of said lists, So far as they
relate TO said tracts by descriptive sub
divisions. have been conspicuouSY
posted in this office for inspection by
any person interested and by the pub
lie generally.
During the period of publication OF
this notice, OF any time thereafter
and before final approval and certlh'
cation, under departmental regulations
of April %. 1907, protests or contests
against the claim of the State TO any
OF the tracts or subdivisions hereinoe'
fore described. on the ground that the
same Is moro valuable for mineral
than for agricultural purposes. VIII
be received and noted for report To the
General Land once at Washington, ID.
C. Failure so to protest or contest
within the time specified, Will be con
sldered sufficient evidence of the non"
mineral character of the tracts and the
selections thereof. being otherwise
free from objection, will be approved
TO the State.
E. D. r THOMPSON, Register
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-07-21
LEGAL.
NOTICE,

United States Land Office. Salt Lake
City, Utah, June 10th, 1893.
To Whom II May Concern.
Notice is hereby given that the
State OF Utah has 6led In this Office
lists OF lands, selected by the said
State, under section 6 of the Act of
Congress. approved July 1G, 1894. US
Indemnity School lands. viz:
NE ii NV l., n l2 NE Ii; Sec.
50; SW Ii SW Ii and NE Ia SW Ia
Sec. &c, T. n. r E, Serial 03625
Copies of said lists. So far as they
relate TO said tracts by descriptive
subdivisions. have been conspicuously
posted in this office for inspection by
any person interested and by the
public generally
During tho period OF publication OF
this notice, or any time thereafter.
and before final approval and certif-
cation, under departmental regulations
OF April %. 1907 protests or contests
against the claim OF the State to any
of the tracts or subdivisions hereinbe-
fore described. on the ground tnat the
same Is moro valuable for mineral
than for agricultural purposes, will be
received and noted for report to the
General Land once at Washington
u c. Failure so 10 protest or con
test, within the time specified. will be
considered SUFFICIENT evidence of the
non-mineral character OF the tracts
and the selections thereof, being otn-
erwise free from objection will be ap-
proved to the State.
Il, D, r, THOMPSON, Register,
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-07-21

MORE MILK PUT
INTO THE SEWER


Salt Lake, July 20-More Davis
county milk consigned TO Salt Lake
daries was thrown in the sewer yes
terday BY Walter ], Frazier. city food
and dairy inspector. who found the
consignments arriving in Salt Lake
with a temperature far above the
mark set by common regard for the
public health. The milk was inspected
by Mr.. Frazier and Heber C, Smith,
deputy state inspector, at the Salt
Lake G Ogden station. Two OF the
cans we're consigned by D. l.. Rice
of Wilcox Crossing to the Cache Val
ley company here. the milk having a
temperature of 76 degrees.
Two cans consigned by Fred Green
of Kaysville to the same company
were found to contain milk which had
soured, A large can sent by r Light
foot of Kaysvllle also was dumped
out. the temperature OF the milk be-
ing So degrees.
The inspectors were at the Denver
& Rio Grande station when the Park
City. Sanpete and Bingham trains ar.
rived last night and although no milk
was condemned. they found conditions
In some instances far from satisfac-
tory. The milk coming from Park
City was sweet and the temperature
was below 60 degrees They found.
however. that the Elgin Dairy com
pany was violating the city ordinance
which provides that milk must be car
ried In wagons provided with canopy
or suitable covering
Cans returned to the Elgin Dairy
company from the Boston CONSOLIDATE
boarding house. the dining cars and
railroad restaurants were in bad con-
dition. The state inspector Will notify
the Boston Consolidated officials and
the superintendent of dining cars ser.
vice that unless they comply with the
state law they will be prosecuted.
The inspectors found several cans
OF cream shipped from Utah county
In which the cream had soured and
fermented TO such an extent that the
covers OF the cans had been blown
loose.
Indignant over the fact that he had
been fined $50, on the charge of selling
milk which did not come up to the
standard required under the pure food
law, S. A. Parry, milk dealer of
Bingham Canyon, sent a letter TO the
Office of Willard Hansen. state dairy
and food commissioner, alleging that
he did not receive proper treatment,
Deputy Smith OF the pure food COM
missioner's office on Monday swore to
complaint before the county attor-
ney charging H. A. Hoaglin. a dealer
In South West Temple street. with
selling cottonseed oil for olive oil.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-07-21
LESTER FREED ILL.
Undcreoes Successful Operation and
Is Recovering,

Salt Lake, July 21-Growing i'll
while on a business trip in Chicago,
Lester D Freed, vice president of the
Freed Furniture & Carpet company.
made a hasty return to Salt Lake
arriving last Friday-to undergo an
operation two days later at st Marks
hospital His physician, Dr. H. S.
Scott, announced. yesterday that the
operation had been entirely success
full, and the patient is now recuperat-
ing though obliged to remain at the
hospital for some time.
Mr Freed left Salt Lake about two
weeks ago, Though not feeling well,
IL was not until the middle of last
week that he found himself forced to
abandon further business there and re-
turn. Reaching Salt slke Friday. Mr..
Freed entered the hospital on Satur-
day night and was operated upon Sun
day morning.
Claud w Freed, who is associated
with him in business. left yesterday
for the east to complete the task Of
making fall purchases, and will be
gone for the next twoz%eeks
(For additional Salt Lake and State
news see page iour)