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The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1910-06-17
Homer |. Watts,
ATTY, for Plaintiff,
Notice of Sale.

Jackson Nelson will sell all of the
personal property belonging to R. J.
Boddy's estate at private sale:
? movable houses. wagon, buggy,
l span horses and harness, saddle
horse, saddle. single harness.
Terms: All sales for less than $50
to be cash; ali above for cash or seour.
ed notes. payable in 3 months. Sales
made at any time.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1910-06-17
Calves SCREAMING

/ could talk for hours about my couu-
try and my own people. | am so fond
of both. On my birthday many Of them
came in procession TO see me and /
danced what is called the "bourree"
with them. They say such quaint
things. An old woman once, hearing
me sing. asked, Doesn't 1t hurt you
TO scream like that" A peasant once
told me ue was sure the proprietor of
the grotlo would give me francs a
day to sing here.-Calye in London
Standard.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1910-06-17
Improved Wheat Lands

We can supply you with improved
wheat land, good soil, on easy terms.
at $25 to $50 per acre. These lauds
are improving every year and are now
is good as your lands we're few years
ago which are now selling at $50 to
500 per acre. Jhese lands will soon
be selling at $50 to $50 per acre. Buy
now and don't regret having waited.
If you had bought land in your vioin-
ity several years ago. you would now
be rich. For further particulars, ad-
dress Jay Hayden Realty company.
Lind, Wash.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1910-06-17
Echoes of the Past.

Mark Antony had asked his country
men to lend him their ears.
Il want them for loan exposition"
he explained. Il have already splen-
did collection Of Roman noses."
Having gained their attention by
this little flight of fancy, he proceeded
to fling a few choice bouquets at the
late ]. Caesar.-Ch Chicago Tribune.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1910-06-17
VaIuabla Advioa

Young Lady-A friend of mine is
engaged to man, and now he refuses
to marry her, What would you ad-
wise her to do? Old Lawyer-Is the
man wealthy? Young Lady-No. He
hasn't shilling. Old Lawyer-Thep
I'd advise her to write him nice let
ter Of thanks.-London Telegraph.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1910-06-17
Here's a Snan.

A $40 acres dry land ranch for sale
cheap, if bought before March 1st.
1910. Have option and can sell
cheap. Will guarantee so per cent
a year on your money in raise IN
value, besides guarantee 10 per cent
interest on crop. Write concerning
this ranch and learn particulars.
Midvale Real Estate and Loan Co.,
MidYala. Idaho.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1910-06-17
snsnio;ous Circumstances.

do you know they suspect that old
man of leading doubl. llfe."
what gives rise to thaty
'Why, he's so mean snd cross around
home that they tniIk he must be
neasant and agreeable somewhere."-
Exchange,
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1910-06-17
Won't Need a Crutch.

When Editor J. P. Sossman, of Cor
nelius, N. c.. bruised his leg BADLY, it
started an ugly sore. Many salves and
ointments proved worthless. Then
Bucklen's Arnica Salve healed it thor
oughly. Nothing is SO prompt and
sure for Ulcers, boils, burns, cruises,
cuts corns. sores, pimples. eczema or
piles. 25 cents at all druggists.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1910-06-17
Th. Halter Of ouietude.

THAT man says he will create some
real excitement if he gets into con-
gress."
"Yes," answered Senator Sorghum,
-he is one of those peculiar patriots
who want to climb on board the ship
of state simply for the pleasure OF
rocking the boat"-Washington Star
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1910-06-17
A Crazy Smell.

The opera was "Trovatore."
Though no more may hold thee.
Yet is thy namo SPELL"
sang the basso to the prima donna.
And 1t was. Her name was Sophronia
Czechlinskdwicz--
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1910-06-17
A Modern ouarrsI.

Him. might have married a dozen
better women than you. Her-I might
have married dozen better men than
you, and, what's more. intend to-
Cleveland Leader.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1910-06-17

Each decision you make, however
trifling It may be. will influence every
decision you will have to make. how
ever important It may be.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1910-06-17

For Sale-A new 5-room house in
Milton; or will exchange for Athena
property. For particulars, see Emery
Achilles. Athena.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-08-18
W0MANS W|LES VERSUS THE Law
IS ISSUE IN VERA PR0SSER TRIAL

anger, and the righteousness of the
anger classifies the deed. Montana
juries are apt to consider whether
or not the deceased deserved to be
killed; If they find that he did. the
slayer is set at liberty and, like as
not, looked upon as public bene-
factor.
Personality Her Defense.
Vera Prossers defense, under the
euphonious designation of 'irresist-
ible impulse" will in reality be an
attempt to show that Prosser de-
served his fate. II she can convince
the jury of this she is free. The evil
dence she will introduce will help,
but her appearance, her gowns, her
frail form, her beseeching eyes, her
carefully modulated voice and gen.
eral appearance Of woman in dis
tress will decide her fate. 1t is these
she is depending on to save her
from the penitentiary.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-08-18
Especial to The Press.)

LIBBY, Mont, Aug. 18.-Can
Vera Prossers wan smile, her de-
mure glance, her looks Of injured
innocence-can these, coupled with
her elekantly fitting gowns, win
over the hearts of the ranchers and
lumbermen who are to decide her
fate?
These, and not the evidence, will
convict or acquit Vera Prosser. The
evidence Of trainmen, the diagrams
of the compartment, the revolver
and all the other legal evidence is
of but secondary consideration.
Vera Prosser will win or lose on her
personality.
Libby has never before seen a
Vera Prosser. Libby has read OF
Vera Prossers in the East and in
the West. but though sudden death
is not unusual in Montana, we'll
dressed and apparently refined
women ordinarily have none but a
silent part in the killings.
Nations Eye on Libby.
Libby has provincial prejudices
and provincial preferences, and Lib
by feels as if the eyes of the nation
are centered on the little Montana
hamlet. Libby is trying to appear
sophisticated and makes believe
that 1t Is accustomer to stylishly-
gowned women who have a past.
But the manner in which the men
and women of Libby gaze on Vera
disproves this.
And Vera is no fool She Is not
forgetting one little trick of femin-
Unity or one little womanly art that
may have an effect on the brown
faced, hard.handed jury. Her
glances toward the jury DO have
the proper mixture Of occurrences
and innocence wronged. She shows
heart-breaking signs of WEAKNESS at
times and then again. with obvious
effort, rallies her strength. When
the testimony was against her she
listened, wide-eyed and shocked;
when the testimony was in her ia
vor she could pose for a statue Of
truth rising again after being
crushed to earth.
Testimony L. UnprintabIe.
Some of the testimony is un-
printable. 1t took the breath out Of
Libby. Vera appeared to be as great
ly shocked as the good women of
Libby. These good women do not
believe the stories they have heard
about Vera. Wives and husbands do
not get drunk together in Libby; no
one In Libby ever heard of a wife
getting drunk. Therefore the wives
of Libby believe that there must be
some mistake. .ss~.
Then. again, irresistible impulses
are unknown In this simple commu-
nifty. People here XII one another in
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-08-18
CHURCH OFFICIALS
TOLD TO VACATE
ZION CITY

ZION CITY, ILL.,, Aug. 18.-Sixty
Independent church officials, Sun
day school teachers and business
men of Zion City have been served
with notice to vacate their places
of business as soon as possible by
w. G. Voliva and his organization,
the owners of Zion City. Voliva de-
clared today that he would serve
the independents with writs of in
junction unless they obeyed his or
ders and vacated.
1t is charged that Independents
are using residence property of the
Zion estate for business or other al
legged improper purposes, in viola
tionsof the terms of the old Dowie
lea Sc and agreement of tenancy.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-08-18
MARRIAGE LICENSES.

r. w. Winslow (49), Spokane,
and E. w. Moore (52), Spokane.
Maurice e. Rygg (25), Lethbridge
Canada, and Ida M. Pittman (25),
Rengurly, Canada.
Arthur w. Weart (27). Spokane,
and Lottie M. Jameson (20), Spo-
kane.
C. A. Mcdonald (2T, Spokane,
and Kathryn Daust (2O). Spokane.
II. A. Voolfolk (39), Spokane.
and Katie Rodenhauer (4D, Spo-
kane.
Del Cary Smith QegaD. Spokane.
and Rosetta Ruth .Dennie. legal.
Spokane.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-08-18
LAb0RERS NOT PAID
REGULAR So SCALE

That laborers employed on city
contracts are NOT being paid the
legal wage of SO per day--the wage
so stubbornly fought for last
March by The Press and other
friends of the laboring man-has
been discovered by Secretary
George w. Armstrong Of the Board
of Works, who has positive and
irrefutable evidence to show that
some men are being paid but $2.75.
Recent complaints of violation
of the So per day wage scale ordi-
nance have come to the ears OF the
members of the Board of Public
Works, and an Investigation en-
sued. The following self-explana-
tory letter has been mailed to
Thomas Mallory, the contractor
who is putting in the sewer pipe
on Dl6rmandie, from Boone to Sinto
and on Boone, from Washington to
Normandie:
Mr.. Thomas Mallory, City.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-08-18

PORT TOWNSEND, Wash, Aug.
1S.-Company 100 of the coast ar
tillery Is boasting of q remarkable
target firing record today. Shoot
ing at range of four miles, the
company, Lieutenant Leroy Bart
lett commanding, yesterday scored
five hits out Of a possible six with
10-inch rifles. Full was service
prOiectiles were used.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-08-18

Dear Sir: 1t has come to the no.
tice of this board that you have
sub-let the sewer on Normandie
street, Boone to Sinto avenues, and
on Boone from Washington to Nor
mandie streets, to one Quaring.
The personality of Mr.. Quaring is
very unsatisfactory; further. the
men employed on this work are
being paid the sum of $2.75 per
day. An investigation is now un-
der way, and should this prove
true, this board will without doubt
cancel this contract, and subject
you to the penalties provided by
the ordinance governing the same.
We give you this notice in order
that you may take the proper steps
to protect yourself in case the in
vestigation should prove correct.
Yours very truly,
BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS.
BY Geo. w. Armstrong.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-08-18

more Is dead. There is no proof that
the body found in DR." .Crippen's
house, devoured by quicklime, Is a
human body. Perhaps Belle Elmore
is alive, and will come forward at
the proper time to save her husband
and get couple Of thousand a week
in vaudeville for herself.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-08-18
Deafness Cannot Bs Cursd

- local svpiisAtssaa - ~ snnnss fsess
~ AssnssA psssssa - ~ ~. Isus = -
- way 70 euss asafasa. 81 ~ = - -
sfitutioual rsnsliss. Dsafnso y eaassl ~ -
innsmsA csa1itsea q H. nnseae he1n4 q ~
Eustaehisn Tuba Whea tn 49, u
Ing and whsa q 10 entirely eIoes4 peemsW =
the result and unisD tie inoa@1ae.oo - -
taken out and this tubs rogeeso4 - - eee1les
Mise eases out Of Ten 40 cauDo4 ~ CenrShs
which 10 nothing bat n tnna@sd epo0tsee =
the mucous sarfacoe
ease Of Deafness (eaussl b. catarrhal tAat 60
not b cured By Hairs catarsh Oufs. esae
for circulars. fres.
,. j. CHENEY = 90, TelseA q
Sold ~ Druggists. ~
Take Halls Family Pills for eoastipatisas
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-08-18
MURDERED OR
ADVERTISED?

QUEBEC, Aug. 1S.-Inspector
Dew has let drop a suspicion that
Belle Gilmore may not have been
murdered at all, and that the re-
nowned case may be a press agent
scheme of DR." Crippen to bring
notoriety and fat salary to his
wife.
There is no proof that Relic FL.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-08-18
UNCLE SAM HAS A RECORGBREAKER SUBMARINE BOAT

ocean trip of several hundred
miles. She left Provincetown
Mass, and arrived in Bermuda
making an average speed of eight
and one-half miles an hour.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-08-18

The new submarine, Salmon,
which will soon be turned over to
the government, has broken all rec
Ords by making, unattended, an
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-08-18
VITAL RECORD
BIRTHS.

BIRTHS.
Wasenar-To Mr.. and Mrs. ia
cob M. Wasener, Sal Browne St,
August IA, a daughter.
Schroeder-To Mr.. and Mrs.
Alexander Schroeder, Northwest
boulevard. August IA, daughter.
Carroll-To Mr.. and Mrs. Clar-
ence c. Carroll, 900 Virginia ave-
nue., August is, a daughter.
Johnson-To Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
Johnson, O1526 Magnolia street,
August Is, a son.
Carabin-To Mr.. and Mrs. John
A. Carabin, 445 Prospect avenue.
August Is, a son.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-08-18
DEATHS.

DEATHS.
Peterson-At E324 Liberty ave-
nue., August Is, Ingeborg Peterson,
26 years / month. Of pulmonary
tuberculosis.
BrOwn--At Sacred Heart hos
pital, August Is, Mrs. Margaret
Brown. go years. of obstruction of
bowels.
Boszell--At county Jail, August
16. David Boszell, % years, of pull
monary tuberculosis.
Hider-At E623 Wellesley avenue.
August Is. Leon Hider. 2 months 5
days, of intestinal disturbance.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-08-18
Get Your Teeth
Fixed Now at the
Right Place
the Old Reliable
New York
Dentists

I Don't put off the matter
Of getting your teeth fixed.
Delay may be dangerous,
and may result in your los
ing permanently teeth which
you certainly cannot afford
to lose. Don't delay. Come
here today.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-08-18

Striking are the long evening
gloves of white suede with the back
stitching of the seams done in
black
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-08-18

Boys 0xfords-Tan and black calf and patent
leather; sizes 2ia to 81. ~ .06
Youths Oxfords-Sani9 Styles as above IN sizes
to OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. Isl. n ssS -, = = -
Little Gents Oxfords-Sizes to 1870 black kid
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-08-18
Mems
$l5 Suits
at
1915

Mems and Young Mems
Suits-$13.5O to $15 val
ues in a clean sweep as
sortment of good staple
patterns and colors; what
one might call "all-the-
year-round suits" with
plenty of sizes for high
school boys at only 50.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-08-18
.Upto$lSS Suits
$ll.75
Up to$2OSuits
$l4.75

The above are splendid
suits for all men and
young fellows; bright or
dark patterns and color
ings in a remarkably good
variety. They are worth
every penny we claim and
are a genuine bargain
now.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-08-18

There is no proof that Belle FL
Los Angeles herald., 1910-04-17
MANY IMPORTANT SALES
. CLOSED BY ACTIVE FIRM
Thirty Thousand Dollars Paid for
Home on New Hamp-
shire Street

The w. A. Roberts Realty company
reports the sale of a lot so by 1876 feet
on the east side of Hollywood avenue,
45O feet north of York boulevard, in
Occidental Park, to p. o. Baker for
$1,000. The w. A. Roberts Realty COM
pany, in connection with the Garth
Realty company of Highland Park,
has Just sold five-room house at $40
West Avenue Fifty-three to w. j.
Connor for the Rev. G. L. Levurn for
$4,000; also a lot on the east side of
Aldama street, 200 feet south of Ave
nue. Fifty-three, so by lao feet, to Mrs.
c. A. Fowler, for $1100
Mr. Ford of the country and suburb
an property department of the w. A.
Roberts Realty company has just COM
pleted a deal whereby S. M. Walker
purchased of P. +. Daniels ten-room
house on New Hampshire street for
1000. and as part payment 2. E..
Daniels takes from Mr.. Walker nine
acres in Ivanhoe worth $4,000. Mr..
Daniels will subdivide at cnce.
Anna L. Logan has sold through Mr..
Ford of the w. A. Roberts Realty COM
pany fifteen acres of peaches in Sutter
county, California. worth $4,000 to G..
w. Palmer. Mr.. Palmer sold to Anna
L. Logan a thirteen-room house on
East Fifty-third street for $500. a lot
in Monrovia for $500 and seven lots in
Oceanside for $3.50
Los Angeles herald., 1910-04-17
LOT SALES IN THREE WEEKS
TOTAL 100000 IN VALUE
Fine Record Made by Realty Firm
in Normandie Tract

.rhe Edwards & Wildey company re-
port the following sales in Normandie
Park tract, the subdivision they placed
on the market less than three weeks
ago:
To n. II. Stillwell, lot 50, considera-
tion $3.50: to Clemy p. Stone, lot a.
$1,000; to NJ. 5. Mackey, lot o, $1,000;
TO f. Ermston, lot 8, $1,000; to c. II
Mason, lot 50, $125O; to Frances Hor-
ner, lot So, $12; TO Mrs. L. l. Wolfe, lots
I 67 and 6S, $3.50 each; to a. Ii. Cheney
lot 5S, $3.50 purchaser will improve al
once with a modern seven room resi-
dence): to George Detert, lot SO, $1,000
TO Johanna z. Quinlan, lot SO. $l25(
'(Mrs. Qulnlan has started to improve
the property with a modern one and
-half-story, nine-room residence);
to James Burchell, lot so, $1,000; TO
Clinton d. Hoover lots 81 and 81, $1,000
each: to Robert Mclaughlin, lot 4,
$1,000: to California Bungalow company,
lots IS and %, $3.50 each, to be i'm
proved at once with two modern eight
room residences.
These sales. together with those re-
ported two weeks ago. make over 100000
sold in this tract in the last three
weeks
Los Angeles herald., 1910-04-17
BUSINESS BLOCK SOLD

The business property on the west
side of Los Angeles street, between
First and Second streets, belonging to
the Gormain estate. was sold last
week to Adolphus Fudicar for report
cd consideration of 100000. The build
ing is a three story brick structure
and is leased for d long term of years.
Three years ago the California Home
Extension association thre wopen to
settlement 5000 acres of fine land in
Kern county, known as the Wasco
colony. each purchaser of acreage be
ing obliged to put the land under cul-
tiVaton. besides making other improve
mentS in the wa of water develop
sment, planting of trees, building Of
lroads, etc. Marvellous results have
been achieved and all of the land has
advanced in value. Opportunity is
now offered through the Ranch Homes
company of Los Angeles TO secure 1000
acres in tracts to suit adjoining the
Wasco colony-land on which can he
grown everything that is produced in
the most favored sections of the san
Joaquin valley This region is the
banner raisin vineyard of the valley.
The property is located ON the main
line of the Santa FC railroad, and is
two miles cast Of Wasco Land in the
Wasco colony is worth 500 to $500 per
acre. Wasco is twenty miles northwest
of the city of Bakersfield, and that
entire region is adjacent to the oil and
other development activities.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-04-17
VAN NESS AVENUE SQUARE

Walter G. McCarty reports the sale
nf eleven lots in his Van Ness Avenue
square. i'm the Wiltshire boulevard dis
trict for a total Of $19,350.
The following is a list Of the pur-
Chasers:
TO r. A. Baker of the Baker Shoe
company, lot Il block T. $3.50. VIII
build at once Il nine-room tWo-stOry
residence.
TO Alfred A. Adams, lot 4, block 10,
$1,000. Will improve at once with a
nine-room tWo-story residence costing
$4,000.
TO Mary J.. Beazloy, lot in block 10,
for $1,000.
for $500.
To Mrs. Gimlan II. Perkins, lots 232i
in block 9, for $405o.
To Mrs. II. V. ". Nickes, lot - in
block Q, for $500.
To Charles F. Patterson. lots ], . and
3 in block /, $705O. MI. Patterson Will
start Immediately the erection of four
houses.
MI McCarty reports that up to date
he has sold $156 45O in Van Ness Avenue
square. Mr.. McCarty also reports the
sale of fourteen lots in his Slauson
Avenue tract to Louis T. Paulson for
sS400. Mr. Paulson will start fourteen
bungalows at once.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-04-17
ACTIVE WORK COMMENCED
ON HARVARD SQUARE

Sidney L. Briggs, w. w. 'oods and
Walter G. Mccarthy have purchased
seven and one-half acres in the highest
elevation in the "Wilshire boulevard
district" between Kinksley drive and
Cahuenga boulevard on Second street;
consideration 100000 The land is now
being subdivided and Harvard and Ho-
bart boulevards, each seventy feet
wide, will he continued through the
tract The lots will be from fifty to
sixty feet wide and $50 feet deep. This
tract will be known as s"HarVard
square" and will be placed upon the
market through the agency of the
Briggs company and Walter G. Nc
Carthy within a week at prices rang
ing from $500 to $1700 each. Improve
ments according TO city specifications
have been started and will be rushed to
completion.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-04-17
LATE LOT PURCHASES IN
WILTSHIRE BLVD. DISTRICT

Frederick A. Holmes & Co report
the following sales in the Wiltshire bou-
leVard district:
For the Interborough Realty company
to Mrs. Agnes BezZani, the northeast
corner of Second and Manhattan, 5SX132
feet, $780, bought as an investment;
Interborough Realty company to F. H.
Edwards, two west front lots on West
ern avenue, between Second and Tenn
pie, 50x143 feet, S1250 each; Interbo-
rough Realty company to Ed Thor
oughgood, southwest corner of Second
and oxford, 6Sx143 feet, S2100; John l..
Plummer to John Won Blom, an east
front lot on Wilton place, between
Third and Fourth, 60x170 feet, S2500-
this lot faces beautiful 100-foot street,
and Mr.. Won Blom is erecting a hand
some home on same; r. NJ Telander to
e. w. Elder, an east front lot on Har-
ward boulevard, adjoining the corner of
Ninth street, 50x135 feet. $3.50.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-04-17
EUROPE WANTS COTTON
GROWN IN CALIFORNIA
Order Placed for 10000 Bales of
Imperial Valley
Product

The reports received from spinners
and other authorities on cotton con-
cerning the quality of that commodity
grown in the Imperial valley last sum-
mer are very gratifying to the grow
crs. The Joseph r. Lotus company
of this city which was the prime mover
in introducing cotton into California,
has many letters, all speaking in favor
able terms of the quality of the samples
which they have tested. The company
has recently received from one of the
European cotton centers a request for
a contract on the entire crop Of the
Imperial valley for the coming season
up to 10000 bales, and the writer's inti-
mate that they are willing to pay a fair
percentage above the market price Tor
middling cotton in New York at the
time of shipment, and pay the price I.
o. b. El Centre. OF course such a con-
tract would be out of the question, be-
cause the growers, knowing that they
have a better article than the ordinary
upland cotton. would be foolish to sell
auntil the crop is harvested and spinners
be given a chance to bid against each
other for the superior article. A sample
which was sent TO the New York cot
ton exchange recently in response to a
request was necessarily from the last
part of the crop ana was not at al d
fair sample of the best quality of cot
ton raised in the valley, and yet En-
NETT 1. Woodson who has for ten years
been employed as expert stapler and
grader on the classification committee
of the cotton exchange. writes con-
cerning it: 1.-The sample you sent me
is better than the average grade com
ing TO this market. The staple fully
equal and the strength better. Samples
of cotton have been submitted to me
from Cuba, Porto Rico, Peru and other
countries for a report, and l found none
of them equal to yours"
This information is certainly odify-
ing. and, coming from an unbiased
source, it is doubly valuable as an in
dication of the commercial place the
Imperial valley product will occupy.