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Imperial Valley press., 1911-11-22

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what in evidence IN the valley last
week, numerous parties faring forth.
the particular event being the county
fair at Ell Centro, but the wider pur-
pose to see the country that is behind
the marvellous development. Among
the last to leave this city for the val
ley were A G. Kendall, w w. Brison,
il, and myself. We being booked for
the midnight train Wednesday. Thurs
day and Friday we saw" and from
the hurricane deck of a powerful au-
tCmobile we were snown some of the
maweIs which desert silt and sun
shine and Colorado river water in
abundance make possible
Reference above to the cotton prod
Uct does not mean that We were per
suaded that it is the coming or even
the greatest product of the Imperial
Valley Trust to say. he would be
daring prophet who would just now
attempt to say what may be it's great
est source of wealth Five bales of
Egyptian cotton grown in the valley
last year were sold for cents per
pound. which would make a Monte
Cristo out of every land owner in the
valley, if that ratio could be main-
tanned. But it will not. of course.
But it is not to be denied that there
is every promise that this almost new
est crop is to be one of the great sta
pies of the valley. With $1,000 acres
cropped this year, and with an aver
age gross return of something like
$40 per acre, it is no longer an expert
ment. But it is in the experimental
stage. What kind of cotton to grow.
how to cultivate it. how to irrigate it.
and above all. the more careful farm
ing of smaller fields. present some of
the questions that are-yet in the proc
ess of being worked out.
The way the cotton grows when ir-
rigated until late in the year amazes
the southern grower. They have cot
ton picking machine in the south, built
to be drawn through fields where the
cotton is from two to three feet high.
When that machine was introduced in
to an Imperial field with some of the
cotton stalks above the backs of the
horses, naturally there was trouble.
and they are picking the cotton by
hand
The rankest growth We saw was in
a 200-acre field owned by A Anderson,
was largely because of Mr. Anderson's S
pressing invitation that we made the
trip, and due to his kindness. along
with that of Mr. Wilson, an irrepres-
sible real estate man of Imperial, that
We saw so much in so short a time
In the Anderson field, where the first
picking is now in progress, the cotton
plants have grown until they present
a veritable thicket. almost as difficult
to pass through as field Of rank
blackberry bushes The cotton experts
estimate that yield OF > bolls to the
plant-the boil is the pod in which the
cotton is grown-means a bale to the
acre And bale to the acre is big
crop in any cotton country. In Mr.
Anderson's field are many plants
Imperial Valley press., 1911-11-22
RAILROAD TINE TABLES.
FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER 1

FL centro to Brice. MeioIand and HoitviIle
WESTBOUND EASTBOUND
No. No. 2
Lv Holtville. 6 6:O0amllLv El Centre. s. 30am
Lv Meloland. .6.10amllLv Meloland. .S.50am
Ar FL Centre. 6 .30amlAr Holtville. g 00am
Train No leaves Holtville on Sunday at
1870 a. m. Arrives at Ell Centre a. m.
No. 3 Motor No. q No. 4
Lv Holtville. .3.00pmI Lv FL Centre. 00pm
'Lv Meloland. 3. 10pm Lv Meloland. 2 20pm
Ar El Centre 3.30prnl Ar Holtvilla. 230pm
No. 5 Motor No. No. 6
Lv Holtville. 6. 45pml Lv Ell Centre. 6.05pm
Lv Meloland. .6.55pml Lv Meloland. G. 25pm
Ar Ell Centre z. 7.15pmIAr Holtville. .6.35pm
Ei Centro to Whsle, Mobile anti Seeley
WESTBOUND EASTBOUND
No. l Motor No. 10 No.
Lv Ell Centre Z. 30amlLv Seeley. g .00am
Lv Mobile. :. .7.50amlLv Mobile. g. .05am
Ar Seeley . 7.55am1Ar Ell Centre. 9. 25am
No, 3 Motor No. q No. 4
Nv Ell Centre a. .55pmlLv Seeley. .5.30pm
Lv Mobile .5.15pmVLv Mobile. .5.35pm
Ar Seeley. s.. 20pmllAr El Centre. 5.h5pm
Imperial Valley press., 1911-11-22

which by actual count run from 160 to
over 500 bolls. and it seemed to me
that the average is above 100.
But these are not all ripe, and the
problem is whether, in country with
so little frost. they will ripen IF they
do. cotton men say he has three bales
to the acre. Mr. Anderson is confident
they will, ripen, and that repeated pick
true, however. that others express
grave doubts of this but even if half
the bolls do not ripen, the crop prom
ises much better than bale to the
acre-aud that is extremely profitable
cotton.
Mr.. Anderson is one of the large land
owners of the valley, and at the noon
hour our motor was headed away
northeasterly to where he has over 700
acres more in cultivation, half of this
in charge OF T. A. Stanton and his two
sons, where We were promised a sand
wich, which same grew in the same
ratio as does almost everything else
in the valley. and proved to be fried
chicken and about everything else that
could tempt appetites which did not
need to be led into temptation
Returning to the Anderson ranch,
We stopped to see a cotton field where
the first picking has Deen completed.
and the result was one and one-fifth
bales to the acre, while experts say
there is still a bale to the acre on the
plants | told this story of better than
two bales of cotton to the acre to one
of the heads of departments in the
Sun office when | returned The su-
perintendent of circulation is not from
Missourt-he's from Arkansas, and the
story would hardly down. Two bales
to the acre sounds like growing dia-
monds in the field, to the practical
cotton grower Yet the one and one
fifth bales has already been taken off
and is in the bale. There is no dream
ing about it.
Imperial Valley press., 1911-11-22
S ECR EFT OR ID e r s

" UNA LODGE, No. 476, Benevolent
Y and Protective Order of Ell<s meets
every Wednesday evening at Elks
Hall. Visiting brothers are heartily well
coined. Meeting hours o'clock. T. T.
GULL. Exalted Ruler. W. c. PRYOR,
Secretary.
Imperial Valley press., 1911-11-22
VIEWS Of AN EDITOR
ON REWS|T|NG VALLEY

CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONEl
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1911-10-11


et e. and 70
they pr6ye the
rSlle aud b 4 eol eIIt 70 sIIllIls drift
Win the tide
"a persOn's infllgd ual y or epl1fse.
naturally enters largely into HE con-
.ceptIon Of duty and many Of the
nonsuccesses Of life, which the
world calls failures, are caused by
the inability to grasp the more vital
issues as they are presented. Much
depends upon the way in which we
begin the work that lies before us.
Just as in every other condition OF
life, the best results are obtained
from a thorough knowledge of the
task we essay, and the person who
sets out with a decided purpose in
view and the determination to at
tain that purpose at whatever cost
generally succeeds in the end.
The pity OF it all is that even in
this day of specializing, where mas
terry of the trades and professions
is undertaken in systematic man
ner, there are so many young men
and young women set free upon
the great wilderness of life to blaze
their paths unaided by any special
preparation and often retarded by
false ideas. with nothing to depend
upon except vague conceptions and
impossible theories. they are left to
pass their lives as best they can.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1911-10-11

One of the Democratic state ma
chine bugle blowers in this section
Of the state is getting wrathy be-
cause West Virginia has not turned
over millions of dollars with interest
70 the old state. There is probably
reason but it is not any fault on
tho part of West Virginia. Permit
the suggestion that West Virginia
newspapers should be for West Vtr-
Ginia's interests in preference to
Virglnia's.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1911-10-11
The Death of NIuck-Raking.

A few months ago editorial COM
ment was made in these columns on
the apparent decline of the Question
able business of undertaking. The
Pittsburg Gazette-Times now cor
roborates the former conclusion.
Certain consultations of the cheaper
kind of periodicals and unfavorable
developments in the affairs of the
more sensational magazines, it
seems, now indicate that the days
of profitable undertaking are num-
bered, which means that the bus
ness will be discontinued forthwith.
Says the Gazette Times:
For one thing, the constant
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1911-10-11


ti0t II ned
bold II and iii ted ~
tacuIar reVal sooner or Iatef
felt that It as lyerel iasetins
his thought ana influencing his atti
tude toward public questions and
public men. There was an uncon-
scious tendency to cynfcism and an
irresistible inclination to prejudg-
ment. From such n state of mind
it was but a step to misanthropy-
Eventually the victim of the So
called popular magazine nalady
found that he was hopelessly out OF
tune with almost everything he once
held to be of value or advantage in
the progress of the period and the
growth of the country.
This is one reason for the
decadence of undertaking publica-
lions. Another serious objection to
them lay in their effect upon BUSH
ness. 1t is not to be questioned
that, immense as their vogue was
for a few years and enormous as
was their patronage by advertisers
and subscribers, their attacks upon
commercial, banking, manufactur-
ing and industrial concerns were is
some instances SO malicious in de-
sign and startling in detail that the
consequences were inimical to all
business. They distorted facts.
warped public sentiment and
swayed legislative action to such an
extent that they actually killed the
goose that laid the golden egg for
themselves. The reaction has now
set in. The very success of several
of these enterprises inspired SO many
competitive efforts of purely spec
ulative character that the entire
trade of undertaking fell into dis
repute. The result is collapse and
failure, or at least application OF
the process of elimination-whi is
a healthy sign. Meantime the dis
content aroused by them has been
finding expression in frenzled poll
tics and radical agitation which may
require years of patient labor by
publicists and party leaders, with
the aid OF business men of courage
to counteract. The penalty for the
literary folly is severe, and it Will
take a long time to pay it in full, for
undertaking is more far-reachtng
and injurious than the rankest blind
pool that ever was operated by
ffty-two percent plunger.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1911-10-11
I3ryan's Hypocrisy.

president Taft's rebuke of VIII
liam ]. Bryan a day or two ago was
not only justffable in view of the
long and patient self-restraint of the
president but, as the Pittsburg Ca
zette-Times shows, it has revealed
the consummate hypocrisy of the
Nebraskan. IN the opfnon of that
newspaper the president would have
been less a man and not much of a
president had he neglected the OPP
portunity to denounce Bryan's inn
pertinance and malice. Says tho
GaZette-Times:
There has not been a single occa-
sion since 1895, when he first broke
into the limelight of national prom
inence, upon which Mr.. Bryan has
neglected such chance as offered to
appear in the same company with
the President-McKinl Roose-
welt and Taft Mr.. Bryan know s
the value of advertising, especially
If it is free, and he may be de-
pended upon to bob up serenely in
the presence of greatness. Only this
week he had his day at Lincoln,
when President Taft was there, and
he made the most of it by pose OF
graciousness and bit of speech nine
parts salve. Thereupon the human
interest writers from coast to coast
indited weepy little tributes to Mr.
.Bryan5s chivalry and hospitality.
What, meanwhile. was Mr.. Bryan
doing to MIR. Taft and to the "otfidp
of President of the United States, :"
which he had verbally extoued?
He was accusing Mr.. Taft in the
,Commoner of having packed the
supreme court by appointing judges
who would render decisions favorable
to the trusts. He was writing a
challenge to the President to tell
what recommendations were made in
behalf of Chief Justice White and
others. He was demanding to know
whether it was purely accidental
that all the appointees took the
trust side. AS a matter of fact the
trusts are every one of them COM
planning that the court decided
against them. The interests" are
dismayed because Mr.. Taft upholds
the court Leaving EAA"I OuI VI S
Isideration, however, for the mo-
ment, who shall blame the Presi-
dent for resenting with warmth
and unconcealed indignation this
repetition of Mr.. organs insulting
attack on his actions and aspersion
of his motives with. regard to the
! highest court? Mr.. Bryan's profess
sion Of profound respect for the
office OF president" as expressed at
the Lincoln luncheon, resolves itself
in view of his editorial utterances
into plain case OF false pretense
He stultifles himself and ofRends the
Intelligence OF the american people
when he stoops to such taking as
that.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1911-10-11

Judge John w. Mason does not
bay he would decline the Republican
nominatios for governor. What he
does say is that he is not candt-
date for the nomination. There IS
more than a bare possibility that 1t
will turn out to be the office seek
ing the man and not the man the
ONCE. It is certain that he is not
seeking the office but it Is not so
certain that the office is not seeking
him.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1911-10-11
stroncth of Purnose.

To live without a purpose is, in
deed, to live in vain. That nothing
really worth while can be accom-
plished without earnest effort is
freely admitted, and yet. says the
Charleston News and Courier, there
are thousands Of persons everywhere
who fail to profit by this knowl-
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1911-10-11

Il Chilton's mouthpiece here admits
That a Republican is to be elected
JUnited States senator to succeed
watson in 1913. 1t says that Hub
bard for senator would certainly
put Nathan Bay Scott back in the
cumming. The latter gentleman could
not be expected to stand aside and
see the prize grabbed by William
Pallister Hubbard" The Telegram
fully agrees with the Chiffon organ
that the prize, (the United States
.senatorship), is to go to a Republi-
can. It's editor evidently yielded
perhaps unwittingly however. to the
clamor OF many OF his own party
that he should tell few of his own
thoughts, if he has any, and thus 1t
slipped out that his honest belief
Is that a Republican will be sent to
the Senate instead OF Watson IN
1913. Honest confession is good for
the soul. Let us have more OF It.
Speak out.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1911-10-11

The Telegram makes it it's bust
ness to nominate Presley Norris OF
Parkersburg, for Congress. 1t does
not know how much of a runner
he would prove, but it does know
that he would be fine congressman
and that ought to mako him good
runner. The Telegram does not
purpose to make it its business to
run for any other office, for
the reason that it does not like to
see a man out of his right place. II
this is any of the state Journals
Business 1t should let it be known.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1911-10-11

The Parkersburg State Journal
Bays that Davis Elkins would make
a good runner for governor. 1t
might well have added that he would
make a good governor. too: bat tho
state journal may think it is none
of the Telegram's business that 1t
did not. extend it's excellent remarks
to that extent.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1911-10-11
At Wholesale Prices and Even Less

On Friday morning at o'clock See window display
yesterdays paper IS crea
will the handsomest WI
furnes ever offered in city at prices quoted
between these plumes and plnes usus onee
special the fact that good quality curl retain
equally beautiful white and colors
regular nes special sale prices not pe
plumes at regular sale prices.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1911-10-11
An EveninR ECHO.

For in all this world the thing
tnpremely worth having is the OPP
portunity, coupled with the capacity.
TO do well and worthily piece OF
work the doing OF which shall be
OF vital significance to all mankind.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1911-10-11

Give the public a line or two
about the Chiffon defalcation, the
fitness of the man short for the
United States Senate and how you
zane to line up for him. Speak out
neighbor! You are really too timid
on these vital questions.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1911-10-11
A. X. thorn & GO
BONDS
EMPIRE BUILDING

BONDS HAVE THREE GREAT
ADVANTAGES OVER ORDINARY
MORTGAGES, VIZ:
(1) Tho return on real estat
loans ere limited to the interest re4
ceived, whereas. in addition to tn
interest, bonds enhance in value whe
the property enhances, and often ma
be sold at a considerable profit.
(2) Holders Of bonds are fire
from the necessity Of watching owe
the matters of insurance, payment
property taxes, ETC., as the Trustc
relieves them OF such responsibility.
(s) Real estate mortgages ar
slow assets.
FIRST CLASS BONDS MAY OR
DINARIIY DE PROMPTLY AN
ADVANTAGEoUSLY SOLD AMI
THE INTEREST RETURN IS REG
ULAR AND DEPENDABLE.
BELL 'PHoNE NO. z57.
CONSOLIDATED PHONE NO. 100
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1911-10-11
LEAVE FOR Los ANGELES

Mrs Robert Natross and children,
Miss Elsie and Master Edward, of
1OS Denham street, will leave Thurs
day morning for Los Angeles, Calf
where they will spend the winter.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1911-10-11

Exhibition Games.
Philadelphia 3, All Stars 2.
Cincinnati 4, Cleveland o.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1911-10-11

Yesterdays Results.
brooklyn ., New York l.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1911-10-11
BASEBALL
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
Today

Games Today.
None scheduled.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1911-03-10
| | IS LETT
The First Link from Charlotte 10
GreenviIle Interurban
Greensboro durham Next--Promoters
Hope to Have Entire, System
Working In Two Years.

Charlotte, March s.-The contract
for me first link in the big interurban
line to be constructed BY the Southern
Power Co. was let Tuesday afternoon
to Stewart and JONES' Of Baltimore.
The link will run from Charlotte to
Kings Mountain, a distance of IS
miles, and the contract calls for It's
completion In 100 working days. The
bid was 100000. There will be a
one per cent compensated grade and
S0-pound rails Will be used. The link
will run via Mt. Holly and Gastonia
The contract for the next link. from
Greenwood to Greenville, s. G., a dis
lance of 80 miles, will be let in Green
vile the. latter part OF the week.
There are some local matters to adj
just before the contract for the link
between Greenville and Kings Noun
tain Is let. Hag
1t is proposed TO complete and put
In operation the entire line from
Charlotte TO Greenwood, s. c., before
work ON the northern end Of the sys-
TEN, from Charlotte 10 Concord. Sails
bury. Greensboro and Durham is
started But it is expected that the
entire system will be in operation
within two years. ]. b. and b. n.
Duke. the tobacco magnaies, are the
heaviest stockholders in the Southern
Power company. The interurban line
will be operated with the WATERPROOF
ers now owned By the corporation.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1911-03-10
4 CLERK Gets A DISMISSAL
MANIPULATED POSTAGE STAMPS
FOR HIS OWy BENEFIT.

Washington. March 9.-Arthur Al.
Trayers. chief clerk 10 the third as
sistant postmaster general. was dis
missed from the service Monday by
Postmaster General Hitchcock, who.
In a statement. declared that Trayers
had been guilty of manipulating post
age stamps for his own financial
benefit. ~
The dismissal Of Travers was the
result Of an investigation by postal In
spectors occupying more than year.
According to Tho inspectors. Traysrs
today confessed 10 them that he had
manipulated ceriain rare stamps so az
TO create \ fictitious market value. He
also. the inspectors declare. admitted
changing the records of bis Office to
shoS thas The stamps had been de-
stroyed after condemnation when they
actually were not destroyed.
The value OF the stamps disposed OF
exceeded $1,000. but the government
will suffer no pecuniary loss. Tray.
ers came into the postal service from
Michigan. Late Monday Travers
was arrested by officers from the
United States district attorneys Office
On the charge Of violating the postal
laws. which provide that no officer Of
the post Office department shall sell
any postage stamps for more or less
than their face value.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1911-03-10
THE HAN RIVER FAILURE
GOT INTO HANDS OF RECEIVER
UNKNOWN TO COMMISSION.

Raleigh. March s.--The fact that
the Granite savings and Trust COM
pany. at Haw River. got into the
hands Of receiver unbeknownist 10
the corporation commission. which
has the supervision OF banking insti-
tutions OF the state constrains the
members OF the commission 20 state
that the state bank examiner ex-
amined and reported on the affairs Of
the Institution on February IL.
There was at the time a question as
TO the value Of the endorsement OF
an $4,000 paper that was converted
into a PERSONALITY endorsed document.
making Il commercially good II the
owners were solvent as they we're
generally conceded TO be. The last ex-
animation Of the bank showed the
total resources OF the bank 20 be
s4f.0O5. The bank carried deposits.
sfs,OTl subject to check, sI2.2S4
savings and s4.72i time deposits.
The capital stock Of the bank was
$1,000.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1911-03-10
Fourteen Lawyers
On Democratic End

Washington, March 9.-Thc four
teen lawyers picked out to compose
the democratic end OF the ways and
means committee In the So congress
are divided between North and
south as follows: From the south
Oscar w. Underwood. Alabama;
Choice D. Randall. Texas; William
q. nrantley, Georgia: Dorsey w
Shackleford, Missouri: Ollie NJ
James. Kentucky: Claude Kitchin
North Carolina. and Cordell Hull
Tennessee. From the north--FrancIi
Burton Harrison, New York; Lincoln
Dixon. Indiana: Henry r. Raincy
Illinois: Winfield s. Hammond, Min
nesota: William Hughes, New Jer
sey: Andrew .. Peters. Massachu
sets. and A. Mitchell Palmer. Penn
sylyania.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1911-03-10
P0stmasiers For
North Carolina


Washington. March 9.-The follow
ing fourth-class postmasters we're APP
pointed Monday
J.. 7. Bell. at Carlos. Cumberland
county: " n Jailop, ST., at Jarvis,
Polk county; Lily II. Kiillan. at Dem
yer. Lincoln county: Amy r. Wright,
at Duck. Currituck county; 7. $. Ever
hart al Jackson Hill, Davidson
county: VI II. Gallop. SRI. at Jarvis
burg. Currituck couny: @. N. Nolcs,
at kidsyille. Lincoln county: G. r
Parker. at Haws Run. 0uslow county:
W. L. Hobson, Of stalcy. Randolph
county: W. n Hicks. at Sioyall
Granville county: J. r. Holmes, al
Sycamore. Dare county.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1911-03-10
A Long Jauni
For Roosevelt

New York. March e.--Theodore
Roosevelt packed his trunks and
completed all other arrangements In
anticipation OF his start "Wednesday on
the longest trip he has taken since his
return home from his famous trip to
Africa. lie will be gone six weeks or
longer and will travel over many
states. His frs, stop WIN be Atlanta.
where he Is to address the Southern
Commercial congress next Friday.
From Atlanta he will strike out for
the wcst and will reach San Fran
cisco late In the month. After deliver
Ing series 81 lectures at the UNI
yerslty Of California he win visit
Portland, Seattle. Spokane and other
cities In the Pacific northwest.