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Imperial Valley press., 1910-12-03
SKINNER AND NOLEMAN
Escape Prosecution for Perjury Through Technical Loophoe
 in Federal Law.

Because notaries public are not au- thorized by statute to administer oaths and take aftidavits required by Federal law in land cases the crime of per- jury is not committed by person who swears to a false affidavit con corning a desert land en-ry, and the Federal government cannot prosecute him. That is the gist of Judge We'll born s decision sustaining demurrers to indictments against Sigel E. Skin ner and Attorney R. c. Noleman, who were charged with procuring false af- fidavits in Imperial Valley land cases.
 Skinner is a notorious ,contestor who at one time had preferential ac- cess to the records of the Land Office in Los Angeles and was aided and abetted by certain officials in attacks upon titles. Noleman is a member of firm of attorneys engaged in the agents secured evidence that satis- fled Federal grand jury that these men were guilty of criminal frauds, but through technicality of the law they escape punishment and are dis charged
 The judge found that the charge against them was not under any Fed eral statute. His ruling apparently shows that there is a weakness in the United States laws concerning such cases, say officials. It is outside the reach of the Federal authorities to punish anyone who makes false oaths before notaries public with a few eX- captions.
 The court quoted from a Federal de- csion which states among other things that there is no general statute au- thorizing notaries public to administer oaths and take affidavits in all cases where such are required by the laws of the United States"
Imperial Valley press., 1910-12-03
WOMENS CLUB FEDERATION
Accepts Charge of Department in County Fair and Discuss
 Thee Planting.

The general meeting of the Imper- ial Valley Federation of Womens Clubs was held in Brawley last Sat urday Papers on club topics were read by members and the subject of tree planting was discussed, and it was suggested that Feb l2 be desig- mated as Arbor Day in the Valley.
 Mrs, Cambell, the president. read letter from the fair directors asking that the federation take charge of the household department at the coming fair. After a discussion as to what should be required should the fedora tion undertake this, the federation de- cided to accept this department, and endeavor to make it as good a feature of the fair as possible
 Requests have come from some of the officers of the Southern California Federation of Women's Clubs that lm- perial valley choose some one of their number as a suitable candidate for the presidency of that federation. The Imperial Valley federation chose Mrs, Rest of Brawley,
Imperial Valley press., 1910-12-03
CONTEST CASES DECIDED
One Contestant Wins and Another
 Loses in Imperial Valley.

Affirmation of the decisions of the Los Angeles Land Office in two con tests, in which women were interest ed, have been received from the Gen eral Land Office.
 Elizabeth H. Thompson succeeded in having the entry of Nat R. Titus on quarter section in Imperial valley cancelled. Titus was the assignee of Beulah R. Becker, who procured her rights to the property from Granville NJ. Boyer Miss Thompson instituted the contest on the ground that the re- quired reclamation work had not been done and proved her assertion. She will have the first opportunity to file on the land which is thus thrown open for entry.
 Margaret Jaquay lost out in her contest against the claims of Charles Huddleson and Albert K Ross. Hud- dleson filed on l60 acres of land. Ross brought a contest on the ground that proper work had not been done on the property, In consideration of team and wagon and $2OO, Huddleson relin- quished his claim in favor of Ross. Mrs. Jaquay alleged that there was coNusion between Huddleson and Ross, It was plainly shown that Huddleson had not resided on the property but had visited 1t occasionally, Ross actions was found to be bona fide and his right to the claim was upheld
Imperial Valley press., 1910-12-03
CONFLICTING LAND CLAIMS
Special Agent Advices that Many Cases Be Settled by Compromise.

Special Agent Satterwhite, who is adjusting land cases in Imperial val ley, advises claimants in conflict to compromise their differences and avoid the long delay that a hearing and settlement by the Land Office en- tails. He says the rule of the Land Office is to divide the contested land, when there are lots of hundred acres or more, between the claimants who actually present evidence of rightful claims to some land and therefore he suggests that in all cases where there are several persons involved they arrange meeting and decide among themselves what their several rights are and agree to compromise accordingly. If such compromise is reported to him, he will adjudicate it at, once and forward it to Wash ington with recommendation that it be recorded and accepted as final. If this be done in thirty days every man interested can be at work on his own land. If the cases go to hearing in the regular way, it will take a year or two to dispose of them.
 MT. Satterwhite expects to go to Los Angeles in January to take up the cases in which disputes and conflicts as to actual rights to land are in- volved and he urges the claimants to get together if possible and come to agreements that will obviate hear ings and save attorneys fees and costs.
Imperial Valley press., 1910-12-03
DEATH OF MRS. 8. F. MCDONALD.

Mrs. B. F. McDonald wife of one of the prominent ranchers in Water District No. 6, met death in a peculiar manner last Monday afternoon She had been calling on a neighbor and was driving home alone when she was siezed with an attack of dizziness to which she was subject She fell over sideways and her head was caught between the two supports for the buggy top and she choked to death The horses continued on their home ward way, and sheepherders, seeing that something was amiss, came to the road and stopped the team, but Mrs. McDonald was dead within few mo- ments. She leaves the wid6wer and one child, a small daughter.
Imperial Valley press., 1910-12-03
DWARF MILO MAIZE
Plant Introduced by the Press Proves Great Success in
 the Valley.

rancher from near Holtville gives to the Brawley News an enthusiastic account of the virtues of dwarf milo maize, of which he has a crop this year. He says it will yield two tons to the acre, which is double the yield of the Mammoth variety usually raised here. It grows only about four feet in height, is easily harvested, the stalk is small and full of leaves and sweet, making the best kind of feed, and stock will eat it down to the ground
 The News explains that the seed was sown originally by man named Beck, who secured wonderful crop and supplied seed to Several ranchers, who are more than pleased with the results.
 The history of dwarf milo maize in Imperial valley is briefly this: the I'm perial Valley Press obtained ten pounds of seed from the government in 1909 and entrusted it to MT. Beck on the express condition that he would make complete report of re- suits of the planting, to be forwarded to the Agricultural Department, and return a certain quantity of seed to the Press for further distribution. MT. Beck planted the seed, obtained a crop, and evidently disposed of seed on his own account The Press never received any report nor any seed, but is gratified to learn now that the ex- pertinent was success and that it made no mistake in being instrumental in introducing a new and valuable ce- real and forage plant into Imperial valley But somebody owes the Press at least ten pounds of dwarf milo maize seed
Imperial Valley press., 1910-12-03
FARMERS SHORT COURSE
New Plan Proposed to Advance Asri- culture and Horticulture in
 Imperial Valley.

Because of conflict with dates for the Imperial County Fair, the proposed Farmers Institutes have been called off, and in their place Prof. J. B. Neff, manager of institutes, proposes to hold in El Centro. the latter part of January, a Short Course in Agricul- ture," provided enough people signify their intention to regularly attend these instructions.
 The short course of instructions would continue flor four or five days, and some of the best-posted men in the State would be present to present special subjects, and the time would allow extensive discussions of local problems in horticulture and agricul- ture.
Imperial Valley press., 1910-12-03
NEW BAPTIST MINISTER
Churches at Fl Centro and HoItviIie Secure Services of Rev. w. A.
 Howse, of Thermal.

The Baptist churches of Ef Centro and Holtville recently united in a call to Rev. w. A. Howse, of Thermal, to become thier pastor. He has accepted the call and will commece his labors in Imperial valley tomorrow, preach ing at Holtville in the morning and in the Palm Roof Garden in Fl Centro tomorrow night at o'clock.
 Rev. Amos Robinson, Baptist col porteur for Imperial valley, who has been serving the Baptist church here as supply for the past year, congrat- ulates these churches in securing such a man for pastor and says MT. Howse is a most excellent man and minister and will easily win the confidence and esteem of all who become acquainted with him.
Imperial Valley press., 1910-12-03

assessment under well established au- thority. The Supreme Court of this State has held that the definition of real estate in the sections of the Po- litical Code cited must be followed in the irrigation act (Western Union Tel egraph Co. vs. Modesto Irrigation Co. 149 Cal 662) and the same Court has also decided that the State has right to assess the possessory interests in public lands Bakersfield and Fresno Oil Co vs. Kern Co. IA Cal. 14S.)
 Therefore, it is our opinion that all land within the district, upon which a filing had been made at the time of the formation of the district, would be as seSsable by the district, not by req son of the holding of title, but by req son of the right to possession.
 We give this opinion having the case of the Nevada National Bank vs. Poso Irrigation District 130 Cal. 344) in mind, but that case only refers to land that was not filed upon at the time of the formation of the district, and even as to such land the district could collect taxes or refuse to give water and under the conditions in this arid region the parties would unques- tionably be willing to pay their taxes, if such were necessary in order to se- cure water.
 In answer to your fourth question, we have no hesitancy in saying that a private company could not prevent the formation of the district by in junction proceedings, and would be limited to raising legal objections as holders of land affected only, and this is open to any person who desires to fight the organization of a district.
 In answer to your fifth inquiry, we think it would be very wise for you to take this matter up with some of the bonding houses, such as N. w. Halsey & Co.,, or J. H. Adams Co.,, of Los Angeles and San Francisco. It is our opinion, however, from an investi- gation on this subject, that the bonds of an irrigation district will be more saleable now than they have been heretofore, by reason of the fact thal the soundness of the act has been established in the Courts. We do not believe that under the peculiar cir cumstances existing here that there will be any greater difficulty experi- enced than in other sections of the State.
 Yours very truly
 ESH LEHMAN & SWING. By Eshleman.
Imperial Valley press., 1910-12-03
COUNTS PROGRESS SHOWN IN FIGURES Assessed Valuation Is Nearly Seventeen Millions of
 Dollars
More Than Four Thousand Farms Cultivated. Millions in Grain, Hay. Cotton, cantaloupes, Dairy Products and Live Stock. Statistics Com piled from Assessors Books.

From the County Assessors book and other sources, the County Statis- tician has compiled data for the fs- cal year of 1909-10 showing the value of property and products of Imperial county. The figures taken from the assessors books may be accepted as correct, but the data gathered inde- pendently are not all convincing, some of the quantities and values appear ing to be mere guesses. For instances the statistician gives the products of apiaries at 690,000 pounds of honey while the bee inspector reports the seasons shipments of honey as 255- 300 pounds. Again the statistician's figures on the value of the wool-clip can be reconciled with his figures of quantity only by assuming the price of wool to be fifty cents a pound
 It takes work and digging" to get up statistics that are worth anything and no such statistics have been pre- pared yet by the persons employed to compile information for the super visors of this county. Any hit-and- miss guess seems to go when the statistician gets outside of the as sessor's books.
 The following figures are from the report prepared this year:
Imperial Valley press., 1910-12-03
RAILROAD PROGRESS
Steel Bridge Built and Track-Laying Resumed On San Diego
 and Arizona.

With big gang of men at work, track laying has been resumed on the San Diego X Arizona railroad at the big steel bridge over the second cross ing of the Tia Juana river, ten miles below the line, in Mexican territory.
 The last girder of the big bridge was set in place Nov. 25, and the track laying crew began extending the rails farther. into Lower California.
 From this bridge the crew will ex- tend the track up the canyon and through tunnel No. 1 to the crossing of Matanuco creek. where another steel yiaduct is to be built. This structure will be finished about De- cember 10 and then track laying will be extended to and through tunnel No. ?.
 By the time the track layers have passed through tunnel No 2, it is ex- pected that the mile stretch up Mata- nuco canyon will have been graded and ready for the ties. Chief En- gineer E. J. Kallright hopes to see this hard stretch of grading finished by December l5,
 With the completion of this strip of road bed the track layers will have practically twelve miles of clear
Imperial Valley press., 1910-12-03
NO BIDS ACCEPTED
 FOR RIVER LEVEES Delay Indicates Absence of a Final Agreement With
 Mexico
After Six Months of Alleged Prepara. tion, Government Work on Colorado Has Not Been Started, and Season of Possible Floods Is Imminent.

Bids for contract on the govern ment levee work along the Colorado river in Mexico were opened by En- gineer Ockerson in Yuma last week. The work is divided into sections of about two and half miles each The bids were as follows:
 w. K. Bowker, 51% cents yard.
 Shattuck & Edinger, 50 cents.
 A. c. St. John, 32 cents.
 J, H. Maxey, 22 cents.
 MaXey's bid, understood to have been made on behalf of Sanguinetti, was for the north sections above the Abejos break. As men, equipment, ported to that part of the work by rail, the cost will be much less than on sections below the Abejos, which can be reached less easily. The appar- ent discrepancy in bids is explained by the difference in conditions.
 It is stipulated that work is to be- gin within ten days after contracts are awarded, and completed in ninety days. The report that Mexico had agreed to admit material and equip ment free of duty appears to be CT roneous, the concession applying only to the outfit of the government en- gineers.
 Engineer Ockerson took all the bids under advisement and has not yet awarded any contract Advices from Washington and letters to contractors asking for terms on force account work indicate that arrangements have not been perfected with Mexico and that there is a question as to the gov ernment's right to enter into con- tracts for work in a foreign country It is proposed in Washington that Oscar Lawler be sent to Mexico to do ago
 The government has been getting ready to do something on the Colo rado since last July and has done nothing yet, and a delay of another thirty days may make the closing of the Abejos an expensive job. The work could have been begun two months ago and completed by January. and if it were anything but a gov ernment job, strangled by red tape and official inertia, it would have been done.
 Imperial valley may find it neces- sary to make another direct appeal to the President to get things moving before the flood season. The Colorado has been known to go on a rampage in February
Imperial Valley press., 1910-12-03

such information as every hunter should have at his command It tells where the various kinds of game abound, when the seasons open and close, and what laws govern the hunt ing of game in each State. A copy can be had upon request and mention of this paper to the M. Hartley Go. 299 Broadway, New York City.
Imperial Valley press., 1910-12-03
BOOK FOR sPoRTsMEN.

We have just received copy of Game Laws and Guide Directory for l9lO," book of ready reference for sportsmen. issued by the Union Me- tallie Cartridge Co. This book con sists of l2O pages and contains just
Imperial Valley press., 1910-12-03

graded road ahead, ready for laying rails. Grading gangs are at work three miles beyond the farthest graded road, or at point between thirty nine and forty miles from San Diego.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-07-02
A DISAPPOINTED WIDOW,

Instead of coming into 4 fortune
at the death OF her millionaire hus'
band, Mrs. Mabel Ames Thompson,
aged 80 years, the four-months bride
of Robert H. Thompson, president
Of the Thompson & Norris Corrugated
Paper Company of Brooklyn, is left
penniless. Mr.. Thompson, aged &C
died of pneumonia last Saturday.
His will, which was signed two years
ago was read Thursday. The deceased
transferred all his real estate to his
sons and daughter year ago.
The young bride was confidential
secretary in the Boston office OF the
Thompson & Norris Co., OF New York
when she met her husband four years
ago. After the death of his first wife
Mr.. Thompson was called to Boston on
several occasions.
As q lawyer read the names OF the
executors OF the will the widow broke
down and had to be taken to her room.
She waived away the explanations
made by the lawyer, who assured her
that she would not be left in poverty.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-07-02
ELECTRoCUTIoN OF HAMILTON.

AS was stated in dispatch in the
Gazette, Angelo Hamilton, who was
convicted OF numbering Mrs. Sallie B.
Hix, at Lynchburg, in June, 1909, was
put to death in the electric chair in the
State penitentiary in Richmond early
yesterday. The body will be taken to
his former home, at Oxford, N. O., by
his widow for burial. Mrs. Hamilton
went to Richmond with her children to
interccde with the governor for the
communication OF Hamilton's sentence.
Hamilton had been infatuated with
Mrs. Hix and she had sought to free her
selffrom him. On the night OF June IL
last. Mrs. Hix went to dance. Ham
ilton, upon learning of it, was enraged
and followed her to the hall. He
rushed upon her while she was dancing
and demanded that she go home at
once. She obeyed, and Hamilton fol-
lowed. On the way home he quarreled
with her and shot her several times,
one of the bullets severing her spinal
column. The woman was removed to
a hospital, where she suffered for more
than month before she died. In an
antemortem statement Mrs. HlX
charged Hamilton with the shooting.
Hamilton was tried three times Tor
the crime. On the first two trials the
Jury failed to agree Tn the third trial
the jury found him guilty of murder
in the first degree, and Hamilton was
sentenced to death by Judge Christian.
Soon after sentence was pronounced an
effort was made to secure. executive
clemcncy, but public sentiment was
against it and the petition was with
drawn. But legal steps on his behalf
were constant and untiring. and five
times the condemned man was resplted
by the governor the last time having
been on June 23, when yesterday, in
stead of June "a, was named rs the day
on which Hamilton should be put to
DEATH.
When reconciled to his fate, Hamil-
ton, who was only 25 years old, wrote 4
number Of letters to friends, stating
that he deserved to die for his crime
and urged them to change their way OF
living.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-07-02
To the Honorable City Council. Alexan

To the Honorable City Council, Alexan-
drla, Va.
Gentlemen: I respectfully submit
this my fourth annual report for the fis-
cal year ending May 81, 1910, showing
the number Of new mains and services
laid, services renewed, also repairs and
improvements at the gas works.
G5 new services laid.
l5 services renewed.
$50 feet din. mains on north Payne
street. from Princess to Oronoc0.
1GS feet din. mains on franklin street,
from Columbus to Alfred.
IA feet Ain. mains on south Washing
ton street, from Franklin street.
253 feet lin. pipe from end of this in.
TO Jefferson street.
One new lamp and post erected ut the
northeast corner Prince and Henry
streets.
All OF the houses ut RoSemont have
gas services. and the Rosemont Develop
mcnt Company have erected thirteen
(l3) up-to-date street lamps. making i'll
;hl thirty-two (3o) services that have
been laid in Rosemont, and all the e1-
pensc has been borne by the RoSemont
Development Company.
One new exhauSter was purchased last
year and contract entered into FOR the
rebuilding of two benches.
New line of2-in. pipe to tar separator
and fireproof shed erected for the storage
of benZol.
Respectfully submitted.
+. W. LATHAM.
Superintendent.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-07-02
MINERS STRIKE.

The Westmoreland Pa, coal district
is in the throeS OF q minerS's strike,
which so far has resulted in several
deaths, the use OF dynamite, many
arrests and much violent disorder.
The latest trouble arose yesterday at
Export, when the homes OF two foreign
miners we're dynamited, resulting in the
injury OF 1-year-old baby, which was
hnrled from its crib across room,
against wall. The miners whose
homes were wrecked are said to have
remained at work while their former
fellow-workmen were out on the
strike.
Late Thursday night marching
strikers fred into the barracks of
deputy sheriffs guarding the property
of the Fort Palmer mines. No one
was injured, bnt the volley spllnt-
cred woodwork and shattered window
panes.
The strike is now in its second
month, and is the outcome OF an at
tempt to unionize the field. The mine
operators, it is said, haveim ported large
numbers of coal diggers. To date sew
eral men have been shot and killed,
over SO persons have been arrested
and jailed and the mine operators are
claiming heavy loss while the labor
war is going on.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-07-02
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al suffered with neuralgia around the
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