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Imperial Valley press., 1911-12-26
MRS. {. {. CUMMINGS
IS CALLED BY DEATH
After Long Illness Well-known imperial
Valley Woman on Christmas Night
Succumbs to Inevitable.

Mrs. Gladys Houshton Cummings. wife
of f. r. Cummings. died at her home on
Olive street at 1880 o'clock on Christ
mas night after an illness of many
months.
The funeral services will be held in the
First Methodist church at o'clock to-
morrow afternoon. and will be conducted
by Rev. Oliver Saylor. pastor of this
church and Rev. Mr.. ldlenlan, priest-in-
charge OF the Episcopal missions Of I'M
perial Valley The interfnent Will be II
the 81 Centre Evergreen cemetery
Mr. and Mrs. Cummings came 10 El
Centre from Lancaster. Antelope Valley.
Three years ago, and Mrs. Cummings At
once took an active part In the social
and church affairs of this city Size had
q wide circle OF friends throughout I'm
perial Valley and her lovsble character
endeared her 10 all whs knew her She
was = member of the WsnlAn's Ten
Thousand Club aud the 81 Centre Wem-
ans Christian Temperance Union. When
she was able 10 do so she took An active
interest in the civic work carried en- IVY
the Ten Thousand Club. 8
Mr.. and Mrs. c. H. HouglIten,' parents
of Mrs. Cummings. came from Everett.
Wash. several weeks ago, to- be with
their daughter during her illness. Be-
sides her parents and the widower, Mrs.
Cummings leaves one brother. who is le-
Gated in Everett
The remains were taken to the 81
Centre Undertaking Company chapel.
where they Will be viewed by the friends
for the last time tomorrow between / and
= O'Clock
Imperial Valley press., 1911-12-26
NrrHnnal Mrnttun

c. ]. Park of Brawley spent Christmas
with his parents in Los Angeles.
d. Storrs was Christmas guest at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. G. E. Harrison.
James Kahdiman of Fresno has come
to 'Brawley to remain for several weeks
Mrs NJ c. Sacre OF Pomona is the guest
of Mr. and Mrs. Earl G. Pound at Braw.
ley.
Guests of Mr. and Mrs. 4. Il. Fuller al
Brawley are Mrs. Carrie Watson ant
son OF Oakland.
Mr.. and Mrs. s. Nj. Tool Of Napa have
come to Imperial Valley to spend the win
ter at Brawley
r. W. Park, night watchman at Braw'
ley, has gone to Texas for a six weeks
visit at his former homo.
After spending several weeks in Los
Angeles, ]. Edmund Snew and family
have returned to Brawley
Mr.. and Mrs. H. J. Eckert have come
from Los Angeles to spend the holidays
with their sons at Rrawley.
A Christmas guest at the home Of Mr.
and Mrs. Harvey Hastain of Alamoris was
Miss Beulah Ely of Banning.
Mr.. and Mrs. w b. Hammers Of Wa
ter District No. 8 have gone to Los An
seleS to spend the holidays.
Mrs. Fred Moore and daughter, Der
othy. of Brawley. have gone to Fresno
for visit with Mrs. Moore's parents.
Gus Dietrich Of Brawley, who accom-
panied the body Of the late DR.. J. l.
Cooke to Oregon, has returned to the val.
ley.
Mrs. H. NJ. Burnsll has come fren
south Pasadena to spend the wtntAr viii
her son, Ed NJ. 'Durnsll, On his roneh u
Water District Ne. Z.
Mrs Cooke, widow Of the late Or. J. l.
Cooke. with her son has come to BrawleS
to remain for several weeks as the sues'
of AIr. and Mrs. H. l.. Fulton.
Peter Millar, son of Rev. Mr.. Millar
pastor of the Brawley Presbyterian
church. has come from Occidental Col.
lege to spend the holidays with bis par
ents.
The fourth wedding anniversary Of Mr.
and Mrs. w. B. Hammers was celebrated
on December II by a gathering Of friend'
at dinner given at the home Of Mrs.. A
]. Hammers.
Miss Blanche Station, whs is a hist
school student at Moneta, has come u
the valley to spend the holidays with he'
pdi iCAtS, 4sAA. uIAA xAio' A. SsneSA< wv ~
side in Water District No. 8.
Bert J. Simmons arrived in 81 Centrt
Sunday morning to spend Christmas will
his sister and parents, Mr.. and Mrs. j. ]
Simmons. He is assistant civil engines
of the Santa Fe railroad at Needles.
Mrs. Daily and her son. J. P. DAILY, sav'
| pleasant Christmas eve reception t
Mr.. Bert Simmons. Miss Ida Simmons
Mr. and Mrs. j. J. Simmons, Mr.. ant
Mrs. j. P. Nuffer. Miss Cora Nuffer ant
Lee Nuffer.
Col. J. A. Ockerson, who is in chars'
of. the government protective work el
the Volcanic Lake levee and tho Aoeja'
and Colorado river went to Los Angeles
for the Christmas holidays. His wife ha
| been guest at the Van Nuyv Hotel II
that city for several weeks.
| A famimly reunion was hold on Christ
| mas at the home Of Mr.. and Mrs. J. ]
Simmons in honor of their son. Bert J
Simmsns. Besides the family the fellow
ns guests were present fer the aft~rnsol
and evening: Mr.. and Mrs. DAILY, L. G
pKarvust, ]. Z. Daily. ]. +. LHkans. Mrs
Mary oonAArs. 4.
Imperial Valley press., 1911-12-26
Who Has an outIaw Horse? ?

u. III. Williams, who has charge Of the
Wild west features of the Holtvilie New
Years Fiesta. is anxious to get into COM
munication with all persons in Imperial
Valley who have outlaw" horses which
they would Ike TO have ridden. Ii any
one has such animals the committee
wants them to bring them 10 Hotville on
New Years day.
Imperial Valley press., 1911-12-26
We're Married Sunday

The marriage OF Mark Alexander OF the
Yuma Valley 10 Miss Jennie Samson OF
Eard took place last Sunday and ON
Christmas day the couple were the guests
Of honor at large gathering OF friends
at the home OF the bridesroom's parents.
Imperial Valley press., 1911-12-26
SCIENTISTS CAN PRACTICE

lBY UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATIONSl
WASHINGTON. Dec. 26. - President
Taft today issued an executive order
amending the regulations governing the
practice of medicine on the zone. His rul-
ing permits Christian Scientists to prac-
tice there,
Imperial Valley press., 1911-12-26
Sixty Years of Welded Life

Mr.. and Mrs. W. w. Woouman of the
Yuma Valley on Christmas day cele-
brated the sixtieth anniversary OF their
welded life. They have resided in the
Yuma Valley for twenty years. Many
friends called on them during the day to
extend their congratulations and present
kindly remembrances.
Imperial Valley press., 1911-12-26
unnleasant Experlence

Persons leaving the valley Saturday ev-
ening for the coast met with an unpleas-
ant experience The overland train had
been delayed by heavy storms in the mid
die west and fifty passengers were obliged
TO camp in the waiting room at the de-
pot from 3 in the evening until i'm the
Fortunately. there were no
children in the party and the victims took
the affair good naturedly.
Imperial Valley press., 1911-12-26
Gitu ann nallRy
calexico.s New Marshal

William j. Lee is the new city marshal
for Calexico He was appointed by the
city trustees to fill the vacancy cauused
by the resignation of Frank Crane.
Imperial Valley press., 1911-12-26
Eire aeil for calexlco

The Caiexico city trustees have ordered
a fire bell three feet in circumference
and will discard the Klaxton horn now
used as a fire alarm. The new bell will
cost $95. A quantity of new fire hose
is to- be purchased The contract has
been awarded to Anderson & Meyer.
Imperial Valley press., 1911-12-26
Christmas Wedding

Rev. Saylor at the Methodist parsonage
Sunday performed the marriage ceremony
for the wedding OF Jesse Anderson, ana
Alma Mosier. both OF near HelfS1lle. Mrs.
Butcher. sister of the groom, was With
her brother at the ceremony. The Young
couple will reside on farm near ffsit-
Vile
Imperial Valley press., 1911-12-26

Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Blair of Hsltyille
gave a dinner party at Hotel Oressa last
evening, the guests being Mr.. and Mrs.
Francis and daughter. Mr.. and Mrs. Ell
liot T.. Beamer and daughter. Mr. and
Mrs. A. c. Hollis and Mr.. Gillespie Of
Holtville.
Imperial Valley press., 1911-12-26
Sunday School Election

After the Christmas exercises at the
Methodist church last evening, Sunday
school officers were elected as follows:
superintendent r. II. Clark; assistant
superintendent, Mrs. II. o. Sisson; sec
retary, Charles Sones.
Imperial Valley press., 1911-12-26
Licensed to Wed

A license was issued today for tfe mar
riaee OF i.obert Smith and Bette Wig
gins. colored. both OF Imperial. and they
were AT once bound in wedlock by Justice
l. Mayfield
Imperial Valley press., 1911-12-26

~ The ordinary aewsDaper fsr asIissry.
e collect isses 8 II css! u &c "a.
avoids all Losses ana an expense 81 cG.
oi the aeiiverins d saves sssafly. -
lev price and high cAsracfsr Il ~ -.
per. are the snfy solicitsre. Thft n L.
Policy that nakes essyiSis the fhsSe
II entered o. cur ssibserIp{feS III
cut vasb - aavaace. 1A6 WY I'd
sffrint!sIs g ny IT, sre ~ SEsSsncs q the esSir
Imperial Valley press., 1911-12-26
Petition Laid on Table

The city trustees of Calexico have laid
on the table the petition of property
holders protesting againsta the employ
ment of a city engineer at a salary of $40
per DAY.
Imperial Valley press., 1911-12-26
ANNUAL MEETING

To the Stockholders of the Ell Centre Ma
tional Bank:
Sirs.--You are hereby notified that the
ers OF the FL Centre National Bank will
be held at it's banking house in the city
OF FL Centre, for the purpose of electing
directors, on January 9Th, 1912. between
the hours Of 10 a.p1. and pm.
Jan F. 3. FULLER, Pres.
Imperial Valley press., 1911-12-26
SPECIAL TRAIN SERVICE ron
THE ne H0tTViLLa FiUoJA

The Hsltsn Intsr.UrSaa nailway 4sH-
pany has made arranesnents with the
ears from ell peiatS II the valley . sSsW
Years Day fek the Hsltptfle HsstA
- Hrtlf csaea9 wisl u ss14S e n4tzs
'a1. asa 81 49, en4&Rlnv -
~ - ~ = : .
Imperial Valley press., 1911-12-26

Build your new house of attractive
cement blocks. Our Office building a
sample !. V. Concrete Co., El Centre.
Imperial Valley press., 1911-12-26

The Pioneer Transfer Company is pre-
pared to handle your baggage any
kind OF drayage work at reasonable
prices. Office on Fifth street just north
of Main street. Phone Main /. IT
Imperial Valley press., 1911-12-26

Mr.. and Mrs Frank Payton entertained
at dinner yesterday Frank Preston, of
Preston & MacCartney: Fred Van Way.
w. J. Purcell and Charles Hawkins.
Imperial Valley press., 1911-12-26
Suspended Sentence

Andy Frierson was today given sus-
pended sentence of thirty days for as
sault on A. s. Fell. the sentence being
contingent on sixty days OF good behavior
Imperial Valley press., 1911-12-26
SKATING TO-DAY

II. H. Skating Rink ersn daily at
2:20 in the Afternoon and $50 IN the even
ing, In Blackintonn Hall. Perfect equip.
ment. ODeA eraar always preserved. #
Imperial Valley press., 1911-12-26
sutscriber Gess BensNs

To make life worth lWing. Keep the iiv.
er right. Jed's Gentle Reminders Will dn
IL. John L. Davis. druggist u
Imperial Valley press., 1911-12-26

Orange and lemon trees, the finest ever
offered in this valley; can be ordered from
the Imperial Valley Nursery at price
lower than has been possible Tor the last
FIVE years, See Kelly about il before they
are all sold. Z Il
Imperial Valley press., 1911-12-26
WATER STOCK WANTED

Wanted, small block No / water stock
J. Is. Elliott care Tribune. Los Angeles.
Imperial Valley press., 1911-12-26

FOR SALE-Pedigree Duroc Jersey boars.
or will exchange for poultry, etc. MAR
SHAII & IRWIN.
Imperial Valley press., 1911-12-26

FOR >SALE-An assignment of 120 acres
near tho new townsite Of Dixieland.
Good land and part under cultivation.
Price only Ill per acre. HARRISON
LAND COMPANY. 101
Imperial Valley press., 1911-12-26

FOR SALR-Real estate. Cheapest buy
in the valley 120 acre ranch, about
miles from Imperial, about all leveled,
bordered. head gates, partly water
stocked and about all been cropped.
Price SIS per acre cash. E. j. SMITH,
Agent Imperial,
Imperial Valley press., 1911-12-26

FOR sALE-1oo FIRST CLASS YOUNG
dairy cows, all milking. / also have
assirsd, with plenty feed sowsd to bar
ley. VIII sell enc Or three strings:
make prices and terms right; cows
miles NE Calexico. 10 foot drop. If
Imperial Valley press., 1911-12-26

POSTPONED-My auction sale is post
poned until about Jan. 20. HARRY
CROSS, Heber. e2-tf
Imperial Valley press., 1911-12-26

FOR SALE-Dozen broody sows and sows
with pigs. CARDIFF BROS, Imperial.
Phone 512O 100
The evening times., 1911-08-19
few rainfalls that keep the surface

few rainfalls that keep the surface
moist, even in dry years.
But this moisture must be kept in
the ground by crop rotation and cul-
tivation, SO that it is available for
the plant roots next year. II 1t es-
capes into space it is because these
conservation methods are lacking
Much more moisture has fallen in the
valley this season than was needed
for the crop. This should be saved
and used in the lean years.
Just as a superabundance Of mois-
ture can be conserved SO do unscien-
tific methods permit the accumulation
Of drouths. If the moisture of the
present year is allowed to escape,
next year will find the soil condi-
tions such that the crop will receive
no benefit except from the years
rainfall. If that should be below nor
NAL, then a drouth exists in the soil,
if not on the surface. This process
gradually dries out the soil until 1t
is absolutely non-drouth resisting
and a year when the rainfall Is small
will witness a drouth. On the other
hand a scientific conservation of
moisture in preceding years would
have prevented such conditions and
avoided the consequences.
Farmers cannot make rain fall but
they can conserve that which does fall
failures will be unknown.
The evening times., 1911-08-19
WALKING KISS LATEST BLISS
New Spring Styles in Oscillation Be.
ing Shown in Alienation Suit

The kissing Walk" or Walking
Kiss" new phase of the enticing
practice of osculation, was brought
to public attention in the supreme
court before Justice Bendleton by a
witness in the Harden-Hoops $780,
600 alienation suit.
ture of New York apartment houses,
the new kiss possesses elements Of
popularity. According to Miss Mayme
McEnerney, a soft-spoken little wo-
man who was nurse in the home
of Percival Lee Harden, publisher Of
the Club Fellow. the prime requisite
for the kissing Walk" ts long,
dark hallway-the longer the better
though Miss McEnerney, not hav-
ing qualified as an expert, did not
vouch for that.
II used to see Mrs. Harden and
Mr.. Hoops in a sort Of kissing walk
or walking kiss. guess you would
call It," Miss McEnerney said coyly,
in relating some of the incidents she
observed in the Harden home.
"Tell US all about it." said Mr.
Harden's lawyers, while every one
leaned forward with eagerness.
"They would start at one end Of
the hallway, with their arms around
each other, and walk to the other end.
all the time partaking of one kiss
An audible chorus of "yum-yums"
echoed through the court room.
Miss McEnerney hastened to vol
unteer that she hadn't been spying on
Mrs. Harden. She happened upon the
walking kiss quite unexpectedly while
looking after her charge, q baby niece
of Mrs. Harden who had a habit of
crawling right into the scene of ac-
ton"
The nurse testified that on many oc-
casions while she lived in the Harden
apartment in Central Park West, she
had seen Mrs. Harden and Mr.. Hoops
loving each other" When they were
not kissing and hugging," she said,
they used to sit around and smoke
scented cigarettes. When, Mr.. Har-
den was not at home, Mrs. McEner-
ney said Mrs. Harden called Mr..
Hoops BILLY" and he called her
Sweetheart" but when Mr.. Harden
was around their attitude toward
each other was quite formal.
The evening times., 1911-08-19
- 81 + = s. = + y y i. y
& DOES FISH KNOW PAIN 8
Experienced Angler Says the =
Finny Tribe do not Suffer, y
(Kansas City Times.)

Whether fish suffer pains from
wounds is question much discussed
among anglers. l am convinced that
they do not. My opinion is based on
many facts like this which l have re-
lated. l once lost two hooks in sue
cession, fishing with bait in deep
hole, under closely hanging bushes,
where could not use fly. Finding
that my smells were not to be trust
ed. knotted hook on the line, tried
the third time. and landed a fine trout
from whose mouth l took the two
hooks l had lost. 1 once took small
trout on fly, who rose sharply and
struck with vigor, whose side had
within few hours been so badly torn
by another fish, or by a hook, that the
skin was gone from the belly to the
dorsal fin full inch wide, leaving
the red flesh exposed. l have seen a
skate. weighing more than fifty
pounds. caught on bait hook in
Fishers island sou:d. drawn up to
the side Of the boat, and his throat
cut across with a cash intended to be
and supposed to be sufficiently deep
to kill him. The same skate was
caught and brought out on the same
hook within thirty minutes afterward.
Instances might be multiplied from
my own experiences. Other anglers
could furnish many more. From such
observations l have become convinc-
ed that wounds do not give to fish
that sensation which we call pain.
The angler who has hooked fish
with bait and lost him should not
hesitate to throw again into the same
spot; for, unless the fish has been
frightened by seeing the fisherman, he
will take the bait as readily the sec
ond time, and often with more vigor,
as if angry at its having escaped him.
This is especially true of pike and
pickerel. l once took pike in Glen
Falloch, at the head of Loeb Lomond
who struck spoon four times be-
fore landed him, and each time was
badly torn by the hooks.
But, on the other hand, it is. gen
orally true that If trout is pricked
by fly hook he will not rise to it
again. This is, perhaps, owing to the
simple fact that he has found no taste
of flesh on the hook. In one single
instance in my experience l have
known an exception to this rule
Casting on lake in the Franconia
mountains, pricked a two-pound
trout, and pricked him badly. The
water was clear, and l saw him rush
off, turn, and as my fly again fell in
the same spot, go at it with fierce
dart. and l landed him. l speak, o1
course, Of trout as l have known
them.
The evening times., 1911-08-19

fears and anxieties right here and now
are their punishment. But such per-
sons are the exceptions. Most of us
very much the most of us-are on
another tack. This other tack is not
straight sailing, by any means it
would not be human If it were. But
1t is the straightest sailing that man
is capable of. The man who is doing
the best that he can is not blame
worthy for not doing better. To do
the best that you can is the whole
law and gospel and those who are
taking, this safe course. with "a sim
cere desire to keep to it and with
patience and sympathy for those who
now and then fall away from it, need
have no fears about the end Of the
world. II the world and all its pro-
ducts should pass away tomorrow,
it would be. nothing more for the man
of good conscience than to lie down
to sleep after a hard days work He
would be caught in his everyday
clothes, to be sure. and would have
no time to fix up; but he would be
himself, with his own habitat quail
ties and if these qualities do not fit
him for the end of all things moth
ing else will. He would be himself
If he were in any manner sudden
ly be made over it would not be he
but another. The only rule is to wear
the right kind of clothes every day so
that he may remain himself-to be
habitually fit for anything that may
come, including even the end of the
world, If unknown and immutable law
has that in store for mankind.
To get back out of the mystical do
main of our supposition and away
from Elder Montgomery's shivering
guess, it is true enough that the end
of the world is going on for mankind
at every hour. But it does not come
to mankind in the mass; it comes to
mankind through the individual. So
far as the individual is concerned, it
is the same thing; and everyday
clothes of the right kind which would
be so desirable in the light of what
might be, are just as necessary in the
light of what is.
There is a lot of rot about the great
mental strain some people talk about.
The evening times., 1911-08-19

There is lot of rot about the great
mental strain some people talk about.
The evening times., 1911-08-19
THE END OF THE WORLD

The end of the world is again an
nounced-this time b Elder Mont
gomery, president of the Indianapolis
conference of the Seventh Day Ad-,
ventists. He has new rule about it,
which he set forth in these words.
Il cannot set the year. 1t may be
next year, it may be five years, but
I do know that it will come before
the death of the last man who saw
the falling of the stars on November
13, 1888. There are few people living
now who saw that phenomenon and
l know that the END will come before
all of them are gone"
The figure three seems to have
something to do with this new rule,
but never mind that. One rule is as
good as another when a man talks
of something that he knows nothing
about. Elder Montgomery says that
he does know but this is mere form
of words. Neither he nor any living
man knows anything about the end of
the world nor even what may happen
tomorrow. He is guessing, or con-
jecturing or speculating-for all the
spectators are not in Wall street.
1t is the pose of all these foreseers
to say that they know and probably
Ia lie when they use the word. All
that they mean by their know" is
that they are very we'll convinced
and that they hope to convince 9TH
er people.
But supposing that Elder Mont
gomery does know? What Of it? Is
it so terrible thing-this end of the
world? 1t is all bit of intellectual
conjuration, We know, but wherein
lies the horror of it? If we all went
together, suddenly and for good, that
certainly would be the squarest kind
of a deal. We all manage to live to-
gether in fashion-those of us who
are still alive-and it is difficult to
conceive how it would be harder for
all to die together. There would be a
certain equality about it that is mag
nificent. The dog and the horse and
the wild beasts that are Gagged and
the twittering birds and the patient
and busy ants and the flowers and
the running waters and the great
trees and man, who plays that he is
the waster of all these-man, in his
various developments, as the dress
maker, the saloonkeeper, the captain
of finance, the master politician, the
teacher, the bishop and the arch
bishop, the man who struts around
pretending that he knows, the idiot
who also sometimes pretends that he
knows-to have this whole bunch
bundled off together with the solid
earth upon which all of them have
struggled and striven and labored for
some millions of years, would be q
masterpiece of equality. For once
the whole combination would be on
The evening times., 1911-08-19
HEADING OFF DROUTHs

II the Red river valley suffers
from drouth for several years it can
be charged to the culpability OF the
farmers themselves. 1t is well
recognized fact in scientific farming
that the excess of moisture in the
ground above what is necessary for
the present crop can be conserved for
next years crop by proper methods
Of surface handling. And as the ex-
cess Of this year can be stored up
for next year, SO may the excess for
next year be stored for the follow
ing year. and SO on until there is
sufficient to carry the crop over
what IL termed q drouth, with the
The evening times., 1911-08-19
A Review OF LEADING
NJ Magazines
Birds Police Earth and Air

Birds work more in conjunction
with man to help him than does any
other form Of outdoor life, according
to a recent article in Success maga-
zine. They police the earth and air.
and without their services the farmer
would be helpless. Larks, wrens and
thrushes search the ground for grubs
and insects. The food of the meadow
lark consists OF seventy-five per cent
OF Injurious insects and twelve per
cent OF weed seed, showing it to be
bird of great economic value. Spar
rows, finches and quail eat a large
amount of weed seed. Practically all
the food of the tree sparrow consists
of seed. Examinations by Prof. F..
E. l.. Beal of the biological survey
of the department of agriculture
show that single tree sparrow will
eat quarter of an ounce of weed
seed daily. In state the size of
Iowa tree sparrows alone will con-
sumo more than eight hundred tons
of weed seed annually. This, with the
work of other seed eating birds saves
the farmer an immense amount of
work Nuthatches and chickadees
scan every part of the trunks and
limbs Of trees for insect eggs. In a
days time a chickadee has been
known to eat hundreds of insect eggs
and worms that are very harmful to
our trees and vegetables. Warblers
and vireos hunt the leaves and buds
for moths and millers. Fly catchers,
swallows and night hawks are busy
day and night catching flies that both
er man and beast. Hawks and owls
are working silently in daylight and
darkness to catch moles, mice, goph-
ers and SQUIRRELS.