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Imperial Valley press., 1910-03-12
TREES FOR THE DESERT

Valuable suggestions to dwellers in the southwest who have only limit ed supply of irrigation water are COZ tained in a bulletin issued by the ag- ricultural experiment station of the University of Arizona, dealing chiefly with ornamental trees, shrubs and flowers.
 It names many varieties of trees and shrubbery that can be grown witt comparatively little moisture. These include such trees as the Arizona ash. Russian mulberry, honey locust, ba- gote, wild China berry, iron wood aAd blue palo verde. Of evergreens ase named the desert gum, or eucalyptus ludis; the red box, or eucalyptus pol uanthema; Arizona cypress mission el- i've and Australian lockwood.
 Of the latter tree it is said little Is known, but that it is rapid grower is indicated by the fact two- year old tree on the university grounds which has not been well treated is I5 feet high, and other specimens grew from five to seven feet last sea- son. It will resist heat and drouth. and has also stood IT degrees of frost.
 A large number of vines and flow ering shrubs are also given which wiM do well with little irrigation through out the southwest.
Imperial Valley press., 1910-03-12

stock growers and it's success was as- sured from the start.
 One of the specialties of the mill is the mixing of cereals in balanced ration to supply every necessary ele- ment to produce the maximum bone and muscle building and to get the best results in weight and healthful- ness in stock so fed.
 The company also Is an extensive buyer of stock and having about 13 acres of corral space at the plant a feature is made of feeding and finish ing stock for local growers at charge only for the feed consumed. A com pletely equipped watering plant and settling tanks provides an excellent supply for all stock.
 Imperial Valley is a most desirable place for the location of the mill and the farmers and stock growers evil denced keen interest in it's compile tion and have been generous with ad- vance orders. Experiments conduct ed by the government at different points have demonstrated the superior value of alfalfa meal as a stock food s. J. East, secretary and manager of the company, was formerly con- nected with the Armour Packing Com pany and has spent his entire busi- ness career in the packing business.
 The officers of the company are: w. c. Whitescarver, president; c. c
Imperial Valley press., 1910-03-12
J. s. LAREW

Among the most recent corners to El Centro is J. $. Larew, for many years leading lawyer of Mariposa, California. MT. Larew, a Californian by adoption, is a West Virginian by birth and owes his nativity to Mon roe County, where he was born on the 18th day of December, 1862. Here he grew to mans estate and received his early education. At the age of 21, mindful of Horace Greelys ad- monition to young men, he came West, settling in northern Kansas for year. Those were lean years in the Sun flower state, and young Larew, at tracted by tales of California, came to this coast in 1885, where he has since resided. It was in Madeira Coun- ty that he was first admitted to the bar, and he practiced there for two years before returning to Mariposa In 1895 MT. Larew was admitted tc practice in the Supreme Court of Cali fornia and three years later was ad- mitted to practice before the Supreme Court of the United States
Imperial Valley press., 1910-03-12
PHIL D. SWING,
 DEPeTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY

Phil D. Swing member of the law firm of Eshleman & Swing and deputy district attorney of Imperial County, is a native son of the Golden West, and was born in San Bernardino, No vember 30, 1SS9 After graduating from the San Bernardino High School, he went to Stanford University, talk ing a law course with the Class or O5. The following January he was admitted to the bar and commenced practicing in association with his brother Ralph Swing, City Attorney of San Bernardino. Coming to El Centro the year after the town was started, he formed his present part nershlp and has met with a degree of success unusual in a young man still in his twentes, Mir, Swing is a member of the Phi Delta Phi legal fra ternity and is affiliated with the Ma sonic order,
Imperial Valley press., 1910-03-12
THE IMPERIAL VALLEY
 ALFALFA MEAL MILLING CO

One of the newest as we'll as one of the most important industries in Fl Centro is the recent establishment of modernly equipped plant for the manufacture of alfalfa meal. This stock food is widely and favorably known throughout the middle west and south, over 100 alfalfa meal mills be- ing in operation in the state of Kan sas alone. It remained however for w. c. Whitescarver and a few asso- ciates to furnish the Imperial Val ley with its first alfalfa meal mill. A site was selected adjacent to the 0S. P, railroad tracks just beyond the yard limits. Here finely equipped mill was erected and the company started in under the most favorable auspices, The need of the mill in the valley has long been recognized by
Imperial Valley press., 1910-03-12

ready to take them at an unusual price and they can be picked before there Is any danger of frost, Is an ar- ray of assets which certainly combine to make this one of the promising and profitable industries of this won derful valley.
 This has been by far the coldest winter since I came nere and I have been unable to learn of any serious injury to any citrus trees, except to some very small seed bed or nursery stock, and most of that has come out all right. Of larger growth, some that were cultivated thoroughly and thus kept growing thriftily and full of sap till about December 1st, when we had our first heavy frost has had some of the foliage injured, but sustained little if any injury to the wood.
 Tn no instance have I found any injury where cultivation ceased be- fore october 1st, and trees were giv- en only water sufficient to mature their wood and fruit fully. The trees on my own place from 2 to years old this spring do not show the least harm from the cold, while the fine crop of fruit the older ones have borne for the last two years has been sufficient evidence as to the quality and quantity which can be produced here. Why should we not have faith in the citrus fruit industry?
Imperial Valley press., 1910-03-12
COUNTY VALUATIONS
Assessment of Property ln lmpegIsl
 County For Year 1909.

The county's expert accountant, !. Stanley Brown, has compiled from of- ficial records statistics of assessment and taxation that are indicative Of the county's material advancement. Assessments average forty per cent of actual valuation, but much farm land being yet unpatented, only nom- inal value has been placed upon it by the assessor. Following are the accountants figures:
 Area of County 4OOO square niles. Number of acres assessed, 5S7,353 Assessed value of Real
 Estate, other than City
 and Town Lots. 4,169 S24Oo Assessed value of Im-
 provements on Real Es-
 tate other than City and
 Town Lots. 258, ,06e00 Assessed Value of City and
 Town Lots ............ 1,121, ,490.0e Assessedvalue of Improve
 ments on City and Town
 Lots .................. 89s.s8O.oo Assessed Value of Per
 sonal Property other
 than Money and Sol
 vent Credits ...... 1,19S, ,5Ss.so Assessed Value of Mon
 ey and Solvent Credits 26, ,400.Oo Assessed Value of South
 ern Pacific R R. and Pullman Car Service. 2,353,448.0O Total Assessed Valuation of County ........... 9,521, ,594.Oe
 Number of School districts in the County 25 Number of teachers employed, @. Number of high school districts, 4. Number of teachers employed, 3l. Expended on schools and .
 school buildings during
 the year 1909 ....... $194,$72se Expended on roads and bridges during the year
 1909 .............. 4e,543.os Expended by County for
 all other purposes, in cluding salaries of coun- ty officers and State tax 14z, z,437.Gs Total Expended by County $3S3, ,353.3S
Imperial Valley press., 1910-03-12
Citrus Culture
By D. C. WHITING

l have been somewhat familiar with the orange industry in Southern Cali fornia for 9S years, and therefore have seen it grow from almost nothing to it's present dimensions. I have been in Imperial Valley for more than eight years and during that time the records here show that the minimum tenn perature is about or 10 degrees in our favor over the most favored points on the coast, where the growing of citrus fruits has been successful.
 We have many other advantages also, Our continuous sunshine and dry atmosphere to keep them free from scale and insect; our rich soil and abundant water at any time we wish to use 1t; our summer heat to force them to early maturity so that they are ripe and sweet by November 1st at a time when the market is
Imperial Valley press., 1910-03-12
SiMoNS BRICK COMPANY

Ell Centro is the most substantially constructed town ill the Imperial Val ley Its principal street is lined with one and two story structures all built of brick, and yet until the first of the year every brick used in El Gen. tro was brought in by the railroad. The Simons Brick Company of Los Angeles, one of the largest brick con- cerns on the Pacific Coast, saw the opportunity and has recently complet- ed the erection of fine, modern plant here known as the Simons Brick Com pany Plant No. 5. The machinery of est type. The plant was construct ed with ai capacity of 35,000 bricks per day, but it is so arranged that this can be increased by but slight expense to 5O,OO0 daily. More than $30,000 was spent in it's construction, and the manager c. Klinkman states that It IS one Ol JHe DeSl OWueu by the Simons company. The clay deposits located at the plant are of superior quality and the supply is practically unlimited. From twenty five to thirty men are carried on the companys payroll and it's advent into El Centro business circles was inn portant.
 In addition to the common brick manufactured the company will make hollow tile, which is especially suit ed for building purposes in the Inn perial Valley, and roofing and side walk tile and other goods from clay as may be in demand. c. Klinkman, local manager for the plant is an eX- perienced brick maker who has been connected with the Simons Brick Com pany for years. The company is known throughout Southern Califor- mia as the most progressive and liberal in the State. Every public move mer- iting their support is fostered care fully and the attitude of the manage ment has had much to do with the general upbuilding of the southern portion of the State.
Imperial Valley press., 1910-03-12
E. S. SAMPSON

One of the most recent corners to El Centro attracted by it's climate, is D. s. Sampson, for twenty years a resident of Cheyenne, Wyoming. where he was in the freight service of the Union Pacific. Since his ar- rival, last December, MT. Sampson has erected five we'll built four-room cottages, all of which he rented be- fore the roofs were on at rate that returns him a handsome income on the investment MT. Sampson is en- thusiastic over the future of Fl Gen. tro and his substantially demonstrat- ed his faith by adding materially to the towns growth and wealth.
Imperial Valley press., 1910-03-12

companied his parents to California, where they located in Riverside, the heart of the famous orange growing district of the State. As boy, young Noland attended the schools and High School of Riverside, entering Stanford University, with the Class of 04. One year before graduating he left the uni- versity and commenced reading law in the offices of w. H. Chamberlain, a prominent San Francisco attorney. So assiduously did MT. Noland apply him. self that he was admitted before the
Imperial Valley press., 1910-03-12

Bradford, vice. president; F. B. Full Ter, treasurer; and s. J. East, secre tary and manager. These gentlemen together with J. J. Chappell also com pose the directors of the company.
 w. c. Whitescarver the president, and organizer of the company is one of El Centro's prominent men of af- fairs. He owns we'll developed 320- acre ranch in water district Mo- 6, is a successful stock raiser, and farmer. As member of the advisory board of the City Trustees is is prominent
Imperial Valley press., 1910-03-12

supreme Court Commissioners, in 1903. The ensuing year was spent
 u practicing in the law offices of w.
 H. Chamberlain. Al the expiration of shat time, Mir Noland returned to Riverside, California, and engaged in the practice of his profession until ,eHdered the position of attorney for the Los Angeles, San Pedro and Salt Lake Railroad at Las Vegas, Nevada. Upon accepting the position he re-
Imperial Valley press., 1910-03-12

J. S. Larew has met with gratifying success in the practice of his profess sion, that is directly attributable to his knowledge of the many technical points of the law as well as his un- tiring interests in behalf of his clients. Although established here but a few months he has been accorded the re- cognition his experience demanded and his acquisition to professional circles in the valley is most timely
Imperial Valley press., 1910-03-12

moved to the Nevada town, where he was successfully engaged in practice until coming to the Imperial Valley in June, of 1908. MT. Noland occupies offices in the First National Bank Building, in connection with T. M. Me- Namara, well known member of the local bar.
Imperial Valley press., 1910-03-12

and is also one of the charter mem- bers of the Fl Centro Gun Club, MT. Fuller is president of the Fl Centro National Bank, and all are gentlemen of sterling worth in the community
Imperial Valley press., 1910-03-12
w. II. sPRAGuE

w. H. Sprague, the well known real estate man of Fl Centro, recently was admitted to the bar in this state, Pre- vious to coming to El Centre and op- ening his insurance offices, MT
Imperial Valley press., 1910-03-12
DAN VOORHEES, HOLLAND

Dans Voorhees, Noland was born January 20, 1875, in Indianapolis, In diana. At the age of seven he ac-
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-01-20
DEMANDS
ARE EXCESSIVE
saw RAILROAD MANAGERS
TO MEN WHO ASK FOR IN
CREASE IN WAGES.

NEW YORK. Jan. 2O.-The
New York Central has notititd
the employees organizations that
their requests for radical incrcls-
rs is considered impossible IT,
grant, the demands being Excess
caSsivr. 1t asks that the men APP
point II committee IL confer and
reach an agreement if possible.
All railroads iii the east are ex.
prctcd to take the. same action.
Committees representing the
employees Of each railroad called
ON the general managers OF, each
.nf the 80 eastern railroads to-day,
il is said. and demanded an an
'swer to the request made January
3 for shorter hours and increased
pay. AL the general managers an
swrrcd rs in the ease of the New
York Central. No date for con-
ference Of employees and officials
has yet been SET.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-01-20
Personals
People YouKnow
Who They are and
Where They Are

~ III
Miss Mary Hprner, of Lumber
port, spent Yesterday in this city
the guests of the Misses Henry OH,
f'iirmont avenue. SHE was joined
here last evening by her mother,
Airs. Mary Horner and. little Miss
Eleanor Horner and they left to.
day for their home at Lumberporr.
Mrs. Horner and Miss Elcanol
were en- route to Lumbtrport from
Washington.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Siebert
left yesterday for ii trip to Florida
and other southern points.
Mr.. Clark BrowuIicld, who has
been in failing health for a long
time, is very much worse Mt pres
ent and his family and friends
are alarmed over his condition.
1t is feared lie cannot survive long
unless he gets better soon.
Mrs. Mark Hall returned to-day
10 Shinnston after a visit here
with her sisters. Misses Mary and
laura Lowe. On Alexander Place.
Mrs, &. w. Clerk, of Ellington,
lis shopping in the city to-day.
Mr.. X. Z. Rock is ill with ty-
|phoid fcvc, at his home on Benon,
avenue.
Miss Alarne Judge, OF Grafton,
was in the city yesterday for the
Ford F'innegan wedding which
took place yesterday morning.
Miss Sue pcnicrgrast, OF Dem
Yer, is the guest oil Mr.. and Mrs.
John Rrant. Of the First ward.
Mr. s. L.. Brooks, OF E:clineton,
lis in the city OIL business and is
the guest OF his sistcr-in-law. Mrs.
NJ. II. Thrall, on CASTOR avenue.
Mr.. +. l.. Nichols is spending a
flew days at Douglas, Nicholas
COUNT, OH business.
Miss May Hawkins has been il.
with grippe for several days at
her home on Maple avenue.
Mrs. gkpy Eddy, of Maple ave
nue, has beGnrill with inflamntory
rheumatism for several weeks.
Miss Vera Cummings, Of Mead
willie, Fa., who has been Visiting
friends in Fhirmont. is here for Il
flew days visit with her aunt, Mrs.
&C. II. Misunderstanding Morn
i'm: Herald.
Mr.. E. j. Eddy, OF Bula. is here. the
guest OF his daughter. Mrs. Jesse Lee
Masters on Fairmont avenue. Mr.. Le-
Masters. WAC had been Ill for some
weeks. Is better again.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-01-20
THE HONEST PROPRIETARY
MEDICINE

has saved thousands of dollars to
families who could i'll afford the
expense necessary to maintain
the services Of n physician, and
have answered the purpose equal
ly MS we'll and often succeeded aft
err Gill, best physicians have fail
ed. Lydia +. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound is one of this
Lind.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-01-20
"uneie Riley" Fleming Very llll.

The many friends of "Uncle Riley"
Fleming will regret to learn of his
serious illness. 1t is feared by
the attending physicians that he Is
suffering from Appendicitis. and owing
to his advanced age his condition is
serious. At press time he was rest.
Ing easier and a slight change for the
better was noted in his condition.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-01-20

WANTED.

RAGs-Wanted. good Cotton Rags for
wiping presses and machinery.
Good prices paid at this Office.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-03-14
stanton, Va, March Z, 1910.
Local Option and Democracy.
-dItnr of The Times-Dispatcl:

) !.
sir.-In Communication to your
esteemed paper. under date Of the 26th
iultimo, observer" In discussing the
Statewide prohibition question:. asks:
by what process Of reasoning do you
or any one else who favors local op..
option Is Democratic and State-wide
prohibition would be un-Democratic?"
I beg leave to answer In this wise:
The principle Of local option Is IN
theory and practice the strongest pos
3siblc eSemplification of local self-gov-
eminent or home rule that wisd ON can
suggest or the accumulated and trans
mitted experience Of mankind has or
ups which States right is based. This
principle has In all ages been ac-
Copied BY FREQ people. The Legisla-
ture has Endorsed. the people at large
have approved. and the Democrat tic
lively espouscd the local option liquor
law. am therefore not doing any
violence to the rules Of logic nor &C.
cepted canons of reasoning to con-
exemplitied in the local option liquor
law, Is Democratic. Statewide pro
hibition Is. in method and principles in
theory and practice, dramatically OPP
posed, antithetical and antagon on TIC e, s
ciple underlying Statewide prohibi.
[ ton is Ssubverslve of local self-govern.
ment and destructive Of home rule: II
short. statewide prohibition and loca
option are fundamentally contradictory
principles Of government. Local op.
| ton is admitted to be Democratic
Statewide prohibitions beins In methoe
therefore be Democratic also. Ac,
copied and approved governments
agencies and instrumentalities are sup
posed to be founded on fundame ntal
basic and bedrock principles, which
do mot veer and change with every
transient wave of popular enthusi
asm to become the subjects of expert
mentation by reformers, however sin
cere. Is * 3. y Z. = i lila
6l5 Amherst, Va, March 4, 1910.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-03-14
Lee IN statuln.ry, nall.

We set his craven Image up beside
Our own great Washington.
Because he liz the chosen OF our pride,
Our beet beloved son.
IT'S fitting they should stand
There. hand to hand.
Brothers In blood arc they,
Made of3the selfsau1e clay,
Rebels 'sainst force and might.
Champions OF truth and right
The greatest captains of our righteous wan
Pureat who ever drew
Unsuliied swords. and flew
To Tight for. conscience and nelly cause.
IT'S not for him who won.
IT'S not for Washington
We como to burn the incense Of eur lsvs,
cor him all ton gucs apprsysJ
But for cur son who lost,
I've know at what a cost.)
Whose great soul asonles
IT'S we alone can prize. qS4t
In what Gethsen1anc OF doubt
He stood and looked about
For guidance and for light.
Seeing. on one side. might
Honor and glory and the worlds Applause.
And on the other side helpless cause.
i Fore oomedl to failure, as his wisdom said.
Yet choose the path OF duty. though u led
To loss OF place and power IN the iand,
This We alone can know and understand.
And give the proper need OF love and praise.
And this Is why VIC raise
HI. statue here beside our Washington.
Our other rebel son,
Whom we do Join in honorinE that he
Did even as Lee.
Virginia on them both her love bestows,
For in her sorest need
They were true sons indeed.
Nor would for price nor power lead her foes
Gains, home and fireside, father. mother.
wife,
And land that gave them life.
Clean -conscicnccd. loving, loyal, unafraid.
To the same faith they come,
That. tho last word OF duty being said.
A true hearts FIRST allegiance - 70 homo.
IT'S thus virginians see
Their Washington and Lee.
Yet some who love the hrst
Have spit upon and curst
The last. and Kissed out '6haueP'
Upon his splendid name.
The honored and brave
Are hateful to the knave.
How can the low and moan
Love what is kind and clean?
They arc an alien spawn,
From Europe's cutters drawn:
They do not understand
The genius OF this land.
| He, to the manor born.
! For scorners had no scorn. ~
| For haters had no hate.
| His was soul too high above 81
The earth for any thought but love.
\ oh, haters, when your hating lips are dumb
! Before his statue. in this Hall OF Fame.
Your children. being wiser, yet shall come.
Ito do a proper reverence to his name,
| And look upon him as the model plan
ilOf Gods best type of man and gentleman.
| Meanwhile, for that you hate and disap
! prove,
our hearts shall give him double need o
\ love.
THOMAS LoMAx HUNTER.
| King GEORGE Va.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-03-14
ELECTORS CHOSEN
FOR HALL. OF FAME
Chancellor McCracken Gives
Names of Those Selected
to Fill Vacancies.

New York. March 13.-Chancellor Nc
Cracken, as chairman OF the New
York University Senate, gave out to-
day the names Of those who have
been chosen to fill vacancies caused by
death In the roll 1.-the 100 electors of
the Hall OF Fame An acceptance has
case case Of the pubiiclsts. editors and au
thors, Andrew Carnegie is 4 20 succeed
Grover Cleveland: Joseph II. Choate to
succeed George -. Post. Of Beirut. Sy-j
ria iona than = P9llNerof ioWd 20
Gibbons to succeed q Professor ohm P.
Hurst; Robert Underwood johnson to
succeed r. w. Glider: Robert Todd
Lincoln to succeed Edward Everett
coed Edmund G. Stedman.
In the roll Of university and coll
lege presidents Abbott Lawrence Low
ell, who originally was chosen to sue.
President Eliot. who Is transferred to
tho division Of publicists. editors and
President James. Of the University
iden niii Of the University Of Missouri Mis-
Chancellor Mccormick. of tho Univer-
sity Of Pittsburg, succeeds the presi-
dent Of Washington University. Cin-
President Charles w. Dabney. OF the
University OF Cincinnati, succeeds the
president OF the Western College for
In the division OF scientists. the
places made vacant bySdeath or by res.
are filled by the selection Of
George Burton Adams, Of Yale: George
lincoln Burr, of "a Cornell:a Or. Henry
Fairfield Osborn. president of the
American Museum of Natural History.
md Herbert Putnam. Librarian OF
Congress.
Thirty-nine names I'M all may be
chosen by the electors this year for
places In the H all of " Fame.