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Imperial Valley press., 1910-01-15
MAIN STREET IMPROVEMENTS

Improvements are in progress on Main street and it is hoped the work now being carried on will put this throughfare in good condition until the time arrives for it's paving. The section from Sixth street to the Date canal has been plowed up, pulverzed rounded up, sprinkled and rolled. The force is now at work on the north half of the street between Sixth and the Southern Pacific passenger sta ton, and as soon as that side is ready for travel the south half will be treated In the same manner
Imperial Valley press., 1910-01-15
DEMOCRATS ARE SCARCE

The Great Register for Imperial County for the years 1910 and 1911 was opened at the County Clerks office last Tuesday. Up to yesterday forty-two voters had registered. Of this number thirty-fiye give their al- legienee to the Republican party: three are Democrats. two are so- ciailsts, and two refused to give their political convictions.
Imperial Valley press., 1910-01-15
lnter-CaIifornia Company to Open large Area
 of Land
Will Expend Half a Million in Build ing Canals, Developing Agriculture and Establishing Industrial Enter prises Below Mexican Line-Plans For CoIonizing Tract on Leasehold System.

J. H. McClymonds, who has been engaged as engineer in charge and superintendent of the reclamation pro- ject to be undertaken by the Inter- California Land Company, about eigh- teen miles southeast of Calexico, in Old Mexico, will arrive in Fl Centro with corps of surveyors today, to join w. F. Holt, general manager of the company. They will proceed to Cocopah station, on the line of the Inter- California Railroad where head quarters will be established, and from this time forward work will steadily progress on the bringing of 32000 acres of desert land under cultiva- tion.
 Cocopah will be the townsite for the big enterprise. Offices and supply headquarters will be permanently To- cated there. Engineer McClymonds will make surveys for the proposed canal system, which will get it's sup ply of water from the Alamo, about twenty-five miles southeast of, Cal exico.
 It is expected that about a year will be required to construct the per- manent canals, but it is believed that water can be brought onto this big tract of land in a temporary canal in time to put some land under cul- tivation this year.
 The Inter- California Land Com pany is the corporation formed sev eral months ago for the purpose of handling lands in the lower delta country It purchased from the Cali fornia Land & Cattle Company the tract of 32000 acres, and elected W. r. Holt, who had accomplished such wonders in Imperial Valley, as it's general manager. Gen. M. H. Sher- man is the vice president, and c. F. Wardlow, of the Southern Pacific, is treasurer The directors and stock holders include some of the best known capitalists of California.
 In order that continuous work may be prosecuted on the development of this tract of rich land, arrangements have been made for fund of half million dollars to be used in the work, payable in regular monthly amounts for the ensuing five years. This will give ample funds for the work as rapidly as it can be handled advan> tageously.
 It is probable that large amount of the land will be subdivided into small lease holdings, and that ar engagements will be made to colonize the land with foreigners. All kinds of agricultural and horticultural de- velopment will be fostered and en- couraged; and the general plans in- clude the eventual establishment of canning factories, flouring and feed mills, and other plants for working up the products of the land into shape for consumption on the Mexican mar kets, so that they may be disposed of without the payment of import duties into the United States.
Imperial Valley press., 1910-01-15
CERTIFICATES GRANTED

The Imperial County Board of Ed ucation has granted grammar grade certificates to Bertha M. Stone and Hoyt Parker. Miss Stone is teaching the Picacho school and MT, Parker is in charge of the school in Verde district Both have been teaching under temporary system
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Los Angeles herald., 1910-12-25
LETTER ON DEATH

Editor Herald: 1t is inconceivable
how any true believer in the divine
mission Of Christ could say His death
was an error"
And as to the remark Of Jesus to the
rich ruler. that none is good. save
one. that is Cod Jesus uses the word
good" in its perfect sense, not rel
atiyeIy, and while Jesus. the man, at
that time, and always, was sinless, he
was not vet perfected. He had many
and great temptations yet to endure.
And while he came to do the will of
him who sent him, his own will was
free to obey or otherwise, for during
his ministry he was but a man sub
ject to like temptations from without
as other men, though overshadoWed
by the power of the Highest, which
gave him strength to overcome.
His greatest trial being in the gar
den of Gethsemane, when he "be-
came sin" for us. or, in other words,
when God made the iniquity of us all
to meet upon him, it was then he
shrank from the bitter cup, for he
knew that the wages of sin is death,
and to die as a sinner was to fall
under the dominion of him who had
the power over death for a little mo-
ment. Yet he finished the work his
father game him to do, land gave his
life ransom for all to be testified in
due time" j. r. *.
Los Angeles.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-12-25
EXPLAINS scRlPruRAL MEANING

Editor Herald: A number of your
recent correspondents have had some
thing to say regarding Christian
Science. and one signing himself AK
ions to Know" asks two questions
AS I understand the first question:
it Is as follows:
in the sense used in the Bible see
mi 1913 According to Christian
Science. we must be occupied tmproY-
ing o1r ". lents.' In other words, be
"ahout our Fathers business. inns
means doing the works the Master dld'
and command 4 His followers to do
heal the sick and sinner. II means
active right thinking or the thinking or
good thoughts-thoughts Of love for
our fellowman. thoughts of purity, and
to do all possible to obey the First
Commandment, and the second. when
Is "Iil5c unto it." Jesus came declaring
himself the "Wayshower," and He was
always about His Fathers business.
The New Testament record Of HIS
ministry is full OF accounts of His
healing all manner Of sickness and
disease among the people. This was
the most practical thing He would have
done and was evidently the one thing
He depended upon to establish the
truth of His gospel, for He once asked
His hearers to believe for "the very
works sake. IhiS is the CHIlSlldil
Science sense of being occupied, and is
the most practical and most Christian
" way possible. Christian Scientists
are endeavoring to follow in the foot
steps of their Master as fast as pos
eible, and to do His works.
This leads to the answer of the sec
ond question; How can men and Wo-
men in this age honestly claim to heal
the sick?" Men and women in every
age can honestly strive to heal the
sick according to the Christ way. Ac-
cording to Christian Science this is
practical Christianity as 1t is based
upon and declares the whole gospel
of Christ The command was not only
TO preach the gospel, but to heal the
sick, and nowhere is there to be found
any reference which limits this healing
to any particular age, or any particu-
lar class of persons. It is God given
10 all ages and to all who strive and
are in a measure Godlike. Christian
Science insists upon the Scripture, Let
this mind De in you which was also In
Christ Jesus" This is the basis of
Christian Science healing. and il can
be practiced upon no othe- than
strictly Christian basis.
EDWARD w. D1CKEY.
Los Angeles, Cal.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-12-25
CHRISTMAS A KINDLY SEASON

Editor Herald: "How excellent Is
thy loving kindness. O God! There
fore the children of men put their trust
under the shadow of thy wings"
Thus sang the Father of him whose
natal day all Christendom loves to
commemorate. Countless thousands re-
echo the strain in thankfulness for the
unspeakable gift to a perishing world.
This is pre-eminentlY a season of kind
ness and of loving kindness, for there
is quite a difference.
To illustrate: There are those who
have an abundance Of this worlds
goods too often wrung from the peo-
pie by unjust conditions. and many
there be who are wealthy by thrift,
who when appealed to for aid, for
charity, write a check for $50 or 800.
and the incident Is forthwith forgot
ten. This is kindness.
Another case may be like this: a
good housewife addresses her husband
on his arrival from work some even
ing near Christmas:
John, | have learned from neigh
Dor today there is a poor family liv-
ing about mile south of here which
is in poor circumstances, and to make
things worse the oldest son is dying OF
consumption. / want you to go out
and kill the best young pulet we have.
I will clean and cook it, and Christ
mas eve you can take it over to them.
Never mind If we do not know them:
you can make inquiries when you get
near where the house is"
Christmas eve finds John with a well
laden basket, accompanied by his two
children, seeking the widows house,
and when the domicile of poverty is
found ha knocks at the door, which
when opened reveals a condition which
would excite pity. The flushed cheek,
the hectic cough, the cheer brought to
the wan face of the POOR mother when
the purpose of the visit is made known
are scenes which cannot easily be for
gotten. 1t is we'll it is So
The good housewife and he who car
ried the cheer learned from that day
as never before the meaning of the
saying: 1T is more blessed to give
than to receive
This is loving Kindness
Los Angeles, Cal. J. r. X.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-12-25
CROP CONDITIONS IN FLORIDA

Editor Herald: I have read. under
the heading Of Herald Letter Box Con-
trbutions. FLORIDA Facts Sought"
signed Elsinore, Cal, B. r., L. I will
endeavor to give the person asking in
formation a few facts. I spent the past
six or seven months in various sec
tons of Florida. In that state wax
beans with Irish potatoes between the
rows and followed by wax beans again
have been one of the most profitable
crops grown and the trio has netted
as high as $1,000 per acre. Tomatoes
are grown the easiest of all vegetables,
and stand the most abuse. The prices
fluctuate the greatest of all vegetables
on this account However, they make
as high as $l300 per acre net on these
when both crop and market were in
good condition. Eggplant and peppers
have, in exceptional cases, yielded as
high as $1,000 per acre. However, one
half of this, or even one-fourth as
much should satisfy even the most eX-
pert grower.
Florida farmers not only grow prod
ucc when other countries do, but also
in the winter at time when other To-
calities are productive, and his
returns are enormous TO augment this
most of the growers are organized and
through their associations are able to
maintain prices, secure proper facilt-
ties, etc.
Florida is Mt least 100 miles nearer
these great markets of the continent
than her nearest competitor, California.
I consider ten acres of Florida muck
soil equivalent to 100 acres in any other
locality in the United states, outside Of
the Everglades. I saw orange and
grapefruit trees three years old loaded
with luscious fruit and equivalent to
fiyc-year-old trees on soils not of muck,
In fact fruits of all kinds, excepting
applies, are as fine as the finest, to-
gether with bananas and pineapplcs,
which mature to perfection in tropi-
cal Florida. I am arranging to return
to Florida to remain permanently as
soon as / can unload my holdings here.
7 will be pleased to give the inquiring
persons amy information I can if they
are still interested. GEO. W. HART.
Long Beach, cal.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-12-25
cHRIsrlANITY's PAGAN DAYS

Editor Herald: When we are histOri-
cally-minded we discover some things
most curious and cOmical. one Is that
Saturn and Satan are synonymous
terms, and another that on sunday we
bow the head and bend the knee to a
God of whose existence we know not,
and consider him or her q pagan and
and idolatry who renders praise ana
homage to that luminary, the sun, or
whose presence we are Cognlzant about
$40 DAYS in the year in Southern Cali
fornia. Saturn is the "deYil' or ma
lefic one" in all astrological systems,
while the sun is the god or mystic
"creator of life"
The names OF each day of the week
are from pagan sources as follows:
Sunday. day sacred to the worship
of the sun; Monday, sacred to the Wor-
ship of the moon. Tuesday, the DAY
sacred to the worship Of Tlv, the god
of war corresponding to and governed
by Mars Wednesday, Wodens day
wooden being the highest god of the
Teutonic peoples and identified with
the Roman god Mercury Woden was
the god to grant wishes.
Thursday is Thors day. and Thor
was the god Of thunder among the
Scandinavians, identified with Jupiter;
Friday is the day Of Venus. of Freya's s
day. and Freya in the Morse mYthol-
Ogy is the goddess OF IoVe' lueIltIISu
with Venus, the Latin goddess Of love:
From the same source comes the word
"friend" meaning the beloved one
Saturday is, of course, Saturn's day.
or the day devoted to the worship or
Saturn: and today in astrology 1T IS
considered that Saturn governs and
controls the affairs of saturday
We have no especially Christian days
nor festivals, all being from h@atheh
sources. even Christmas, st. Nalen-
tines day, St. Patricks day. Easter
etc, being born of heather mythology
and changed TO meet the exigencies OF
the Christian imagination.
Now, while not "A Seventh Day Ad-
vcntist, I consider these people hstor-
ically correct in their contention that
saturday, the seventh day of the week,
is the Sabbath: while Sunday, the first
day. is not. Where is the authority for
the worship of the Lord on Sunday
Let Bible quoters tell me.
LITERARY.
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Los Angeles herald., 1910-12-25
SCHOOL FOR FUTURE LIFE

Editor Herald: l do not believe in
a life after death. l know it. Like
Swedonborg and the prophets Of Old,
I have been too often in the spirit
world to doubt for one instant he Ii g
after this our earthly condition is
only a school for the after life, the
latter being a college of expression il
the way of creative thought
Now, do not claim to be a medium,
though many say that / am. ] ana
not, however. a professional one, TAX
ing money for any gift of clatIYcy-
ance or inner sight I may possess, 50
I do not pay any $30-a-month license,
as | work for my daily bread in an-
other and entirely different capacity
Instead of reading Herbert Spencer
for the purpose recently suggested, as
i'm some ways hc was very lame in his
philosophy, I would advise consulting
SWedcnborg's works, Andrew jackson
Davis various volumes and books of
similar occult character. But above
all things let Mr.. Foster develop the
inner or psychic vision for himself.
Then he viii sec, then he will know;
and for this purpose study Of the
Ncdauta philosophy, together with the
Yogi practices. concentration, fasting,
breathing exercises, etc. is nvalu'
able.
As to the 'Tukuowable" Of Spencer.
the term itself is a msnOmer. While
there are at present many things uu-
known no man can define for others
what is unknoWablc. The very word
itself shows its fall7cy. How does
Spencer know anything to be "un-
knowable"2 II he knows or thinks he
knows a thing to bc "unkuoWaDle' it
is to that extent "kuowablo,' and Mo-
manned, Buddha Christ, many Of the
Hudu swamis and other have lenS-
tratcd further and found the lie after
bodily dissolution as real and know
able as amy fact of m3tariahstic
science, at one time ridieulci as "uu-
movable" by their more "kuowab,e'
or know it air brethren.
If MIR. Foster wants his question an
swcrod he can ascertain far himself
by living a true, pure upright Gle hero
and developing the inner vision.
Los Angeles, Cal. J. A. NJ
Los Angeles herald., 1910-12-25
TEACH CHILDREN TO WORK

Editor Herald: That woman from
Denver struck the keynote when she
told the people they better teach their
children to work And the plea of
Miss Rich for industrial education is
along the line of same thought and is
a move in the right direction.
Since coming to California the writer
has seen the least effort made by par
ents to teach their children to work
that he ever expected to see anywhere.
The first thing in the morning is play,
and the last thing at night is play.
In Indiana we had training schools
in which boys and girls were trained
for all kinds of industries And that
state now stands third when it comes
to best paid laborng people-they are
worth more because they learn how
while young.
In Los Angeles and California in
general about all you can hear is play,
grounds, football, baseball, basketball
and heavens knows how many other
kinds of ball and plays; but never see
or hear anything about a "tryout' at
work. The thing to do is to get those
hundred-acre ranches fenced off and
put some of the Los Angeles boys to
raising something to eat, and see that
the Los Angeles girls learn how to
cook it after it is raised.
MORE-A-COMIN.
Los Angeles. Cal.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-12-25
TERMS CONCEPT ABSURD

Editor Herald: Perhaps one Of the
strangest utterances from our spiritual
leaders which from time to time greet
US is that God died on the cross
Last April a learned bishop, before
large audience in this city, said: Il
mean it literally when I say God was
born in "a manger and died on the
cross"
Again, a teacher of a young mems
class in this city expressed the same
belief that God did actually die on the
cross.
Surely these teachers cannot reason
profoundly or they would perceive the
absurdity of such a concept.
1t certainly is strange that after
lapse of nineteen centuries our teach
ers have failed to grasp the distinction
between Jesus, the woman's seed, and
Christ, the Messiah. the eternal spirit.
Jesus was the body prepared to do
the will Of his Father of the seed Of
Abraham, differing nothing from the
Hebrews around him, save that his
blood was free from any taint of evil
or sin in the flesh having no earthly
father.
1t was by virtue OF the fulness Of the
spirit which overshadoWed him at the
baptism by John in the Jordan and in
which he abode three years that he
performed his mighty works
In the garden Of Gethsemane the
eternal spirit, his Father, fOrsOok him
that Jesus" the man, might bear
upon himself the fail to fulfill the de-
crees of the Father, and in his agony
he exclaimed, My God. my God, why
hast thou forsaken me-" "Smitten Of
God and afflicted" he yielded himself
up and became obedient even to death.
his very obedience giving him a right
to freedom from corruption. He alone
could say: Il have power to lay down
my life and I have power to take it
again; this command have I received
from my Father
1t was Jesus. the man, who died on
the cross, not Cod
Paul says: This man hath God high
ly exalted" Again: Since by man
came death. by man came also the re-
surreCtion from the dead" He is now
perfect God, and perfect man. Having
received the fulness Of the GOdhead
as the reward for obedience, having
confirmed or ratified the covenant
which his Heavenly Father made with
Abraham, his earthly father. walk
before me and be thou perfect" I
am thy shield and thine exceeding
great reward" The reward of the
Inheritance" Immortality of the mortal
body Of flesh and bone, which never
saw corruption.
"A Just God and a Savior, there is
none besides him. J. r, X.
Los Angeles, Cal.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-12-25
DEFENSE FOR CHURCH

Editor Herald: Your correspondent,
Helen Standish, says that she "has all
ways understood that the rules of the
Baptist church forbid dancing and
theater- going, and is at a loss to un-
derstand how the Baptist church al
lows one of its members (Rev. Robert
]. Burdette) and his wife, not only to
attend theaters and balls, but to be in
the theater business and to be patron
ess of tse New Years ball at Pasa-
dena, as Mrs. Burdette often is.
Allow me to say from a lifetime
knowledge of the Baptist denomination,
not church, as there is no such thing
zatiOn made up Of independent Bap-
tist churches, or congregations, each
of which is a law to itself, supposed
to be dominated by the principles of
Christ as set forth in the New Testa-
ment. Now, these churches do not
claim to have rules with regard to
dancing and theater-going, but practi-
cally leave such matters to the Judg-
ment and conscience Of the individual
member Within my memory, mem
bers Of that denomination have been
expelled on account of such practices;
and not only in that denomination, but
also in the Methodist Episcopal, Pres
byterian. congregational and Chris
tian If such a course is pursued in
these later years, the world never hears
of it.
With especial reference to the Rev.
and Mrs. r. J. Burdette, they are
amply able to take care Of themselves
in the premises; but, personally, 1 do
not believe he ever dances, neither do
l believe that the minister of any
evangelical church in the United States
allows himself to indulge in that form
of recreation or amusement.
The last innuendo in the letter is un-
worthy of a fair-minded woman's
thought that the Temple auditorium
church was interested purposely or
otherwise, ana sought to draw a crowd
to that naughty play, besides being a
cruel reflection on the motive of the
pastor the Rev DR.. BrOugher whO
was guided solely by a sense of duty
to himself and his congregation in the
course that he pursued.
MINISTER
nc Anurp1aC
Los Angeles herald., 1910-12-25
BOOST FOR FLORIDA

Editor Herald: In answer to r. r.
L. regarding Florida, l have made a
study Of the Florida question for the
last year and the conclusion I have
come to is this: For the person who
can make a success anywhere at either
plain farming, truck growing or fruit
raising, and with only limited means to
commence with, Florida offers the best
opportunity of any state in the Union
today, for three reasons, namely, ample
rainfall climate wherein vegetation
is growing 365 days in the year, and
within 1000 miles of the largest markets
of the United states. In regard to
Marion county, | believe for truck
raising and general farming it is one
Of the best in the state. but risky Tor
citrus fruit If I wanted to buy land
in Florida and was free to move down
there, l would go and take up a home
stead. or l would go to Jacksonville
or Tampa if I had money enough in
hand to buy. and watch the advertise
ments in the papers and in the mean
time get work if necessary. Any one
by so doing could soon pick up an i'm
proved place to suit him. As regards
the climate, the winters are pleasanter
than in California, and in the summers
INeY get more ram anu warm ll6lNS' 1
get a daily and a weekly newspaper
from the section where I expect to
make my home. and also a horticultu-
raj paper weekly, and when in Los
Angeles I often get a Times-Union, a
Jacksonville paper. There is at the
present time from $4,000 to $4,000 a
month going out of Southern California
to pay for Florida dirt, and but very
little of that money if properly man
aged will return less than s per cent,
and a good deal will make more. In
regard to this matter, it IS time Cali
fornia considered herself past the
schoolboy age and stopped throwing
stones and dirt, and realize that there
are enough people In the United States
to fill TO overlooking both California
and Florida As an instance, in the
daily paper I received Friday IS the
item: Mr.. Jones yesterday sold his
ten acres which he bought four months
ago for double hat he paid for 1t, and
reserved the crop he had planted on
which he expects to realize another
100 per cent" G. w.
Pasadena Cal