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Imperial Valley press., 1911-12-01
JAMES WH|TCOMB R|LEY's
LAST VERSE WRITTEN

INDIANAPOLIS, Dec. 1.-The world
has received it's last poem from the
hand of James Whitcomb Riley, Amer
ica's greatest living poet. Riley was
asked today by friends to write a poem
in the form of a Christmas message to
the public and sadly shook his head
and exposed withered right hand.
The paralytic stroke suffered by the
famous bard two years ago and which
left him i'll has gone to his right hand
and this member is absolutely helpless
now. When it was seen that it would
be impossible for him to write, it was
suggested that he might dictate. He
shook his head in disapproval.
mo, no, that would be impossible" !"
he said. "One cannot write poetry
that way. One must have his pen in
hand to get the proper rhythm and
meter in such work."
Within the last few months Riley
has improved little and his friends be-
lieve he has not long to live. He is
unable to walk without assistance and
only when weather conditions are fine
does he take drives.
Imperial Valley press., 1911-12-01
Tuning the Furniture.

"Before piano tuner can get good
results he sometimes has to tune up the
general furniture as well as the piano"
said an expert tuner. 'The other day
l was sent for to tune piano that had
not been out of the factory six weeks.
1t was a fine piano, but every time !
struck a note a noise like a battery of
tin pans let loose sounded through the
room. 1 worked all morning without
making any improvement. Finally I
examined the rest Of the furniture, and
pretty soon l discovered the cause Of
those jangling chords. A cabinet filed
with old brass plates, platters and
pieces Of armor stood against the same
wall. One leg was shorter than the
others, and every time struck the
piano keys the vibrations caused a
slight tipping of the cabinet and set
the brass contents a-jiggling. ! point
ed out the uneven legs to the pianist.
"'What you want IS furniture
mender, not a piano tuner said.
'They got one in to add an eighth of
an inch to that short leg, and the piano
sounded sweet and true."-New York
Sun.
Imperial Valley press., 1911-12-01
AndaIusian Girls.

Despite their attractions Andalusian
girls only marry after very long en-
gagements, sometimes lasting ten
years. One girl who has been engag-
ed four years has a lover who comes
from a distance twice year to see
her. and yet he has never once men
toned matrimony. He lives with his
mother and no doubt keeps her. for
Spanish mothers have great influence
over their sons. When at last mar
riage takes place the bride has often
to reside with her mother-in-law, to
whom custom requires her to be most
subservient. Extremely devoted tS
their own mothers. Andalusian girls
are in no hurry to marry should theiI
doing 80 require them to live at any
distance from their old home. On the
other hand. they do not appreciate
having to wait ten years, but. a. they
nay. mo hay remedior there II NO
remedyl-seville Letter.
Imperial Valley press., 1911-12-01
PROJECT
CREATES BIG RESERVOIR

RIVERSIDE, Dec. IA lake nearly
q mile long and half as wide is to be
created by the construction Of dam
begun today by the Gage Canal Com
pany. The site is at the mouth OF
Mockingbird canyon, and the reser-
voir when constructed will be filed
with food water running in the Santa
Ana river and conveyed to the reser
voir through the Gage canal. J. NJ
Mylne is the engineer in charge oi
the undertaking. and he predicts that
it will be completed in four months.
: The cost will be- $76.o 900 and added
water supply will increase the water
right from an inch to five acres under
the Gage canal to an inch to four acres
The reservoir will be surrounded by
hills on three sides and will be q
very attractive little body of water.
Imperial Valley press., 1911-12-01
BIOGRAPHICAL NAMES.
Racial Marks Left by Our Early Ex-
plorers and Settlers.

porers and Settlers.
While most Of the states of the Mis-
sissippi valley. besides countless riv-
ers and lakes in all parts of the coun-
try, bear Indian names, but small
number only of the towns that are
the work of the white man have adopt
ed names borrowed from the original
owners OF the land. Not one In ten, 1t
has been pointed out, of the $50 large
cities has an Indian name, and among
those that have it is usually an adop-
ton from some neighboring lake or
stream.
The early explorers and settlers have
left their racial marks. UP the Hud-
son and Mohawk the trail of the
Dutchman is pretty clear. The French
influence in northern New York and
Vermont and along the line Of the
great lakes is familiar in many names.
Mississippi has no saints" in its
Hst, whereas. across the river, Louisi-
ana, by nine parishes and many towns,
rivers and lakes. perpetuates the re-
igious tenets Of its early settlers.
Kentucky and Tennessee evidence the
vocabulary of the hunter and trapper;
Montana and Idaho that Of the miner.
All the region acquired from Mexico.
particularly southern California, main
tains in its place names the memory OF
its Spanish explorers and settlers.
There are relatively few Indian
names on the Pacific coast. North OF
1.-THE Spanish belt capes and towns fire.
quently reflect the loyalty Of early set
tiers to the older states Of the Union.-
Pittsburg Press
Imperial Valley press., 1911-12-01
Too Early.

One raw February morning an h.
structor In the University Of Michigan
was calling the roll Of an 8 o'clock
class In English.
"Mr. Robbins" said he.
There was no answer.
"Nr. Robbins" in a slightly Iooder
voice.
Stn no reply.
"Ah," said the instructor. with .
quiet smile, ''come to think Of It. Il u
rather early for robins"
The instructor was the late Noses
Colt Tyler. who later became profess
sor Of history at Cornell. and It shows
him In the pleasing light Of man who
could be boyishly gay at gray and
cheerless hour-no small feat, II one
stops to consider an Instructors pesve'
cations to morning dullness.
Imperial Valley press., 1911-12-01
]. B. ELLIOTT WINS TITLE
TO EAST SIDE PROPERTY

LOS ANGELES, Dec. John B. Ell
liot ot thi. city ha been declared the
rightful entryman On 100 acres OF land
in Imperial county, by decision OF
Register Buren and Receiver Robin
son of the land Office, given out yes
terday. The land is said to be worth
not less than $4,000.
The tract was originally included in
a desert land entry filed by Kate H.
Prescott, in 1908. She did nothing to
perfect her right and abandoned 1t,
but the entry still existed on the
books of the land Office in her name.
Subsequently, Mercer II. Smith went
on the land, built home, did much
reclamation work, and cultivated ten
acres. He was technically a trespass-
er, as the land had already been seq
regated as included in the Prescott
entry, that had been abandoned by
the woman, but no official knowledge
had been transmitted to the land Office
Later the commissioner of the gen.
eral land office started proceedings to
have the Prescott entry Cancelled on
the ground that no final proof had been
submitted. Two months later, Thomas
J. LIE Hane investigated the land. He
found Smith on it, and paid him
$3.50 for his claim without stopping
to investigate whether Smith had any
right to the property or not. Then
LIE Hane discovered that Lettie M.
Bryan had instituted a contest for the
land and he paid her $3.50 to with
draw it. The fact was that the land
was still officially in the name of Kate
Nh Prescott.
As soon as lie Hane secured possess
sion of the land, he spent about $500
improving 1t. building fences, and
breaking up the ground. He then dis
covered that the Prescott entry was
still in existence and he instituted a
contest against the prescott claim. As
the government had already started
proceedings to cancel the entry, his
contest was disallowed on the ground
that the Prescott entry had not yet
gone through the process Of cancella-
tion. lIo appealed from this decision.
About this time the general land Office
cancelled the Prescott entry, which
had the effect of restoring the land to
the public domain, and making 1t sub
ject to entry, IA - 50 +Str .47'44as'
The condition Of the entry became
: Snown and several prospective entry
Imperial Valley press., 1911-12-01

men camped on the trail of the local
land Office officials in the hope of be-
ing able to file applications for the
property, which is located near Holt
aged to get his application in first, fill
ing his claim on February .21, 1911,
and it has been allowed LIE Hane
applied for hearing as to his rights
on the land, and it was held that he
nau acquired equitable rights. he had
no legal title or entry.
Imperial Valley press., 1911-12-01
Horss Riding In Ancient Time&

Horse Riding In Ancient Times.
Stirrups were unknown to the an
clients. Along the public roads there
were placed stones to enable the horse
men to mount. Stirrups were used tC
some extent In the fifth century. but
were not common even SO late as the
twelfth. Horseshoeing Is very an
cient art. 1t is represented ON coin
Of Tarentum Of about $50 B. G. 1t l.
said that william the COnQuerO'
brought the flrst. trOne horseshoe n
1nGland.--London GraRhic..
Imperial Valley press., 1911-12-01
An Achievement.

Il don't see why you should - %
proud Of winning that case" said the
intimate friend. "You were plainly IN
the wrong"
"You don't understand these things
at AL" answered the lawyer. 'aThat'a
the very thing that makes me "a
proud.
Imperial Valley press., 1911-12-01
and, poured out into tiny cups, IS SOL

and, poured out into tiny cups, IS SOL
emnly handed around to each one.
Dates often take the place of bread
in Arabia There are many varieties.
apd the composition of the date does
not differ so very much from that Of
bread. Fat is lacking in both. but
this is supplied by the butter churned
in skin bags suspended from a tripod
and shaken or rolled on the ground
Chicago News.
Imperial Valley press., 1911-12-01
TRANSFERS OF REALTY
IN IMPERIAL COUNTY
Record of Transfers of Imperial Coun-
ty Realty as Shown by Compilations
of Peoples Abstract e. Trust
Company.

Palmer, w. S., ct ux. to Towne, A.
w. Part of Tr. 140-13-14.
Imperial Investment Company to
Oakley Company. Lots 6, 10 and H.
block 40 of Brawley
Nastick, Clara c. to San Diego &
Arizona Ry. Co. Part of the VIZ OF
Tr. 68-16-12.
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Faith and Woelss,

Faith without works IL like q bird
without wings. who. though she may
hop with her companions here on earth.
yet, II she live till the worlds end. she
viii never ~ - heaven.-OWen '1elt-
ham
Imperial Valley press., 1911-12-01

Misses coats just received; wonder
fully low prices. at Norton's Dept.
Store. -
Imperial Valley press., 1911-12-01

Misses coats just received; wonder
fully low prices, At Norton's Dept
Store. "a
Imperial Valley press., 1911-12-01

Gladstone Sisters at L. & s. Thea.
ter tonight.
Imperial Valley press., 1911-12-01

Wear Grover shoes for tender feet.
At Salomoo's,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-08-14
News Of South Richmond

maintain that 1t will not come up un.
I'll the next term OF court, three
months hence
Funeral OF Miss Hughes.
The funeral of Miss Ida Douglaa
Hughes. who was drowned Saturday
VIII take place tomorrow morning
az IL o'clock from the Second Baptist
Church
Candidates to Speak.
All candidates for nomination ne
the primary on September I will sneak
next Monday night at a special meet
ing of the Washington Ward Demo-
cratic League The local office -seekers
iast week were extended an invita-
tlon by the league, and it is under
STOOD that most of them will be pres
Mr. Zudimn Prenches.
Rev. Minor Zudima. of the Univer-
slty OF Virginia. preached yesterday
at the Cowardin Avenue Christian
church. Rev. w. F. Long, the pastor.
Is away on his vacation
Welcome Rain.
The rain early last night was heart,l,.
welcomed by farmers OF Chesterfiel1
county and proved a great relief
throushout the Southsidc to every one
after day of excessive heat and hu-
nudity. ~
Coming unexpectedly. the storm
caught hundreds of pleasure ekers
at Forest Hill Park unawares, but most
OF them were willing to put up with
temporary discomfort for the RELIEF
the wind and rain brought.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-08-14
SHOWS NOREGRET
FOR DOING MURDER
prisoner Claims Sister-in-Law
He Killed Had Nagged
at Him.
FOUND ASLEEP IN FIELD
aiken Without Trouble and
Lodged in Jail at
Princess Ann.
FOUND ASLEEP IN FIELD

cape Charles. Va, August 10
james L. Polk, who shot his sister-in.
law. Mrs. James II. Lawrence q, NJ.
co - IN Pocomoke last night. wa.
captured about midnight IN an old
Pasture field. about one haIr-m,Ie to-,
the scene of the shooting. He was
aroused from n drunken sleep by m,
calling OF ex-Sheriff Townsend and
maze resistance when told that he
was wanted. He said he would GO
WIN Townsend. but would not sur.
render to crowd. He had a loaded
gun with him, which he turned over
nj the request Of the officer He wa.
taken 20 his home where ne got clean
clothing. after which he was turned
over 10 the deputy sheriff OF Somerset
county. and was taken to the jan at
Princess Anne He gave a rather in
coherent version of why he shot Mrs
Lawrence. saying he was constantly
nasscd and interfered with. she want.
Ing to control his affairs.
This is the second shooting trouble
POLK has been In. He was tried about
year ago for shooting at his wife.
ana the court let him go on promise
OF future good conduct Mrs. Polk
although IN no danger, also received
q Few OF the shot she being In the
me OF fire. although Polk did not
h,e at her. Polk expressed love for
ms wife. and before being taken to
jan his one regret was that he could
not see his youngest hoy He seems
10 feel tina; ne was justified In the
shooting Of Mrs. Lawrence. SAYING he
mad told her he would kill her II she
did not stop meddlirr IN his affairs
The Polk family. OF which re is
member. stands high in the county or
Somerset ana many persons i..iieve
that from the constant use Of whiskey
his reason han become affected
POLK Is very large man. and is
fortv-eight years old
Mrs. Lawrence came from her home
In New York u protect her sister from
alleged inhuinan treatment given her
by Polk In a quarrel which followed
the upbraid!ng of Polk b. Mrs Law
renee. he became enraged. seized
double bnrrcled shotgun and emptied
the contents into her body as she ran
screaming from the house
Polk. vino is a brother OF w U.
Polk, superintendent of the Baltimore.
Chesapeake and Atlantic Railroad
Company. Is we'll known
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-08-14

that Is now being constructed at a
local ship yard The craft Is first 10
cross desert and then is TO be
launched on the Colorado River and
navigate part of its deep canyons. She
viii, be seventy feet long. OF eighty
three tons. and will be driven by a
stern wheel
She is being built for the use Of the
American Placer Mining Company, o.
Chicago. which has seen conducting
some large operations N taking geld
at Lees Ferry. Arizona. This Is the
only crossing on the river for hundreds
OF miles. because the stream runs
through great sand cliffs which start
well UP In Utah. and few miles be-
low the ferry 1t dips into the Marble
Canyon. which then leads into the
Grand Canyon, and the water goes
through the Bucksk!n Mountains far
below their summit
Although the river throughout most
of its course is wild with rapids and
Vicinity OF the ferry wherc It runs
smoothly and the current is not too
strong. /; is for the purpose OF taking
workers and supplies UP and DOWN
stream in the gold operations and for
carrying coal from a deposit that has
heen found In the Marble Canyon that
the vessel Is being built. She will have
q speed OF ten miles an hour, enough
TO overcome the current, and will en-
able the gold hunters TO reach places
now inaccessible.
The boat will be built as any other,
and after she is completed she will be
taken apart, put on train, and taken
70 Flagstaff. Arizona From this point
She must be taken over a sandy waste
for 200 miles by wagon. AT Lees Ferry
crew o: men from tho ship yards Will
put her together again and launch her.
The operation will be costly. but the
miners expect 10 pay fQ- the steamboat,
soon with the wider operations and
make he. fine investment.
Persons who have been at the ferry
VIII await with interest the attitude
the Navajo Ind tans will take when
they FIRST behold this monster o. the
water as they cross the river for their
trading with the P!utes. Nothing the
whites have brought TO their attention
SO far has shaken their stole calm, but
this revelation may DO so,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-08-14
News Of PETERSBURG.

recent robberies and holdups in Prince
George.
Property Transfers.
Real estate transfers in the city
during the past several weeks have
been rather few in number and un-
important In character. The two most
Important deeds recorded -he past
week were those OF Annie B. Seward
to Hatcher S. Seward, house and lot
on Hinton Street, for $4,000, and w.
A. Bond to Charles E. Harwell. vacant
lot on Friend Street, for $1,000.
Personal Notes.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. A Worth Iert YES
terday for New York for a visit of
some days.
Mr.. and Mrs S ]. Carroll. of Eos
teria, O.. and children. are visiting
Mrs CARROTS parents. Mr. and Mrs
o. w, Foster. in Chesterfield county.
Alleged Felonious Assault.
warrant was issued this morning
for the arrest of Robert Crocker. a
negro. Tor felonious assault on a col.
oreo boy named Ward. The assault
was committed with a block or stick
OF wood. The boys skull was tract
ured. and his condition is said to he
very serious. Croker who has NOT
yet been caught, has served a teIn,
IN the penitentiary. and his brother is
now serving long sentence in the
penitentiary for the murder OF his
wife ans
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-08-14
F.A.MUNSEYTOWED
A BALT|MORE BELLE

Philadelphia. August 1s-Atte.
t"e!Ve years Of the most persistent;
wooing' society and business circles
mere nave received information thai
franz a. Munsey, the publisher. ar
last has been successful and that bis
engagement to Miss Lota Robinson
OF Baltimore. will soon be announced
Mr. Munsey is about fifty seven years
OF age and the woman who has been
picked as his bride and for whom he
mas made such a persistent fight 10
ABOUT twenty-five years his junior
Mr.. Munsey first met Miss ROBINSON
who Is one OF the bellies of Baltimora
ABOUT twelve years ago. She was still
DUO. and a beautiful one. Just round.
ing into womanhood. She immediateIy
captured the heart Of the publisher
who was thought to be a confirmed
oacheior. Then began a chase which
reached almost around the world, Mr.
Munsey being the chaser and Mise
Robinson the chased.
Wherever Miss Robinson was. thera
also was Mr.. Munsey. The chase want
from Baltimore to Europe and even ia
far-of China and return and then
back to Europe several times. 1t is
understood by close friends of Miss
Robinson that the publisher has laid
his heart and fortune at the feet OF
the Baltimore beauty several times
but not until ten days ago was he
accepted.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-08-14
BRITAIN WON'T AID
IN MELLON DIVORCE

Pittsburg. August 1s.-District At
torney William A. Blakeley and At
torney Robert Dodds. OF Plttsburg.
representing the legal forces OF An
drew w. Mellon. the multimiilionaire.
have found George Alfred Curphey
and his friend Captain William T.
Ktrkbride. in apartments in Berry
Street. London.
Efforts to have the men brought
back to this country or to force from
them In star chamber proceedings the
desired testimony IN Melons effort
to divorce his wife without a trial
by jury. failed. The British govern
ment. Mr.. Melons attorneys discov-
cred, was not as accommoda ting as
the Pennsylvania Legislature and
courts. and refused to change Its
methods OF Justice to aid tho Pittsburg
banksr.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-08-14
Times-Dispatch Bureau,
100 North Sycamore Street.
Petersburg, Va, August. 10.

petersburg, Va, August 13
Interest in the Beattie case in this
city and Vicinity is so great that
many people will go out to Chester
field Courthouse tomorrow with the
expectation OF getting a view of some
OF the chief witnesses.
No Action Yet.
The First Baptist Church has not
as yet taken any formal action rela
tive to the call of pastor to succeed
the Rev. w. G. Taylor, resigned. This
VIII be matter for careful and
prayerful consideration. Or. Taylor
VIII not leave Petersburg for several
weeks. The Rev. J. j. Taylor. D. D.,
Of Knoxville. Tenn. occupied the
pulpit OF the church to-day.
House-Dreakcrs Arrested.
TWO negroes. william Price and
ohm Furman, have been arrested and
lodged in the jail OF Prince George
county. charged with breaking into
and robb!ng the home of a colored
man in the county Among other
things. they got quite a large sum OF
money Since the completion of the
work of the Norfolk and Western
belt line around the city good MANY
strange negroes have been turned
loose and this may account for the
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-08-14

hne OF the Pennsylvania Railroad
ABOUT thirty miles west of Philadel-
phia.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-08-14
Lynching I'm Oklahoma

Durant. Okla, August ia moi
OF 900 whites to-day captured and
snot TO death an unidentified negro
who yesterday attacked and shot Mrs
Redden Campbell. near here. ana az.
terward burned the negro's body.
The negro was killed after run
ming fight lasting more than an hour
IN which he exhausted his ammunition
returning the fire of his pursuers.
When he fell, volley after voliey
OF bullets was poured into his body
by the advancing mob. 1t was then
taken to the home OF his victim
Nearly dead from her injuries. Mrs
Campbell identified it as that of her
assaliant
The mob then burned the corpse
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-08-14
South Richmond Bureau.
The Times-Dispatch.
1920 Hull Street.

Phone Madison IT'S.
In order to be present when the case
Of Henry Clay Beattie. Jr.. is presented
to the grand fury of the Chesterfield
County Circuit Court this morning, 1t
Is expected that scores Uf people from
South Richmond will journey to the
courthouse, three miles from Contra
Ia Having been long resident
OF Manchester. Henry Beattie is we'll
known TO nearly every man, woman
and child in the community. Interest
IN the case is nowhere so deep as here.
Many persons GA Saturday arranged
ior conveyances of all descriptions to
take them TO the courthouse. while
others Will go to Centralia by trolley
and walk the remaining distance. BY
tar the majority of the crowd which
VIII be present to-day will be from
Washing ton Ward.
There is much speculation about
whether the trial will begin within
the next few days or be continued for
a longer time. This question has prov
ed an absorbing one, and constant dis
eussion pro and con has led to a d.
vision Of those who say the case will
De opened Immediately and those who
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-08-14
PUTS HER DEAD BABY ON
DOORSTEP AND FLEES
Weil-Gowned Woman Leaves Note
Saying She'll De Found
IN,

IN ft1NeTs
Pittsburg. Pa, August 13-An uni
IDENTIFIED and well-gowned woman
walked through Pittsburg with her
baby tucked in a dainty market bas-
ket. Coming to a river neighborhooi
on North Side. she sat on a stoop for
half an hour and told the woman Of
the house that she had been in poor
health and was exhausted from carry
ing the basket burden three miles.
The housewife went indoors. but,
watching her through the window. saw
her write note and drop IL in the
basket, after which she disappeared,
leaving the basket behind
The note read: Please be kind to my
baby. I am in the river; il you want
the owner, watch A B." The baby
had been dead for probably two hours
and the body was slightly bruised Oh
the chest and neck
The police dragged the river. but
without results.