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Imperial Valley press., 1910-12-17
BRAWLEY.

D. B. I1ooney has returned from a visit to Oklahoma.
 < < < A lodge of the Knights of Pythias will be organized in Brawley.
 * < < The walls are arising for the new Holt building on the south side of Main street.
 < < < A. B. Fanchers has come from Montrose, Pennsylvania to spend the winter in Brawley
 < X < Brawley City Trustees propose to adopt an ordinance limiting the speed of automobiles within the city limits to eight miles an hour.
 x < X Frank Hopewell, of Brawley, and May Sallee, of Imperial, were mar ried at the Catholic parish house in El Centro on December 3.
 < * * The Brawley City Trustees have been notified that the Imperial In vestment Company considers that the title to the Brawley city parks re mains in that company.
 x X < On December Q, Rev Brown. min
Imperial Valley press., 1910-12-17
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PALo VERDE VALLEY.

A delegation of capitalists from Chicago, headed by MT. Crow, of Los Angeles, who is acting for Henry P. Barbour, visited the Blythe Ranch in Palo Verde valley, the early part of the week and are now visiting in Imperial valley. MT. Barbour has op- tion on the Blythe Ranch and is ne- gotiating for the sale of the property.
Imperial Valley press., 1910-12-17

A. B. Fanchers has come from Montrose, Pennsylvania to spend the winter in Brawley.
Imperial Valley press., 1910-12-17
WATER DISTRICT NO. SIX.

D. l.. Weed has returned with his Lride after a two months tour of points through California.
 X < <
 G. Carpenter, of Des Moines, Iowa, has leased the Mrs M. J. Edwards ranch and has seeded it to barley.
 X < <
 A half-section of land owned by Hammers Brothers has been leased
Imperial Valley press., 1910-12-17

The walls are arising for the new Holt building on the south side of Main street.
Imperial Valley press., 1910-12-17

Regular monthly auction of horses, mules, COWS, implements, etc. Satur- day, December 10, at the Imperial Valley Live Stock Market, Fl Centro,
 36-1t
Imperial Valley press., 1910-12-17
BARD.

D. F. English, of Bard, shot a lynx, last week, that measured four and one-half feet from tip to tip The lynx got away with eight or ten tur- keys before it was discovered.
 H. J. Green is a firm believer in the future of date cultivation and is set ting out his entire forty acres as rap idly as he can secure the shoots Mr. Green is newspaper man formerly on the staff of the San Francisco Globe.
 X X
 Dr. Charles E. Rooney, who recent 1y purchased the Collins ranch near Bard, has returned from Los Angeles, where he has been for several weeks. He will begin work at once on his land, and expects to put it into crops as soon as possible.
 < * <
 Miss Martha Steele, of Bard, has left for Los Angeles, where she is to marry MT Thurman Stadley, in the near future. Miss Steele was a great favorite among the younger set of the Reservation and leaves many friends.
 < x <
 Messrs. Cliner, Hoge, Rose and Hoge, of Pot Holes, gave a hard times" party last Saturday night About eighty of the young people of the San Pasqual valley were present. beside half dozen from Laguna and several from Yuma Every guest was dressed in old clothes, and some had costumes made of gunny- sacks. A "hard-time" lunch was served, con- sisting of small pieces of cheese and crackers. One of the features of the evening was moonlight stroll across the Laguna Dam, the water being so low that it was dry, and on the re- turn of the guests they found a fine spread awaiting them after their two- mile walk.
Imperial Valley press., 1910-12-17

The Palm sells more candy-Why?
 34-tf
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-04-15
MUST BE PRETTY SCRAPPY
STUFF IN HALEY COMET
PLAGUE, FAMINE, WAR COMES
WITH COMET PERIODS, ES-
PECuALLY WAR - WE'RE
THEY JUST CONDOLENCES !,

Does the comet have amy effect
upon the inhabitants of the earth :?
Is it a mere coincidence that dur
ing the periods that Halley's COM
ct has visited the earth, famine,
pestilence. war and strife always
torture the human race?
The near approach of the big
celestial wanderer never failed %
stir up some sort of rumpus
upon the earth's face. People
got to fighting; crusaders began
crusading again; tyrants took d
renewed delight in plunderins
helpless neighbors and the most
trivial international quarrel de-
veloped into a bloody war.
That's what historians say.
Now let some scientist come 10
bat with the discovery of fight
ing" gas in the comets tail, al
overdose of which would make a
victim pugnacious and give him
an overweening longing to lick,the
daylights out of an innocent by
stander.
Possibly a scientist like the
calm, conservative Camille Flam-
arion might also associate the
great many labor strikes and suf-
fraget agitations, the Ballinger-
Pinchot investigation, the fight
against Cannon, or the Foss v.c-
tory in Massachusetts with the
comet.
Halley's comet comes ever 70
or II years. The Daily Times his
torical expert did little figuring
this morning and then turned in
the following list of famous events
that happened during Halley's
comet periods clear back to the
big Water:
2349-The deluge.
1900-Destructi of Sodom
and Gomorrah.
394-War between Greece AMI
Persia.
317-Empire of Alexander the
Great torn to pieces by his sue
cessors.
240-War between Rome and
Carthage.
162-Antiochus Epihanes ~av-
ages Asia Minor.
S7-Civil war in Rome.
9-Romans defeated in the
great battle of Teutoberg.
A. ID.
70-Sack of Jerusalem by IT,
tus.
147-Greece conquered by
Rome.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-04-15

296-lMassacres of Christians
by Roman emperor.
374-Black plague kills mil.
lions.
451-Attilla' defeat by Rom
ans.
607-Mahomet starts to wip =
out Christianity.
6S4-Saracens conquer North
Africa.
760-Charlemagne subdues the
larger part of Europe and is about
to declare himself emperor.
S37-Danes ravage England.
Saracens whip the Sicilians.
912-Normans conquer moth
ern France. Great famine.
989-War in Germany and
italy.
1066-War in England, Egypt
and Asia.
1142-Civil war in England.
Crusaders start out to fight the
Turks.
1222-Wars in Europe. Ghon-
gis Khan conquers Asia.
1456-Wars of the roses in
England. Turks try to conquer
Europe. Civil war in Austria.
1531-Turks advance into
Europe. Pizzaro kills half of the
inhabitants of Peru. Plague kills
millions.
1607-Holland, Spain and the
Moors in three-cornered war.
16S2-Monmouth's rebellion in
England. India in savage internal
warfare.
1759-England conquers India.
Wolfe captures Quebec. War be-
tween France and England.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-04-15
REFLECTIONS ON HIS
NOSE
1t Was Red One Before PosIam
Completely Cleared the Skin.

Because of the numerous reflec.
tions on his red nose many q man
possessed of that affliction has de-
termined to rid himself of Il. and
has done so quickly through the use
of little poslam, the new skin
remedy naturally flesh-colored.
which heals and hide skin imperfec-
lions. Although primarily a RENE
dy for eczema-stopping the itching
with first application and rapidly
restoring the health of the skin
poslam shows imm ediate and sur
prisipg results when used for less
SERIOUS skin. affections. such as
pimp1es, rash, blotches. inflamma-
lions, etc. Used after shaving It
will soothe and tone up the skin as
no toilet preparation could pc. sibly
do.
, According to the uses for which 1t
is employed, poslam may be pur-
chased in 50-cent boxes or 81 jars
at Malstroms, 9Th and c. and 938 Pa,
cfffe ave-, The Crown Drug Store,
also all other drug stores. A free
sample which will demonstrate it's
marvellous work will be sent upon
request to anyone who will write to
the Emergency Laboratories, 80
West 25th street. New York City.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-04-15
To AVOID TAXES
ROAD MAY
MOVE

LOUISVILLE, KY, April 15.-
Either the state board of asses
sors of Kentucky must reduce ma
terially the assessment against the
Southern Pacific holding COM
pany's franchise or the big cor
'poration will move out.
The Southern Pacific is the
wealthiest corporation operating
under a franchise issued by Ken
lucky. 1t is worth $200,000.000
and it's official residence is at
Beechmont, just outside the Louis
VILE city limits.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-04-15

1S35-Rebellion in Spain.
Florida Indian wars.
1910-Threatened war in Bal
kan states. including Turkey ana
Greece. Labor discords in Eur
ope and America. Socialist demon
STATIONS in the larger cities OF
Europe. Threatened uprising m
Egypt. Threatened war between
Japan and United States and In
South America.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-04-15
MAY DIE FROM
EFFECT OF
JOKE
(By United Press Leased Wire. J

(By United Press Leased Wire. J
SAN PEDRO, Cal, April 10
"A practical joker's message to
Mrs. Daisey Phillips, wife of Paul
Fl. Phillips, chief steward of The
steamer James s. Higgins, In
which 1t was stated that he had
dropped dead on the street, may
result in her death. Later Phil
lips sent her message but she
does not believe he is alive. Ar
rangements had been made for a
funeral and grave had been dug.
Relatives were on their way to be
present at the services.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-04-15
BUILDING FELL:
ONE Skinner
KILLED

(By United Press Leased Wire.)
NEW ORLEANS, La, April Is.
"A building crowded with Shrln-
ers attending the national con-
clave has collapsed. 1t is report
ed that one man was killed.
Scores are reported injured. The
, building was located ON Rampant
street.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-04-15
HAY DEMANDS
REFORM

OLYMPIA, April 15.-Governor
Hay has called on the state dental
board to reform its methods of do
ing business.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-04-15
LUMBER COMBINE
SELLS FOR 70
MILLIONS
(By United Press Leased Wire }

NEW WESTMINSTER, B. g &,
April ia deal whereby the
Fraser River Lumber company
mill and timber limits was sold to
the Canada Western Lumber COM
pany was completed yesterday af-
ternoon. The price for the Who'll :
business, including timber limits,
was 100000. This is the
largest timber deal in the history
of Canada.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-04-15
YOUNGSTERS PLANT TREES.

Washington school held an Ar
Dor day celebration yesterday and
in addition to planting a tree had
a very interesting program.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-04-15

THE FIGHT On PACIFIC
AVENUE LAST NIGHT WAS
PROBABLY CAUSED BY FIGHT
ING GAS FROM THE COMETS
TIL.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-06-30
DISMISS CASE
AGAINST YODER
Commemorative Attorney Folkes
Stated That He Would Nolle
Prosequi if 1t Came Up and
It Was Cleared From
the Docket.
RICHMOND. vA-Specia1-

HMOND, VA-Spec ial-
Prosecution against Adon a. YodeI
ing to be circulated an obscene publ
cation, calculated to corrupt the morals
of youth, was dropped Tuesday in the
Hastings Court.
II was due to the statement of Com
monwealth's Attorney Folkes, who,
shortly after court was called to order,
said he would nolle proseQui the case.
docket
The case came up on appeal from
the Police Court. Yoder was accused
OF circulating obscene literature
through his pamphlet. The Idea"
In Police Court he acted as his own
counsel and after conviction appealed.
He was fined 500, placed under
$500 to keep the peace and given a
brief term in jail. AS said, Mr.. Yoder
appealed. The case this morning was
dismissed. 1t was generally recog-
nized by lawyers that the prosecution
had very little OF a case.
Mr.. Folkes this morning simply said
that the case was pending before the
court, and that he wished TO enter a
pole prosequi- Judge Witt then or
dered the dismissal.
The entire proceedings did not oc-
cupy more than a minute.
Mr.. Yoder was in the court room,
but had nothing to say.
The case has been pending for
about two months. The warrant was
sworn out by Major Werner, Chief of
Police, after a session Of the grand
jury, and several hours later Yoder
was arrested on West Broad Street.
In the Police Court Mr.. Folkes
prosecuted Mr.. Yoder very determ-
inedly. Following the hearing he
made a very pointed speech in advo-
cacy of the prosecutions course.
Mr. Yoder answered with a very
plain statement, quoting the Bible in
justification of his printed statements
Mr.. Folkes said this afternoon that
| after careful consideration, he had
concluded that the dismissal OF Yodel
was the right course to follow.
I cannot" he added, discuss the
matter further"
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-06-30
Tho Children's Table Manners.

After a long illness ia the hospital.
returned home to find that my chill
dren's table manners had suffered a
complete Generalization" says Wo-
mans Home Companion for June.
Tney .gobbled,' used knife and fork
Wardly. regarded their spoons as
nhogels. and. IN short. were perfect
Att1e savages.
's1n order to remedy this quickly, I
started a series OF company lunch
cons at which 1 was the hostess and
the children the guests. / set the
table as prettily as possible and made
funny little place cards. The children
played up delightedly. took grown up
nameE and even washed their hands
without a murmur. We made a set of
haved perfectly received three pieces
OF candy. the guests who made only
one mistake received one piece of can
dy, while any unfortunate guest who
committed three breaches of table
etiquette received no candy at all.
Questions on table manner were in
order at any time, TO be answered by
the hostess.
II chose dishes for these luncheons
which are not always easy TO eat ele-
gantly, and / was very happy to see
how quickly the children improved in
table manners and other manners as
seemed to help general courtesy quite
wonderfully. The best OF it was that
there was no nagging nor cross words
1T was all good fun, and my four
youngsters can now go anywhere and
eat anything, and mother has the
proud consciousness that they will al
ways appear to, good advantage"
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-06-30
SAYS HE NEVER MADE
LOVES ACQUAINTANCE

NEW K.-SpeciaI.-"H W
should ] know what love is? 1 never
had it. remarked Thomas w. Dram,
Of Wharton. n. J., at the resump-
ton Friday in Newark, n. J., of the
trial OF the suit OF Laura Jane Dram
70 establish the right of her daughter,
Marion, fourteen years old, to in
This she seeks to do by proving that
she is Grams wife Dram admitted
being the father of the child, but de-
MED that he married her mother.
She wanted me to marry her." he
said. "but / refused" Grams re-
mark about love was made when Vice
Chancellor Emery asked if he loved
other women with whom he asknowl-
edged he was friendly.
The defendant denied that he sent
the late Ford ID. Smith. OF Dover, to
England to try to induce the plain
ffn to consent to a divorce
Mrs Dram testified that she and
Dram used fictitious names when the
marriage ceremony was performed al
the defendants request, because he
wanted the marriage kept secret for
awhile on account Of his mothers
Illness.
''He told me that he would &C
knowledge the marriage and me in
que time and correct the marriage
record" she said. THE first intirna-
ton had of his later intention was
when was visited in England by
Ford y. Smith and the latter proposed
that 1 consent to a divorce"
Mrs Dram testified hat Smith re-
newed his suggestion that she get a
divorce when she returned to this
country. but she again refused
The vice chancellor adjourned the
case to July 18th.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-06-30
ROOSEVELT BADLY
NEEDED AT HELM
Believed Governor Hughes Plans
Will Be Defeated Unless Roose-
welt Comes to Rescue.

ALBANY, N. Y Special only
Theodore Roosevelt can save Cover
nor Hughes from defeat in his pres
ent contest with the State Legisla-
ture." said a prominent State Senator
today when asked his opinion as to
the conflict begun by Governor
Hughes special message to the Legis-
lature last night urging amendments
10 the primary law. amendments to
the graft investigation resolutions and
provisions for raising additional reve-
nue..
But ex-President Roosevelt has
said that he will not speak or take
any active part In politics for two
months" continued the Senator. IF
he persists in this. Governor Hughes
Will be beaten on his direct primary
and graft investigation plans. The
Legislature possibly will take some &C
ton to provide for the raising Of ad-
ditional revenue"
That was the situation today after
the Senators and Assemblymen had
had a chance to cool off after the ex-
citement caused by the special mes
sage. The death grapple between
the Hughes policies and the bosses
policies is on with the prospects great
ly in favor of the latter.
To say that the legislators are an
CRY would be putting it mildly. The
recommendations as to direct pri-
maries caused no surprise. 1t had
been understood that the extra ses-
sion would be directed to take it up.
and as the Governor in his message
indicates his willingness to accept the
compromise that situation has caused
no great stir. But If the legislators
had been forced to sit on a red hot
stove they could not have been more
angry over the recommendation pro-
Viding the proposed graft investiga-
NTrnwN -
ers.
The machine men in both houses
had hoped that after the bitter strug-
gle over the graft resolutions at the
regular session the curtain would be
dropped and the matter allowed to
lapse into Oblivion. Governor Hughes
has changed all this by demanding
that the searchlight be thrown upon
corrupt and improper practice i'm the
Legislature and the State departments
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-06-30
MANY WITNESS MILITARY
PARADE AT LEXINGTON

LEXINGTON, VA Special.-Many
witnessed the military drills at the
Virginia Military Institute Monday.
The spectacular butts manual was a
fine exhibition, as was the bayonet ex-
ercise. A review before the Board of
Visitors closed the days exercises.
Alumni day-today-is expected to
draw big crowd Of the "old" men.
A sham battle Will take place at 10
o'clock.
The following members of the
Board OF Visitors are present: r. A.
James, president. Danville; Colonel
Francis l.. Smith, Alexandria; T. L.
Tate, Draper; Edward Echols, Staun-
ton; George L. Browning, Orange; f.
j. Bransford, Bon Air; Charles E.
Tackett, Fredericksburg; Adjutant
General w. w. Sale, Richmond; Su-
perintendent Public Instruction Jo-
seph b. Eggleston. Jr., Richmond.
The board received the annual re-
port of General Nichols, the superin-
tendent, which shows increased at
tendance and increased facilities of
the school The board declined TO
change the present regulations to per
NIT furloughs to cadets for the Christ
mas holidays.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-06-30
CRUEL FATHER
ADJUDGED INSANE
Monroe Campbell, Who Numerically
Beat His Son Found to Be Of
UnsOund Mind.

RIG HIN OND, VA.-Speci
Methodist minister. of $40 East Leigh
street, was Tuesday adjudged in
sane by a commission Of lunacy en-
paneled TO inquire into his mental
condition. The inquisition was held at
the city Jail and consumed less than
half an hour.
Campbell was arrested Sunday af-
ternoon on a warrant sworn out bv
ms wlte charging him with being a
person OF unsound mind. The Rev.
Samuel G. Hatcher, ID. D., pastor OF
the Broad Street Methodist Church.
was named in the warrant as a wit
ness against Campbell.
The case was TO have come up in
the Police Court Monday morning,
but owing to the absence from the
city of DIR. Hatcher, who accompa-
MED his Sunday school on it's annual
excursion to the seaShore, IL was CON
tinued Indefinitely.
In view of the finding of the COM
mission, il is probable that the case
Will be nolle prosecuted
In asking that her husband be TAX
en- into custody, Mrs. Campbell stated
that he had suffered repeatedly of late
from extreme nervousness, and that
he had threatened to kill his twelve
year-old son, Joseph, whom he cru
ely fiogged some weeks ago, and for
which he was tried. convicted and
fined and sentenced in the Police
Court.
The commission which this morn
ing adjudged Campbell insane was
composed of DR.. William p. Mat
thews, DIR. William S. Gordon, the city
Jail physician. and Magistrate p. J.
Mccarthy.
The offense for which the whilom
preacher was tried was one of the
most brutal in the annals of criminol-
ogy of this State, and was character
lied by Police Justice John j. Crutch-
field, who tried the case, as one of
the most brutal which had ever come
before him.
Campbell appealed from the decis-
ion of the lower court, and the case
was sent on to the Hastings Court,
where it is now pending. The prob
ability is that il will be Quashed in
view of the commissions findings
In eXtenuation of the brutal chas-
tisement Of his son, Campbell pleaded
that the boy had been manifestly re-
miss in his studies at school, and as
serted that he whipped him in the
hope that il would make him a bet
ter and more attentive pupil.
1t was shown, upon the lads testi-
mony, that he had been tied hand
and foot to a stool, gagged and beaten
with a rawhide strap until he tainted
from exhaustion.
Campbell was severely arraigned
by Justice CrutChfield.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-06-30

The southeast corner OF Fifth Avenue
and Fifty-third Street was sold yes
terday as a site fOr twelVe-story apart
street door.
Restrictions against business have
been removed from the rest OF the ad-
Joining avenue block front TO Fifty
second Street and negotiations are pro-
crossing for its Improvement.
Edward Holbrook was the seller of
the Fifty-third Street corner. IL was
bought by a syndicate organized by
Albert Il. Ashforth and Parish, Fisher
& Co. Mr.. Holbrook paid $1,25O,00O for
the 60.5X125 parcel three years ago TO
Harry J. Luce. The syndicate pays
more than $1,5OO.OO0 and the new struc-
ture will raise the investment to S.
O0O. 900.
Apartments in the new house viii
rent from $4,000 TO $4,000 a year.
There will be only one on each floor.
Old dwellings on the site will be torn
down soon and the structure will be
ready for tenants a year from next
October