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Imperial Valley press., 1909-09-18
MANUFACTURING PLANT
Simons Company Preparing to Make Tiles and Grind Alfalfa at
 Fl Centro.

Within ninety days the Simons Brick Company will have its new in dustrial plant in Fl Centro in full operation. It will manufacture hol- low tile for building purposes, brick, cement pipe, headgates, etc., and will operate an alfalfa meal mill of the latest pattern, with capacity of three tons per hour.
 E. O. Simons was in El Centro Tues day, closing details for the purchase of the site, and secured from | A. Morgan tract of fifteen acres of land, located along the east side of the Southern Pacific railroad, just south of the city limits.
 A side track approximately one-half mile in length will be laid to. give the new concern ample switching facili- ties
 Work on the new site is to begin immediately, and the machinery will arrive as speedily as possible. Sev eral expert workmen with their fam flies will remove to El Centro from Los Angeles, to take positions as heads of departments, and considerable To- cal labor will be employed.
 MT. Simons brought to El Centro samples of hollow tile made at the Los Angeles plant from clay taken from the site selected here, and he pronounces il superior to the product turned out from the Los Angeles ma terial and of the best quality he has seen. A hole twenty feet in depth was sunk on the land, and from this the tile making material was secured It is ineXhaustible.
 MT. Simons also brought samples of the tinted glazing. which can be applied to any of this material for out side finish. Any desired colors may be applied, thus giving a wide va riety in the style of buildings which may be erected with the material
 It is the purpose of this concern to sell building material to ranchers and owners of town property on such terms as will allow almost anyone to erect a comfortable home, giving long time on payments, and this doubt less will be the means of bringing about great increase in building
Imperial Valley press., 1909-09-18
MRS. PROUTY CLEARED

Mrs. F. L/ Prouty who was tried before Justice Nice, at Brawley, on Tuesday, for taking three shots at C.. R. Wores when he attempted to enter the premises held by the Proutys, was acquitted of the charge against her, Justice Nice holding that she was justified in using the weapon in attempting to protect the property from invasion
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year that next season will bring about the planting of probably 10000 acres. Many inquiries are teing made by Southern cotton growers as to the Im- perial Valley situation, and it is be- lieved that the valley will receive large influx of such growers.
 It is probable that the cotton asso- ciation will affiliate with the farmers union and add strength to that body.
 The next meeting of the associa- tion was set for Saturday, October 2, at the El Centro cotton gin, at which time demonstration of ginning and compressing homegrown cotton will be given.
Imperial Valley press., 1909-09-18
PLANNING BIG BARBECUE
Texas Society at Second Meeting Alp points Finance Committee to Gather Funds For Coming
 Reunion.

At last saturdays meeting of the Texas Society, held in the City Hall at Fl Centro, the temporary organi- zation effected at the initial meeting was made permanent. Walter O. Ham ilton, of Fl Centro, is president; Rob- ert G. Goree of Imperial, is secre- tary, and John Keith, of Imperial, is treasurer.
 A finance committee was appointed, and is composed of W. O. Hamilton, Robert c. Goree, w. R. Waldrop, Chas. D. Stephens and MT, Robinson. This committee is to make it's report at meeting to be held at the City Hall in El Centro at 2 o'clock on the afternon of September 25.
 The Texans propose to give d gen eral invitation to residents of Im- perial Valley to join them in big public barbecue. If it is practicable, they desire to set the date for this affair at the time of the opening of the lands in the Yuma Indian Reser- vation, so as to offer some special attraction to bring to this valley peo- pie who have gone to Yuma to be present at the land drawing.
Imperial Valley press., 1909-09-18
Permanent Site for an Annual Show Will Be Secured
 During This Fall
Ten Acres Between Imperial and Der the Time Fixed-County Meet ing to Work Out Details.

The Imperial County Fair will be held at El Centro, December 8, g. 10 and II.
 A meeting of directors of the Fair Association aud several others repre- senting various sections of the valley, was held at Imperial on Wednesday, to start the movement for this yea:'a fair, and the results give promise of an affairs that will be of credit to the Imperial Valley.
 Calexico, Heber, Fl Centro and Im- perial were represented in this meet ing. It was decided that permanent grounds must be secured, and while it is not likely that this can be ac- complished in time for the winters fair, by another season the permanent location will be improved. The grounds at Fl Centro, used last sea- son, will be used again this year.
 A committee composed of D. II. Sherman, George Reed and B. B. For rester was appointed to investigate the matter of permanent fair grounds. I. L.. Wilson offered to donate tract of ten acres lying about midway be- tween Imperial and El Centro, and reaching from Imperial avenue to the Date canal, and it is prboable that this offer will be accepted,
 Charles Fernald and E. H. Sherman were made committee on the issuing of premium list, and the second week in December was decided upon as the proper time for holding the fair.
 Within short time county mass meeting will be called, to be held at Imperial at which time further com mittees will be appointed and many details for the coming fair will be arranged.
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continue Broadway across the rail road track
 Upon a motion made by MT Gris- wold it was voted to ask tEe city trustees to pass an ordinance pro- hibiting the storing of hay III large quantities within certain limits.
 After friendly discussion, partl- cipated in by several of. the members, it was unanimously voted to call a mass meeting for Thursday nighc to discuss the voting of the proposed water bonds, and the city trustees were requested to postpone uetinite action until after that meeting.
 It was voted to contribute $5 a month for four months toward the support of the baseball team A mo- ton was also carried that the presi- dent and secretary of the Chamber of Commerce be authorized to sign a memorial to the President of Mexico asking that certain nuisances at Mex icali be abated.
Imperial Valley press., 1909-09-18
VALLEY EXPERIMENT STATION
Mass Meeting in Fl Centro Next Sat urday to Discuss Plans For Us-
 ing State Appropriation.

Prof. E. J. Wickson, Dean of Agri- culture of the University of Califor- mia, will be in Imperial Valley Satur- day, September 25th. It is his desire to meet the farmers fo the valley for the purpose of talking over the most helpful ways of applying the ap- propriation made by the State Legis- lature for agricultural experimenta- tions in Imperial County, We, there fore. cordially invite all ranchers and others interested to meet at the city hall at El Centro Saturday, Septem- Der 25th, at 10 A. M.
 Board of Trustees of
 Heber Collegiate Institute
Imperial Valley press., 1909-09-18
NEW PRESBYTERIAN PASTOR

Rev A. H. Greco, who has been Brawley for the past three years, and who was Instrumental in securing the erection of a Presbyterian Church in Fl Centro, has resigned his Brawley pastorate and will become general Presbyterian missionary for Imper- ial valley. Rev J. w. Millar has come to Brawley to assume the Presbyter- ian pastorate there.
Imperial Valley press., 1909-09-18
PLAINTIFF GETS DECISION

In the case of Blodgett vs. Scott, the decision of the Superior Court of this county was affirmed by the district court of appeals, at Los Ange- les. This was one of the first land contests to be tried in this county, and created considerable interest at the time. The jury gave decision for the plaintiff in the lower cou% and the action of the court of ap- peals confirms the land to Bldogett. John M. Eshleman of El Centro, and Geo. H. F. Shaw, were attorneys for the plaintiff
Imperial Valley press., 1909-09-18
ORANGES LOOK WELL

in his house yard that are almost full grown and that are sweet enougD to eat He believes that by the first of October he will have oranges which would be fit to send to market. He has only a few trees that are bearing, but has 200 young trees which have made a fine growth this season
Imperial Valley press., 1909-09-18
RIVER LANDS DRAINED

The levee on the Imperial county side of the Colorado river in the Yuma Indian Reservation has been cut in order to drain from the low lands the accumulation of stagnant waters from the recent summer rains. The Rec lamation Service has a force of m- dians at work clearing eff brush along the canal laterals.
Imperial Valley press., 1909-09-18
GREAT ASPARAGUS FIELD

V. Phalanx & Company are prepar- ing to plant 240 acres of land near Redwood to asparagus this fall This will be the largest asparagus field in Imperial Valley
Imperial Valley press., 1909-09-18
WATER COMPANY A BORROWER

Water Company No. 5, through the action of it's board of directors has decided to secure loan of $70OO from the Citizens Bank, of Holtville to as- sist it in carrying on improvements iu the water district.
Imperial Valley press., 1909-09-18
EUCALYPTUS SCHOOLS OPENS

The Eucalyptus school, west of Ell Centro, began it's new years work last Monday with an enrolment of twenty pupils. Mrs. Grace Potter Is the teacher.
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stating that death was due to rupture of the aorta. the trunk line Of the arte rial system.
 This indicated, according to the cor- oner, that death primarily was due to. natural canses and that the man probably had been suffering for some time from an aneurism. Death was virtually instantaneous. and evidently occurred just as Simpson was coming out of the trance. Whether the strain he was put under when Eyerton stood on his body during it's rigidity caused the rupture cannot be ascertained.
 The result of the autopsy will more than likely bring about Eyerton's re. lease on ball
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on a hypnotic basis.
 Then I examined Simpson, and made up my mind that he was. gone. It did not look to me like catalepsy. In my opinion, Simpson probably died of shock through the transference to him when he was recovering from his abnormal state of the excitement in the operator the man who had him in control. Had not Eyerton lost ms head when he saw Simpson collapse, he could, I think, have brought about his recovery"
 Chief of Police Bells, when Long or dered Ererton into custody, took the prisoner 10 the county jail and put him through little preliminary without formality. In the course of that examination Everton said again. that Simpson had been employed only because he was good subject" Simpson, he said. lived at 30 Earl street, Newark, was 3S years old and had been employed at times as mo. torman on the trolley lines about Newark. Previous to that employ. ment the prisoner said that his sub. ject had travelled with professional hypnotist named Held.
 After the chief of police had made his examination Everton was held on charge of manslaughter.
 Eyerton after his commitment was not placed in a cell, but detained in an office anteroom of the jail. While there he asked that his wife be sent for, and she arrived by an early morn l ing train from Newark. She told the reporters that the night before at 3 o'clock she had vivid presentiment that her husband was in trouble. She said she could not shake off the i'm pression and felt that she was in tele pathic communication with him.
 As has been said, Dr. McConaughs was one of the physicians in the thea ter at the time of Simpsons collapse To local reporter this evening Dr Mcconaughy is said to have made thil l statement;
 When the attempt was made tt stand simpson up that he might bs erect when he was restored, the chai beneath his feet having been remov ed, an attendant attempted to rais' him by the shoulders. Either tn weight of the subject was too grea or the attendants hands slipped; any 1 way, the mans head fell back with [
 heavy snap onto the edge of the chai ! from which it cad been lifted be
 Iieve that broke the mans neck
 Eight physicians assisted in per
 forming the autopsy tonight, and the issued signed statement at it's clos
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method to produce artificial respira- tion. That, too, save no favorable re- suits, and l tried the Laborde method. That is to run a needle through the tongue, and, using the needle as a handle, to effect tongue eraetion, drawing the tongue out and releasing 1t. Dr. McConaughy joined pr. Flynn and me there, and assisted us in try ing to restore the patient, but after using every method for which we had appliances, we agreed that life was ex- tinct.
 As l am county official, l could not ignore the circumstances. sent for policemen and told them not to leave Eyerton out of their sight. also sent for the chief of police.
 Then the chief and I had little in- terview with Everton. I told Everton I wanted to know if there was any fake in the matter. He assured me there was not. He was very nervous. He said he knew nothing of catalepsy and had never seen a man in Simp- sons condition. He did not know and could not understand how 1t came about He did say, however, that be. fore he went on with his exhibition, he had learned that Simpson had been drinking.
 T then told the chief of police to take care of Eyerton, and as Eyerton was so positive that Simpson was still in a cataleptic state I ordered simp son taken to the county hospital. sent them for other members of the hospital staff and they agreed with me that the man was dead. The stetho scope revealed no heart action what ever.7
 By the time the county physician had removed Simpson to the hotel, ap parently all Somerville had heard o 1 the affair. Among those who hearG of it promptyl was Ralph Edwards manager Of the Biiou. He at onel
 went to his performer, Pelham, ant told that exhibiting hypnotist of th' trouble. Pelham, in evening dres
 and with makeup on, as he was, wen
 at once to the Waldorf to see if h
 could gdve any aid to his brother-pei
 tormer. Pelham is a more experienC | ed hypnotist He said:
 T went to the Waldorf hoping to b
 able to take Evertons subject out c | his cataleptic state, fl lie were in tha
 state. went first to Everton. hopin
 that he would be in condition
 transfer his control of Simpson to nj But Isyerton was in no condition |
 do that He was i'll highly excite : state, and l could do nothing with hii
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BOB! YOU LIVE!
 CRIES HYPNOTIST YOUR HEART BEATsl HE PLEADS BUT CORPSE IS sTlLL-DEAD
 FOR A DAY.
Mesmerist Makes Dramatic Effort in Behalf of Friend-scene in Hospi- tal Moraue Follows Fatal
 Stage Experiment.

.New York, Nov 13. In a little roughly finished room in the basement Of the Somerset County Hospital. at Somerville. N. T., an attempt was made by the methods of the hypnotist toresuseitate the hypnotic subject, Simpson, who had apparently died while under hypnotic influence last night.
 On rough blanks, raised to a tables heilht. lay the body-liying or dead? ---of the man Simpson, whose means of livelihood had been as subject for the showman-hypnotlst Arthur Ever ton. A black oilcloth covered the body, and the dingy little hole of a room was partially illuminated by a swinging electric lamp.
 Evertou, who is in jail, accuser Of homicide. had persisted in his de. claration that Simpson was not dead but was yet in cataleptic condition, in which the hypnotist had placed him for exhibition purposes. Eyerton had begged the authorities that his friend and some time instructor, w F. Davenport, be sent for and be al lowed to attempt to revive simpson This earnest request of the hypnotist the authorities decided to grant.
 Just as the aun was sinking Daven port arrived in Somerville accompan led by the manager of the amusement place in Newark where Everton had performed last week. At the hospital they were met by pr. ". Il. Long county physician, and three members of the hospital staff, Drs. Iiecht still we'll and Halstead.
 Davenport explained to them that h'
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 There was no response, no move ment of the eyelids, no fluttering of the heart, and Davenport motioned to the manager under whom Eyerton had exhibited last week. He stepped to the side of the body and repeated the phrases Davenport had used A. ter that Davenport pressed upon the breast, as if artifically to start a movement of the heart, and then spoke in the other ear.
 "Bobl' Now there was an accent of pleading. Bob, you hear mel Your heart Is moving,
 Davenport stepped a little aside, looked at the unseeing, half-open 1 eyes, took up his coat and hat, and with bow to the doctors started to leave the little room. As he passed Dr. Long the latter said:
 What is your judgmentl"
 T did not come here to pronounce judgment" Davenport responded quietly and, followed by the Newark manager and by Mrs. Everton, walked out of the room, up the stairs. through the hall and out on the veranda of the hospital. There he was oyertaken by q messenger and recalled. Dr. Long spoke to him again: Do you think l that man is dead?" he asked
 q think he is dead,' Davenport re piled.
 Everton on Monday beean weeks engagement in little and 10 cent vaudeville showhouse. called the Som erville theatre. He was engaged oniy | on the day previous. Everton's terms l were to bring with him two subjects and place one of them in a hypnotic trance on exhibition in a show win I dow, if that was desired. For himself and his subjects he was to receive l $50.
 The men. Everton, Simpson and { youth named Edward Thompson, ar rived Monday morning in Semervills and went to board at little hote called the Waldorf separated iron the theater only by a store and . dwelling. The hypnotist, man abou S5, rather good looking fellow, witt a long and carefully trained nous tache, looked like prosperous show man and wore fashionable. frocl coat and silk hat. But he was needy and Weldon advanced him s10 for hi and subjects immediate expenses. Il Part of the money, which Evertoi i'll turn advanced to Simpson, the Iai ter appears to have spent in the bal rooms of the town. Of this, however Eyerton says he was unaware. Tn lafternoon performance was satisfae
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TROOPS GUARD JAIL.

Somerset Ky. Nov. 13.-A com pany of state troops has been placed on guard around the jail here as a result of the formation of a mob last night which approached the jail with the declared purpose of Iynching James Pierce and his son. Walter, who are alleged to have killed Taylor Sullivan on November ?. The IaIlor and his deputies threatened to fire on the mob and members of the latter withdrew. Expecting fufti,ef aii- tack tonight the troops were called out.
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had long been student of hypnotics, that he had practiced it only as a student and he had come in response to a pupils cry. for help and would, with the doctors permission, attempt to revive the subject, Simpson.
 Dr. Long for himself and the mem bers of the staff said that they had agreed that the experiment should be permitted. In their opinion Everton's hypnotic subject was dead.
 Besides the physicians there crowd ed him. The little room was in abso- of the hospital in their white caps and nurse uniforms; the amusement man. ager, Mrs. Everton and reporter
 Davenport after laying aside his hat and overcoat. pulled the black covering down from the chest of the body and applied his ear as if listen ing for heartbeats. Then he slightly opened the eyes of the man and brins- i'm. his own eyes close to them, look. cd into them intently. Dr. Halstead, standing by the side of the body took the one electric lamp in his hand and swung it out so that it shone more brightly upon the white, still face. Davenport was manifestly sincere in what he was doing. He was i'm 
 pressed with Everton's belief and he had been moved by the fearful ap peals of Eyerton's wife. His manner affected all those who silently watch ed inn. The little room was in abso lute silence as Davenport again ap piled first his ear and then the tips 1 of his fingers over the motionless heart. Next he bent his head dowr low over the head above the blacl cloth, placed his lips close 10 an cal of the body he sought to revive ant said, sharply and eagerly. ''Bobl"
 It was a trained voice. the voice O a man drilled to shock or eommane the senses, and it startled, withou moving. the intent group ol watchers
 Bob your heartl"
 There was another silence as tense ly dramatic as the mind can imagine Then followed the words:
 'Bobl your heart! your heart il beating:"
 If after the sound of the operatorl voice the subjects eyelids had moved it seemed as if no one there woui, have been greatly surprised. Bu there was no motion
 But the operator eagerly felt agail over the heart ana again listened, an then again spoke in the unhearinl ear:
 Bob. listenl Hear what say l Your heart! Your heart Is beatinglp
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tory and the manager of the little theater sent out to local physicians an invitation to attend in the evening and witness the performance. At least three physicians of good stand ing are known to have attended-Dr. Long, the county physician; Dr. Flynn and Dr. Francis McConaughy.
 Dr. Long said today: After my of flee hours last night I decided to go to the theater and see the work of the hypnotist.
 "Eyerton took the subject Simpson, who had been hypnotized, apparently, stretched him out with his head upon one chair and his feet upon another and commanded him to be rigid I watched this performance closely and, to all appearances, the subject was in a cataleptic condition when the oper- ator stepped from a table on the sub iect's abdomen. There was no yield ing of the body.
 When Everton stepped down upon the stage again he told some of the stage assistants to put the subject i Simpson, on his feet. This, it ap- peared, was to be done by lifting the subjects feet from the chair and then to raise his stiffened body But as the assistants were doing this I no ticed that the subjects body lost rigidity and collapsed, sinking to the floor. The operator was apparently surprised and shouted to Simpson, It's all right
 'Everton also used his hands in the familiar way, apparently trying to re store the subject to normal physica condition. This was without result however. Then the subject was drag ged off the stage and out of sight.
 Presently the manager, Weldon came down into the auditorium ans | spoke to me in a manner which lief no doubt in my mind that there wa 1 some trouble, and, of course, l imme l diately responded Dr. Flynn also ae | companied the manager to the req
 of the stage. and there we saw a
 once that Simpson was in bad state 1 T discovered that there was n lEulse and no heart beat, and l ordere
 that the man be taken at once to hi
 room. where we could more conveI
 iently apply restoratives. He va
 carried out of the rear of the theate
 and back of the intervening built
 ings to the Waldorf. and there Dl
 Flynn and l worked over him. gay l hyperdermic injections of strychnin 1 and glyeeFine. Those produced i
 favorable results.
 Then worked with the syiyestt
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RoYoL voGEL DEAD.

Grand Rapids. O.. Nov. ls.--Royal vogel. school boy. injured two weeks ago, in a foot ball game died last night. A blood vessel in his head was ruptured and he was unconscious for E days.